Re: John 4:24 missing auton

From: dixonps@juno.com
Date: Thu Mar 09 2000 - 11:02:45 EST


On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 8:36:22 "Jay Adkins" <JAdkins264@aol.com> writes:
> John 4:24 PNEUMA hO QEOS, KAI TOUS PROSKUNOUNTAS AUTON EN PNEUMATI
> KAI
> ALHQEIA DEI PROSKUNEIN
>
> I have a hard copy of Nestles Greek text that leaves out AUTON in this
> verse. There is no mention of any variants in my UBS 3rd edition or
from
> Alford's 'Greek Testament.' Is this just a misprinted copy? Every
> other copy of the Greek NT I have includes the pronoun, including my
TR.
> Would it even be grammatically possible for this pronoun to be excluded
by
> elision in some MSS?

According to the critical apparatus of NA26, AUTON is omitted by Aleph,
D,
and ff(j). That two ancient mss from two different text families omit
AUTON
is significant. Undoubtedly the version you have deems it that
significant.

Paul Dixon

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