Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Revelation 16:5

ἀγγέλου. Primas[532] angelos or angelorum.

[532] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter.

ὁ ὅσιος. So Tisch[533] [W. H[534]] and Weiss with אP; Lach[535] and Treg[536] omit ὁ with AB2C; cop[537] æth[538] omit both words. Text. Rec[539] reads with 1 and Primas[540] καὶ ὁ ὅσιος.

[533] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited.
[534] H. Westcott aud Hort.
[535] Lachmann’s larger edition.
[536] Tregelles.
[537] Coptic.
[538] Aethiopic Version.
[539] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.
[540] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter.

5. τοῦ�. Here at least there is no question (see on Revelation 7:1; Revelation 14:18) that we have an elemental Angel; see Exc. I.

ὁ ὤν καὶ ὁ ἦν. Without ὁ ἐρχόμενος, as in Revelation 11:17. A. V[571] “Which art and wast and shalt be,” a noteworthy translator’s error.

[571] Authorised Version.

ὁ ὄσιος, see on Revelation 15:4. If the article be inserted we have two Divine Names, the Eternal, the Holy; if it be omitted we have an interesting parallelism:

Righteous art Thou the Eternal,
Holy for this Thy judgement.

Perhaps the latter gives the preferable sense: it is certainly supported by the best MSS., though we have none good enough to decide whether a letter has been left out or doubled by mistake.

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