John 5:32

John 5:32 oi=da {A}

The Western reading oi;date (a* D ù⁵⁴⁷ it^{a, d, e, q} syr^c arm geo) reflects the desire of copyists to heighten the argument by forcing the Jews to admit that they know the evidence of Jesus’ marturi,a to be true (the textual alteration, however, is contradicted by the implication of ver. John 5:37). Other copyists, prompted perhaps by the recollection of instances of oi;damen in John ( John 3:2; John 4:42; John 7:27; John 9:20, John 9:24, John 9:29, John 9:31; John 16:30; John 21:24), changed oi=da to oi;damen (56 58 61).