2 PETER 2:4 seirai/j {C} The textual evidence is singularly evenly balanced between seirai/j and siroi/j. The latter reading, despite its being supported by a A B C 81vid copsa _al,_ was regarded by the Committee as a correction (made, perhaps, in Egypt where siro,j was current) of the original rea... [ Continue Reading ]
2 PETER 2:6 @katastrofh|/# kate,krinen {C} It is difficult to decide whether katastrofh|/, read by a A C2 K Y 049 056 0142 33 81 614 _al,_ was added by scribes, or whether it was original and accidentally fell out of the text of î72 txt B C* 945 1241 1243 1739 1881 _al_. Since the shorter reading m... [ Continue Reading ]
2 PETER 2:11 para. kuri,ou {C} As between para. kuri,w|, read by a B C K P 88 1739 arm _al,_ and para. kuri,ou, read by î72 056 0142 330 _al,_ a majority of the Committee preferred the latter as the more difficult reading. In order to avoid attributing bla,sfhmon kri,sin to God, scribes altered kur... [ Continue Reading ]
2 PETER 2:13 avdikou,menoi {B} The reading avdikou,menoi, which is supported by early and diversified witnesses (î72 a* B P Y 1175 1852 syrph arm), involves a very rare construction with misqo,n, and therefore copyists introduced the less objectionable komiou,menoi (ac A C K 049 most minuscules vg... [ Continue Reading ]
2 PETER 2:14 moicali,doj {A} Instead of moicali,doj (“an adulteress”), which is strongly supported by î72 B C 81 and most minuscules, Y _al_ read moicei,aj (“adultery”), while a A 33 _al_ read moicali,aj, a word not known elsewhere.... [ Continue Reading ]
2 PETER 2:15 Boso,r {A} The reading Boso,r, a name not found elsewhere, is strongly supported by almost all Greek manuscripts, and by most early versions. The reading Bew,r, found in B 453 vgmss syrph copsa arm, is the prevailing spelling of the Septuagint. The singular reading of a* (Beworso,r) i... [ Continue Reading ]
2 PETER 2:18 ovli,gwj {A} Among the palaeographically similar readings (oligwc@ ontwc@ ontac), ovli,gwj, a rare word that occurs nowhere else in the New Testament or the Septuagint (although Aquila has it in Isaiah 10:7), appears to be original. As regards external evidence, ovli,gwj is supported b... [ Continue Reading ]
2 PETER 2:20 kuri,ou @h`mw/n# kai. swth/roj VIhsou/ Cristou/ {C} On the one hand, the variation in position of h`mw/n (after kuri,ou and/or after swth/roj) seems to condemn the word as a scribal addition in both instances. On the other hand, the full form of the expression appears to be a favorite... [ Continue Reading ]