Revelation 9

Revelation 9:13

:TEXT: “a voice from the four horns of the golden altar”

P 046 1 1006 1854 most Maj one lat later vg syr(ph)

KJV RSV NASV TEV RANK: CNOTES: “a voice from the horns of the golden altar”

p47 Sa A 0207 94 1611 2053 2344 some Maj(A) most lat earlier vg syr(h) cop

ASV NASVn NIV : “voice of the golden altar”

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The word for “four” is enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. The words translated “a voice” are literally “one voice.” Since there was a horn on each of the four corners of the golden altar of the tabernacle, it is possible that copyists added “four” to parallel the “four angels” of verse 14. On the other hand, since the Greek words for “the” and “four” end with the same two letters, it is also possible that “four” was accidently omitted by copyists when their eyes jumped from the end of “the” to the end of “four.”

Revelation 9:21

:TEXT: “not repent of their murders nor of their sorcerous drugs nor”

p47 S C 1006 1611 1854 Maj(K,B) cop(north)

none RANK: CNOTES: “not repent of thei murders nor of their sorceries nor”

A P 046 1 94 2053 2344 Maj(A,C) syr(p,h) most cop(south)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB : “not repent of their murders nor”

two lat one cop(south)

There are only one or two letters’ (depending on how “sorceries” is spelled) difference between “sorcerous drugs” and “sorceries.” Since “sorcerous drugs” is found nowhere else in the New Testament and “sorceries” is found in Galatians 5:20 and Revelation 18:23, copyists would have been more likely to change the former to the latter than vice versa.