JOHN 9:4 h`ma/j dei/ … pe,myanto,j me {C} Although it is difficult to choose among the readings, a majority of the Committee preferred h`ma/j dei/, (_a_) because of its somewhat superior external support, and (_b_) because it is slightly more probable that copyists would have altered h`ma/j to evm... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 9:21 auvto.n evrwth,sate In the interest of making a smoother sequence of clauses (cf. the sequence in ver, John 9:23), the Textus Receptus, following A G D L most minuscules itl, q goth syrp, h _al,_ transposes the words auvto.n evrwth,sate to follow h`liki,an e;cei. The omission of the clau... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 9:35 avnqrw,pou {A} The external support for avnqrw,pou (î66, 75 a B D W syrs copsa, boms, ach2, fay _al_) is so weighty, and the improbability of qeou/ being altered to avnqrw,pou is so great, that the Committee regarded the reading adopted for the text as virtually certain.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 9:38-39 o` de. e;fh … kai. ei=pen o` VIhsou/j {B} Several witnesses lack the words o` de. e;fh( Pisteu,w ku,rie\ kai. proseku,nhsen auvtw|/) kai. ei=pen o` VIhsou/j (î75 a* W itb, (1) copach; Diatessaronv lacks verses John 9:38 and John 9:39 entirely 13). Since e;fh is rare in John (only at... [ Continue Reading ]