[B-Greek] Re: John 6:51

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Tue Mar 18 11:14:40 EST 2003


In a message dated 3/18/2003 10:29:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
willker at chemie.uni-bremen.de writes:

> gfsomsel wrote:
> >Then there is no omission.  The difference is between hHN (N-A) and
> >hON (Byz).
> 
> No, the difference is that the Byz text adds the phrase HN EGW DWSW,
> which is not in the critical text. My question: What problem is there
> without the phrase?
> 
> Compare:
> >Nestle-Aland
> >KAI O ARTOS DE ON EGW DWSW
> >H SARX MOU ESTIN
> >UPER THS TOU KOSMOU ZWHS.
> >
> >Byzantine text
> >KAI O ARTOS DE ON EGW DWSW
> >H SARX MOU ESTIN
> >*** HN EGW DWSW ***
> >UPER THS TOU KOSMOU ZWHS
> 

Oh!  I see now.  My reading was suffering from mental haplography.  The Byz 
text has a repetition of the phrase with a fem relative for the masc. Forget 
what I said before since I think I mispoke.  The difference can be 
illustrated in translation.

N-A

"The bread which I give is my flesh for the life of the world"

BT
"The bread which I give is my flesh which I give for the life of the world"

I still don't see a problem with the N-A text.  If there were a problem, I 
would assume it would fall under the category of lectio difficilior (but this 
is not a textual criticism forum).

gfsomsel


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