John 6:71

John 6:71 VIskariw,tou

Several witnesses (a* Q ¦¹³ syr^{hmg gr}) interpret “Iscariot” as avpo. Karuw,tou, that is, tAYrIq. vyai (ish Q^eriyyot(h)) “man of Kerioth” [a town in southern Judea]. On the basis of preponderant external evidence (î^{66, 75} B C L W Y 33 al) the genitive case VIskariw,tou, agreeing with Si,mwnoj, is to be preferred to the accusative case VIskariw,thn, agreeing with VIou,dan. (The omission of “Simon” from syr^s and one ms. of the Vulgate is undoubtedly accidental.) For the spelling Skariw,q (D it^{a, b, d, (ff2), r1}) and its variants, see the comment on Mt 10.4.