John 13:2

John 13:2 ginome,nou {B}

This verse contains two serious textual problems. The first involves but a single letter: dei,pnou genome,nou is generally taken to mean “supper being ended” (AV), whereas dei,pnou ginome,nou means “during supper” (NRSV). The former reading is by far the more difficult, for it stands in opposition to the following context, which indicates that the supper was still in progress (verses John 13:4 and John 13:26). On the basis of what was felt to be superior manuscript evidence a* B L W X Y al), a majority of the Committee preferred the present tense. On the other hand, the minority, while preferring the aorist, interpreted it as an ingressive aorist, “supper having been served,”