Revelation 16

Revelation 16:3

:TEXT: “every living soul died that was in the sea.”

A C 051 \ 1611 2344 \

ASV RSV NASVn RANK: -NOTES: “every living soul died in the sea.”

p47 S (“on”) Maj(A,C) lat vg syr(ph) cop

KJV NASV NIV NEB : “every soul died in the sea.”

Maj(K,B)

none

The evidence in braces has a slightly different reading than the text reading: “of those” instead of “that was.” The words “that was” are a translation of the definite article, which is omitted in the readings in the notes. The article is plural here and can be translated “the things that were.”

Revelation 16:4

:TEXT: “poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and it became blood.”

S C P 046 051 1 94 Maj four lat vg

ASV NASVn RANK: CNOTES: “poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.”

p47 A 1006 1611 1854 2053 three lat syr(ph,h) cop

KJV ASVn RSV NASV NIV NEB : Probably “it became” was changed to “they became” under the influence of the plural “rivers” and “springs.” Revelation 16:16 :TEXT: “a place which is called in Hebrew Harmagedon.”

S \ A E some Maj(A) Maj(B,C)

ASV NASV RANK: -NOTES: “a place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon.”

2049 2081c some lat \

KJV ASVn (“Armagedon”) RSV NASVn NIV NEB : “a place which is called in Hebrew Magedon.”

Maj(K) some Maj(A) some vg? syr(ph)? cop(north)? OTHER: “a place which is called in Hebrew Mageddon.”

046 1611 2053 some vg? syr(ph)? cop(north)?

The place name which is traditionally spelled “Armageddon” in English is spelled over a dozen different ways in the manuscripts. The text follows a spelling found in over 90 manuscripts.

Revelation 16:18

:TEXT: “such as had not been since man was on the earth”

p47vid (“man were”) A most cop

ASVn NASV NIV NEB (“human history”) TEV RANK: CNOTES: “such as had not been since men were on the earth”

S 046 051 1 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 2344 Maj lat vg syr(ph,h) some cop(north) one cop(south)

KJV ASV : The words translated “has been” and “was” are the same word in Greek. Perhaps in order to avoid having the same word three times so close together, some manuscripts omitted “was” before “earthquake” (046 Maj(K,B)) while others changed “man was” to “men were.”