Revelation 5:9

Revelation 5:9 tw/| qew|/ {A}

Although the evidence for tw|/ qew|/ is slight (A eth), this reading best accounts for the origin of the others. Wishing to provide hvgo,rasaj with a more exactly determined object than is found in the words evk pa,shj fulh/j k)t)l), some scribes introduced h`ma/j either before tw|/ qew|/ (94 2344 al) or after tw|/ qew|/ (a 046 1006 1611 2053 al), while others replaced tw|/ qew|/ with h`ma/j (1 2065* Cyprian al). Those who made the emendations, however, overlooked the unsuitability of h`ma/j with auvtou,j in the following verse (where, indeed, the Textus Receptus reads h`ma/j, but with quite inadequate authority). See also the following comment.