Revelation 19:11

Revelation 19:11 @kalou,menoj# pisto.j kai. avlhqino,j {C}

Although it might be supposed that the reading pisto.j kai. avlhqino,j (A P 051 1 2042 2081 al) is original, and that kalou,menoj was added by various transcribers either before or after the phrase, or after pisto,j, a majority of the Committee considered the omission of the word to be either accidental (kalou,menoj kai,) or deliberate (lest it be imagined that the Rider is merely called Faithful and True), and preferred to adopt the reading attested by 046 94 1006 1611 1841 1854 2020 2053 2062 2065 2073 2138 2329 al. The reading of a arose after a scribe, following the short reading represented by A P al, replaced kalou,menoj, but inserted it at an incorrect position. In view, however, of the divergent positions of kalou,menoj, it was thought best to enclose the word within square brackets.

[The reading of a (pisto.j kalou,menoj kai. avlhqino,j) seems to explain best the origin of the other readings. The word kalou,menoj was transferred to a position either before pisto,j or after avlhqino,j so as to permit the customary connection of the two adjectives pisto.j kai. avlhqino,j (as in Revelation 3:14; Revelation 21:5; Revelation 22:6). The preferred sequence of text, therefore, is pisto.j @kalou,menoj# kai. avlhqino,j. B.M.M.]