Revelation 18

Revelation 18:2

:TEXT: “and a haunt of every unclean spirit, and a haunt of every unclean bird, and a haunt of every unclean and hateful beast”

2329 some Maj(B) (with “and hateful” before “bird” instead of “beast”) one lat (add “and hateful” before “spirit” and “bird”) syr(h) cop(south)

none RANK: CNOTES: “and a haunt of every unclean spirit, and a haunt of every unclean and hateful bird”

S C 051 2053 Maj(K,C) some Maj(B) one lat vg cop(north)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB : “and a haunt of every unclean and hateful spirit, and a haunt of every unclean and hateful beast”

A P OTHER: “and a haunt of every unclean bird, and a haunt of every unclean and hateful beast”

1611 OTHER: “and a haunt of every unclean and hateful spirit”

Maj(A) syr(ph)

The words “and a haunt of every unclean beast” are enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. The adjectives “unclean and hateful” follow the nouns in Greek. Since the three phrases are so similar it is easy to see how one or more of them might be accidently omitted through a mistake of the eye. However, the words which are missing from a majority of manuscripts are enclosed in brackets.

Revelation 18:3

:TEXT: “of the wine of the anger of her fornication”

S 046 94 1006 Maj(K) some Maj(B) one lat later vg one cop(north) cop(south)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “of the anger of her fornication”

A C? (“of the fornication of her anger”) 1611 2053 four lat earlier vg some cop(north)

ASVnOTHER: “of the anger of the wine of her fornication”

P 051 1 Maj(A,C) some Maj(B) one lat most cop(north) OTHER: “of the wine of her anger”

syr(h) OTHER: “of the wine of her fornication”

1854 syr(ph)

Perhaps “of the wine” was accidently omitted when copyists’ eyes jumped from “the” to “the.” The many readings here seem to be due to carelessness in copying a phrase which is difficult to understand.

Revelation 18:8

:TEXT: “because strong is the Lord God who judges her.”

S C P 046 051 1 94 1611 1854 Maj (some have “Lord God Almighty”) two lat syr(h) cop

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “because strong is the God who judges her.”

A 1006 2053commentary most lat vg

ASVnOTHER: “because strong is the Lord who judges her.”

2053text syr(ph)

Although copyists had a tendency to expand the titles of God (which happened here when “Almighty” was added), it is possible, since “strong” and “Lord” end with the same two letters, that “Lord” was accidently omitted due to a mistake of the eye.

Revelation 18:22

:TEXT: “and no craftsman of any craft shall be found in you”

C P 046 051 1 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 2344 Maj lat vg syr(h) cop(south)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “and no craftsman shall be found in you”

S A cop(north)

ASVnOTHER: omit phrase

syr(ph)

Since “craft” and “craftsman” end with the same two letters the phrase “of any craft” was probably accidently omitted due to a mistake of the eye. The whole phrase was probably omitted for the same reason since it is similar to the surrounding phrases.