REVELATION 13:1 ovno,ma@ta# {C} On the one hand, the reading o;noma may have arisen from ovno,mata through the accidental omission of ta after ma; on the other hand, however, after the plural kefala,j copyists may have tended to alter o;noma to ovno,mata. On the strength of the two most important... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 13:6 tou.j evn tw|/ ouvranw|/ skhnou/ntaj {B} Among the several readings a majority of the Committee preferred tou.j … skhnou/ntaj on the grounds of its superior external support (it is read by (a*) A C (1006) 1611 2053comm 2344 _al_) and its being the more difficult reading. The presenc... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 13:7 kai. evdo,qh auvtw|/ poih/sai po,lemon meta. tw/n a`gi,wn kai. nikh/sai auvtou,j {A} The absence of the clause kai. evdo,qh … auvtou,j in a variety of witnesses (î47 A C P about 50 minuscules (including 2053) syrh copsa arm) is no doubt due to oversight in transcription, the eye of... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 13:10 eivj aivcmalwsi,an( eivj aivcmalwsi,an u`pa,gei {B} The epigrammatic style of the saying has perplexed the scribes (and interpreters!). The reading eivj aivcmalwsi,an( eivj aivcmalwsi,an u`pa,gei (A vg Ps-Ambrose) best accounts for the origin of the others. The absence of one of th... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 13:15 poih,sh| @i[na# o[soi {C} The word i[na, which seems to be indispensable with avpoktanqw/sin, stands after poih,sh| in A P 1006 2065 _al,_ and before avpoktanqw/sin in 051 1 1854 2073 and the Textus Receptus. The latter reading, which is supported by inferior external witnesses, is... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 13:17 kai, {A} The absence of kai, in a* C about 25 minuscules (including 1611) syrph, h copsa, bo _al_ appears to be a secondary modification arising from misunderstanding the relationship between verses Revelation 13:16 and Revelation 13:17. When the i[na mh, clause was taken to be dep... [ Continue Reading ]
REVELATION 13:18 e`xh,konta e[x {A} Instead of e`xh,konta, which is strongly supported by î47 a A P 046 051 all extant minuscules itgig vg syrph, h copsa, bo arm _al,_ de,ka is read by C some manuscripts known to Irenaeus (who, however, says that 666 is found “in all good and ancient copies,” and i... [ Continue Reading ]