JAMES 5:4 avpesterhme,noj {A} The manuscripts present three readings, avfusterhme,noj (a B*) and two forms of avposterei/n, the perfect tense, avpesterhme,noj (A B2 P Y _al_), and the present tense, avposterh,menoj (K L _al_). A majority of the Committee preferred to read avpesterhme,noj. [The ea... [ Continue Reading ]
JAMES 5:7 la,bh| {B} Since the reading la,bh| pro,i?mon kai. o;yimon, which is strongly supported by representatives of both the Alexandrian and the Western types of text (î74 B 048 1739 vg copsa), was ambiguous, copyists added what was regarded as an appropriate noun. Thus, in accord with the cons... [ Continue Reading ]
JAMES 5:14 tou/ kuri,ou {A} The reading tou/ kuri,ou is supported by the broadest spectrum of witnesses, whereas the omission of tou/ by A Y 81 _al,_ and of tou/ kuri,ou by B, probably arose through inadvertence in transcription. The readings VIhsou/ Cristou/ (6) and tou/ kuri,ou VIhsou/ (ù1356) a... [ Continue Reading ]
JAMES 5:16 eu;cesqe Not counting the present passage, eu;cesqai occurs in the New Testament six times; proseu,cesqai occurs 85 times. Although proseu,cesqai appears four other times in this chapter without noteworthy variation among the witnesses, in the present passage the Committee preferred to... [ Continue Reading ]
JAMES 5:20 ginwske,tw o[ti {B} The reading ginw,skete, read by B 69 1505 1518 2495 syrh eth, appears to be an amelioration, having been introduced either in order to conform to the address (avdelfoi, mou, ver. James 5:19), or in order to avoid the ambiguity of who is to be regarded (the converter... [ Continue Reading ]