Revelation 6

Revelation 6:1

:TEXT: “say, as with a voice of thunder, ‘Come!’ ·And I saw, and behold”

A C P 1 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 most Maj(A) Maj(C) earlier vg cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “say, as with a voice of thunder, ‘Come and see!’ ·And I saw, and behold”

S \ 2344 \ three lat later vg syr(ph,h)

KJV ASVn NASVnCOMMENTS: The evidence listed in braces omits the words “And I saw.” Although it is possible that the words “and see” were omitted by accident when copyists’ eyes jumped from “and” to “and,” it is also possible that copyists who understood the command as given to John either added “and see” or changed “and I saw” to “and see.”

Revelation 6:3

:TEXT: “the second living being say, ‘Come!’ ·And out came”

A C P 046 1 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 most Maj earlier vg syr(ph,h) most cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “the second living being say, ‘Come and see!’ “And I saw, and behold, out came”

S 2344 Maj(B) \ one cop(north)

KJV ASVn NASVnCOMMENTS: The evidence in braces omits “I saw and behold.” The evidence seems to indicate that these words were added from the parallels in verses Revelation 6:2; Revelation 6:5; Revelation 6:8. Although it is possible that “and see” was accidently omitted when copyists’ eyes jumped from “and” to “and,” it is more likely that “and see” was added by copyists who took the command to be given to John rather than the horseman.

Revelation 6:4

:TEXT: “given [the power] to take peace from the earth”

S* C P 046 1 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 2344 (“on”) most Maj lat vg syr cop

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV (“bring war on”) RANK: CNOTES: “given [the power] to take peace of the earth”

A some Maj(A)

ASVnOTHER: “given [the power] to take peace”

ScCOMMENTS: Two different Greek words for “from” are found in the evidence for the text reading. The lesser used one and “on” are attempts at stylistic improvements by copyists. The omission of the preposition by a few copyists was probably accidental.

Revelation 6:5

:TEXT: “the third living being say, ‘Come!’ And I saw, and behold”

A C P 1 94 1006 1611 \ 2053 Maj(A,C) \ earlier vg \ cop(north)

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “the third living being say, ‘Come and see!’ And I saw, and behold”

S \ syr(h) : KJV ASVn NASVn

The evidence listed in braces omits the words “And I saw.” Although it is possible that the words “and see” were omitted by accident when copyists’ eyes jumped from “and” to “and,” it is also possible that copyists who understood the command as given to John either added “and see” or changed “and I saw” to “and see.”

Revelation 6:7

:TEXT: “the fourth living being say, ‘Come!’ ·And I saw, and behold”

A C P 1 94 1006 1611 \ 2053 most Maj(A) Maj(C) earlier vg \ cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “the fourth living being say, ‘Come and see!’ ·And I saw, and behold”

S \ one lat \ syr(h)

KJV ASVn NASVnCOMMENTS: The evidence listed in braces omits the words “And I saw.” Although it is possible that the words “and see” were omitted by accident when copyists’ eyes jumped from “and” to “and,” it is also possible that copyists who understood the command as given to John either added “and see” or changed “and I saw” to “and see.”

Revelation 6:11

:TEXT: “until [the number of] their fellow slaves also and their brothers should be filled up”

A C 2344 lat vg syr(ph,h)

KJV ASVn RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “until their fellow slaves also and their brothers should fulfill [their course]”

S P 046 1 94 1006 1854 2053text most Maj

: “until their fellow slaves also and their brothers fulfill [their course]”

1611 2053commentary some Maj(A)

The passive subjunctive tense of the text reading is rather rare, which probably prompted copyists to change it to the active subjunctive (reading in the notes) or active indicative tenses, both of which are pronounced and spelled similarly.