John 2:15 frage,llion {B}

Several witnesses, including the two oldest (î66, 75 L Wsupp X 0162 ¦1 33 565 al), prefix w`j. If this word had been present in the original text, there is no good reason that would account for its having been omitted from the other witnesses. On the other hand, it is probable that copyists introduced the word in order to soften somewhat the bald statement that Jesus made a whip of cords; “he made a kind of whip of cords.”

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Old Testament