ROMANS 9:4 ai` diaqh/kai {B} Although the reading h` diaqh,kh is strongly supported (î46 B Dgr it61vid? copsa, bomss eth _al_), the plural ai` diaqh/kai (a C K Y 33 81 614 1739 _Byz Lect_ itd, g vg syrp, h, hgr copbo goth arm _al_) was preferred on the grounds that (_a_) copyists would have been li... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 9:5 sa,rka( o` w'n evpi. pa,ntwn qeo.j euvloghto.j eivj tou.j aivw/naj Since the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament are without systematic punctuation, editors and translators of the text must insert such marks of punctuation as seem to be appropriate to the syntax and meaning. The p... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 9:23 kai. i[na {A} The absence of kai, from several witnesses (B 326 436 1739mg itar, b vg copsa, bomss goth arm) was thought by the Committee to have been the result of an attempt to simplify the construction. The evidence from the versions in this case is of limited significance, since tr... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 9:28 sunte,mnwn {A} The Textus Receptus, following ac D G K P Y 33 88 326 614 1241 _Byz Lect_ Old Latin vg syrh goth arm _al_, has filled out the quotation from the Septuagint Isaiah 10:22-23 by inserting evn dikaiosu,nh|( o[ti lo,gon suntetmhme,non. Considered in itself, the absence of thes... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 9:32 e;rgwn {B} The Textus Receptus, following ac D K P Y 33 81 614 _Byz Lect_ itd syrp, h, pal goth arm _al_, adds no,mou, imitating Paul’s usage in Romans 3:20, Romans 3:28; Galatians 2:16 (thrice); Galatians 3:2,... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 9:33 kai, (2) {A} Once again the Textus Receptus, following K P Y 33 88 326 614 1739 _Byz Lect_ itdc, 61 vg syrh arm, makes an addition in order to heighten the effectiveness of the quotation; here pa/j is inserted, imitating Paul’s citation of the same quotation in Romans 10:11 (where no m... [ Continue Reading ]