A Textual Commentary On The Greek NT

Revelation 12:10

Codex Alexandrinus reads kath,gwr, a hapax legomenon in the New Testament, whereas all other witnesses (including î⁴⁷ a C P 046) read the more usual Greek word kath,goroj. A majority of the Committee preferred kath,gwr, which, it was judged, was more likely to be altered to kath,goroj than vice versa. A minority of the Committee, while acknowledging that for the book of Revelation codex Alexandrinus is a remarkably good witness, preferred kath,goroj, agreeing with Tasker that in the present instance “it may well be that the fifth-century scribe of A is [merely] reflecting the usage of his day and not copying from a manuscript which retained the original reading kath,gwr.” ⁴

⁴ R. V. G. Tasker, Journal of Theological Studies, L (1949), p. 65.

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Revelation 12:10

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