John 14

John 14:4

:TEXT: “plyou know the way where I am going.”

p66c S B C* L W X 33 two lat cop(north)

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “plyou know where I am going, and plyou know the way.”

p66* A C3 D K Delta Theta Pi Psi f1 f13 28 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect most lat vg syr cop(south)

KJV ASVn RSVn NASVn NEBnCOMMENTS: The syntax of the shorter reading is harsh. Although it is possible that the shorter reading was created when the eye of a copyist skipped from “know” to “know” and then he went back and added “the way” to get the basic meaning, it is more likely that the shorter reading was expanded to make the grammar less harsh.

John 14:7

:TEXT: “If plyou have come to know me, plyou will come to know my Father also”

p66 S D* Dc (“had”) W one lat syr(s) most cop

NIVn NEBn TEV RANK: CNOTES: “If plyou had come to know me, plyou would have known my Father also”

\ B C* \ L X \ Psi f1 \ 33 565 \ some cop(north)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEVnCOMMENTS: The evidence listed above in braces reads “would have come to know” instead of “would have known.” Although it is possible that the reproach found in the notes is original and copyists changed it to a promise so not to have Jesus appear to talk harshly to the apostles, it is also possible that the promise in the text is original and copyists changed it to a reproach because in verse 9 Philip does not seem to really know Jesus.

John 14:14

:TEXT: “If plyou ask me anything in my name, I will do [it].”

p66 S B W Delta Theta 060 f13 28 33 700 892 some Byz two lat vg syr(p,h)

ASVn RSVn NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: BNOTES: “If plyou ask anything in my name, I will do [it].”

A D K L Pi Psi 1010 1241 some Byz Lect some lat cop

KJV ASV RSV NEB TEVnOTHER: omit verse 14

X f1 565 one lat one vg syr(s,pal)

Verse 14 was probably accidently omitted by some copyists when their eyes jumped from “If” in verse 14 to “If” in verse 15. Although it is possible that “me” was added to verse 14 to agree with “I,” it is more likely that it was omitted by copyists to avoid an apparent contradiction with John 16:23, where Jesus says to ask the Father.

John 14:17

:TEXT: “he abides with plyou, and will be in plyou.”

p66c p75vid S A Db K L X Delta Theta Pi Psi f13 28 33vid 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect one lat syr(s,h) most cop(north)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEBn TEVn RANK: DNOTES: “he abides with plyou, and is in plyou.”

p66* B D* W f1 565 most lat syr(c,p,pal)

NIVn NEB : “he will abide with plyou, and will be in plyou.”

one lat vg one cop(north) cop(south)

The difference between “abides” and “will abide” is only one of accent. Since early Greek manuscripts did not mark accents, the two words were spelled the same. Thus the reading of the Latin vulgate and some Coptic manuscripts actually support the text reading. Because of the ambiguity of the tense of “abide,” either a change from “is” to “will be” or a change from “will be” to “is” was possible. The reading chosen for the text seems to fit the context better.