Revelation 9:12,13

Revelation 9:12-13 ouvai. meta. tau/ta) Kai,

Since meta. tau/ta (or meta. tou/to) almost always begins a sentence or clause (elsewhere in Revelation the phrase occurs at the close of a sentence only in Revelation 1:19 and Revelation 4:1), many witnesses (0207, more than 100 minuscules, syr^ph) join meta. tau/ta to ver. Revelation 9:13. In order to smooth the juncture several witnesses either move the initial kai, of ver. Revelation 9:13 so as to precede meta. tau/ta (046) or omit it altogether (î⁴⁷ a 61 69 456 469 664 2058 2344 syr^ph cop^{sa, bo} arab). The text adopted is adequately supported (A P 1 172 2015 2023 it vg syr^h al Tyconius Andrew Haymo Arethas) and is in accord with the author’s manner of introducing previously mentioned angels ( Revelation 8:1, Revelation 8:8, Revelation 8:10, Revelation 8:12; Revelation 9:1).