John 7

John 7:4

:TEXT: “he himself is seeking to be [known] openly.”

p66c p75 S Dc Ec K L X Delta Theta Pi Psi 0180 f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(s,p,h,pal) cop(south)

KJV ASV NASV RANK: CNOTES: “he is seeking it to be [known] openly.”

p66* B D* (both Greek and Latin) W

ASVnNOTES: “he is seeking to be [known] openly.”

two lat syr(c) one cop(north)?

RSV NIV NEB TEV OTHER: “he is seeking him to be [known] openly.”

E* one lat? most cop(north)?

Except for the omission of the pronoun (which is probably a translational matter, even in English), the difference in the readings is only one of one letter at the end of the pronoun. The manuscript evidence seems to favor the pronoun “himself.”

John 7:8

:TEXT: “I am not going up to this feast”

S D K Pi 1241 most lat vg syr(c,s) most cop(north)

ASV RSV NASV NIVn NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “I am not yet going up to this feast”

p66 p75 B L T W X Delta Theta Psi 0180 f1 f13 28 700 892 1010 Byz Lect two lat syr(p,h,pal) one cop(north) cop(south)

KJV ASVn RSVn NASVn NIV NEBn TEVnCOMMENTS: Looking past verse John 7:9 (“he remained in Galilee”) to verse John 7:10 (“he also went up”), several copyists apparently changed “not” to “not yet” to remove what they thought would have been a lie told by Jesus. If “not yet” was original, there would have been no reason for it to have been changed to “not” in so many manuscripts.

John 7:36

:TEXT: verse John 7:37 after verse John 7:36: all manuscripts except 225

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: -NOTES: John 7:53; John 8:1-11 between verses 36 and 37

225 (copied in A.D. 1192)

NEBnCOMMENTS: See the comments on John 7:53; John 8:1-11.

John 7:39

:TEXT: “the Spirit had not yet been [given]”

p66c p75 S K T Theta Pi Psi most cop(north)

ASV RSV? NASV NIV? NEB TEV? RANK: AOTHER: “the Holy Spirit had not yet been [given]”

p66* L W X Delta f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz LectT: KJV OTHER: “the Spirit had not yet been given”

most lat vg syr(c,s,p) one cop(north)? cop(south)? NOTES: “the Holy Spirit had not yet been given”

B two lat syr(h+,pal)

ASVn NASVn OTHER: “the Holy Spirit was not yet on them”

D two lat

It was natural for copyists to add the word “Holy” to “Spirit.” Copyists and translators also made clear what is implied by adding “given” or “on them.” “Given” is apparently added by most English translators, although it is hard to tell in those translations that do not mark added words.

John 7:46

:TEXT: “No man ever spoke like this!”

p66c p75 Sc B L T W most cop(north)

ASV RANK: BNOTES: “No man ever spoke like this, as this man speaks!”

p66* S* D (omit second “man”) \ syr(c,s,p,pal) \

KJV RSV NASV NIV NEB : The evidence listed above in braces omits the word “speaks.” Manuscripts 28 and 700 omit “this.” Thus the addition is found in four different forms, which makes it unlikely that it is original. While it is possible that a short form (“as this man”) might have been accidently omitted by a mistake of the eye, the long form would not have been omitted this way. It is more likely that it was added for clarity.

John 7:53

• John 8:11 :TEXT: include John 7:53; John 8:1-11 here : D E F G H K M U Gamma Lambda Pi 028 28 700 892 1010 Byz most lat vg syr(h,pal) some cop(north) : KJV ASV RSV1n RSV2 NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: A to omitNOTES: omit John 7:53; John 8:1-11: p66 p75 S A(vid) B C(vid) L N T W X Y Delta Theta Psi 33 565 1241 1333* Lect four lat syr(c,s,p) some cop(north) cop(south) : ASVn RSV1 RSV2n NASVn NIVn NEBn TEVnNOTES: include John 7:53; John 8:1-11 at the end of this gospel : f1 : RSVn NEB TEVn NOTES: include John 7:53; John 8:1-11 after Luke 21:38: f13 : RSVn NEBn TEVn NOTES: include John 7:53; John 8:1-11 after John 7:36: 225 : RSV2n NEBn TEVn OTHER: include John 8:3-11 after Luke 24:53: 1333cCOMMENTS: This passage is enclosed in double brackets in the UBS text, which means that the UBS Textual Committee felt that it was not written by John, but that it was old enough and historical enough to be considered as scripture. The passage was known to some third and fourth century writers, although it does not seem to be found in any extant Bible manuscripts until the fifth or sixth century. It possibly circulated at first in oral form and was later written down and added to the text of John or Luke.