REVELATION 11:1 r`a,bdw| {A} The unusual construction of evdo,qh moi … le,gwn, calling for adjustment, was relieved in some witnesses (a2 046 1854 2329 2351 _al_), followed by the Textus Receptus, by the insertion of kai. ei`sth,kei o` a;ggeloj before le,gwn.... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 11:2 e;xwqen (1) {A} The reading e;xwqen is to be preferred on both external and internal grounds: (a) it is strongly supported by î47 A P 046 1006 1611 1854 2053 itar vg syrh copsa, bo arm _al_; and (_b_) copyists who understood the auvlh, to be the inner courtyard were puzzled by the... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 11:12 h;kousan {B} Instead of h;kousan î47 ac 046 many minuscules copbo arm _al_ read h;kousa. Not only does the weight of external evidence favor h;kousan, but since the Seer constantly uses h;kousa throughout the book (24 times), copyists were more likely to substitute h;kousa for h;k... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 11:17 o[ti {B} The reading o[ti, in the view of a majority of the Committee, is to be preferred because of superior external evidence (ac A P 046 1 1611 1854 2053 itgig, h vg syrph, h copsa _al_) and because it best explains the origin of the readings. The addition of o` evrco,menoj o[ti... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 11:18 tou.j mikrou.j kai. tou.j mega,louj The reading tou.j mikrou.j kai. tou.j mega,louj, which is strongly supported by î47 a* A C 2321 2322 2329 2344 2351, is to be preferred to the easier reading toi/j mikroi/j kai. toi/j mega,loij (ac P 046 almost all minsucules).... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 11:19 o` evn tw|/ ouvranw|/ On the one hand, the reading with the article is supported by superior external evidence (A C about 30 minuscules including 1006 1828 2020 2073 itgig, h copbo arm eth _al_); on the other hand, however, since it has the appearance of being a grammatical correc... [ Continue Reading ]