JOHN 19:14 e[kth Instead of “about the sixth hour” several witnesses (ac Dsupp L Xtxt D Y 053 72 88 123*mg 151 Eusebius Nonnus) read “about the third hour” (w[ra … w`j tri,th), an obvious attempt to harmonize the chronology with that of Mark 15:25 (see the comment there on the converse corruption).... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 19:16 Pare,labon … VIhsou/n {B} Both the ambiguity of “they” (those previously mentioned are the chief priests, whereas in ver. John 19:18 “they” must refer to Roman soldiers) and the brevity of expression called for supplementation. Some scribes added kai. h;gagon after VIhsou/n (Dsupp D Q _a... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 19:20 ~Ebrai?sti,( ~Rwmai?sti,( ~Ellhnisti, The sequence “Hebrew, Latin, Greek” (i.e. the national language, the official language, the common language) is strongly supported by aa B L N X 33 74 89 90 234 248 317 483 484 713 945 1321 1346 ite, ff2 syrpal copsa, bo arm eth. The sequence “Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 19:24 @h` le,gousa# {C} It is difficult to decide whether h` le,gousa is an explanatory clause added to the text in most witnesses in order to let the reader know that what follows is a citation from Scripture (no similar addition, however, is found in similar cases at John 13:18 and John 19:... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 19:29 u`ssw,pw| {A} One eleventh-century manuscript (476*) reads u`ssw|/ (“a javelin”; compare _perticae_ (itb, ff2, n, v) “a pole or long staff”), a reading which, though more appropriate in the context, seems to have arisen accidentally through haplography (uccwperi;entec being written for u... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 19:35 pisteu,@s#hte See the comment (with footnote 1) on 20.31.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN 19:39 mi,gma {B} Although e[ligma (a* B W copboms), being the more difficult reading (the word normally means “a fold, a wrapping,” and not “a roll, a package,” which would be required here), might seem to be preferable as explaining the rise of the other readings, a majority of the Committee... [ Continue Reading ]