1 PETER 5:2 @evpiskopou/ntej# mh. avnagkastw/j avlla. e`kousi,wj kata. qeo,n {C} It is difficult to decide whether one should follow the authority of such important witnesses as a* B _al_ and regard the inclusion of evpiskopou/ntej in î72 a2 A and most other witnesses as an exegetical expansion (ma... [ Continue Reading ]
1 PETER 5:3 mhdV w`j katakurieu,ontej tw/n klh,rwn avlla. tu,poi gino,menoi tou/ poimni,ou {A} Because of some unaccountable quirk in transmission, this verse is lacking in codex Vaticanus.... [ Continue Reading ]
1 PETER 5:6 kairw|/ {A} After kairw|/ the Textus Receptus adds evpiskoph/j, with A P (Y) 5 28c 33 104 181 326 436 623 913 1827 1898 vg syrh with * copbo eth Ephraem Bede. The word, which is absent from î72 a B K L 0206 most minuscules syrp, htxt copsa Origen, appears to be a scribal addition deriv... [ Continue Reading ]
1 PETER 5:8 @tina# katapiei/n {C} After zhtw/n there are three main variant readings: (_a_) tina katapiei/n “[seeking] someone to devour”; (_b_) ti,na katapi,h| “[seeking] whom he may devour”; and (_c_) katapiei/n “[seeking] to devour.” (The reading ti,na katapi,ei is a transcriptional error either... [ Continue Reading ]
1 PETER 5:10 u`ma/j {A} The Textus Receptus, following later Greek manuscripts, reads h`ma/j instead of u`ma/j, the latter of which is supported by the overwhelming preponderance of evidence. In later Greek, the vowels h and u were pronounced alike, and it is altogether possible that some copyists... [ Continue Reading ]
1 PETER 5:11 to. kra,toj {B} The variation of position of h` do,xa (before kra,toj in a K P 049 056 0142 88 104 181 326 330 _al_; after kra,toj in 33 81 614 630 945 1241 1505 1739 1881 _al_), as well as its absence from such witnesses as î72 A B Y vg ethro, can be explained best on the assumption... [ Continue Reading ]
1 PETER 5:13 Babulw/ni {A} Instead of Babulw/ni a few minuscules (4mg 1518 2138) read ~Rw,mh|.... [ Continue Reading ]
1 PETER 5:14 avga,phj {A} Instead of avga,phj, the scribes of several minuscule manuscripts (436 1735 2464 _al_) read a`gi,w|, thus imitating the familiar Pauline expression fi,lhma a[gion ( Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:... [ Continue Reading ]