John 12

John 12:7

:TEXT: “Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.”

p66 S B D K L Q W Theta Psi 33 1421 most lat vg cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: -NOTES: “Let her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial.”

A 065 f1 f13 Maj one lat syr(p,h)

: Although it is possible that the perfect indicative (“has kept”) was changed to the aorist subjunctive (“may keep”) by copyists who noticed that Jesus was not buried until later that week, it is more likely that “so that she may keep” was changed to “she has kept” by copyists who noticed that she had already poured out the ointment. The text reading is supported by early manuscripts from several types of ancient text.

John 12:8

:TEXT: include verse 8: “·For the poor plyou always have with plyou, but plyou [will] not always have me.”

p66 S A B K L (omit “For”) W X Delta Theta (omit “For”) Pi Psi 065 f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892suppc 1010 1241 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(p,h,pal) cop

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: omit verse 8

D (both Greek and Latin) syr(s)

NEBnOTHER: “·For the poor plyou always have.”

p75 Lambda* 892supp*

The omission of the last part of the verse is due to a mistake of the eye, when copyists’ eyes jumped from “have” to “have.” Although it is possible that the verse was added from similar statements in the parallel passages of Mat 26:11 and Mark 14:7, the fact that it is present in most manuscripts of several different kinds of ancient text indicates that it was originally present.

John 12:12

:TEXT: “when the large crowd who had come to the feast”

p66 B L Theta f13 syr(s) most cop(north)

ASVn NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “when a large crowd who had come to the feast”

S A D K W X Delta Pi Psi f1 28 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect syr(p,h,pal) one cop(north) cop(south)

KJV ASV : The word order found in the words translated “the large crowd” is very unusual Greek. Normal word orders would be “large crowd,” “crowd large,” “the large crowd,” and “the crowd the large.” The text reading is literally “the crowd large.” Apparently copyists changed this ungrammatical phrase to a more correct one, either by omitting the article or by adding an extra one to read “the crowd the large” (manuscripts p66c and Theta). The same thing happened in verse 9. Latin does not have a definite article.

John 12:41

:TEXT: “Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory”

p66 p75 S A B L X Theta Psi f1 33 one lat syr(pal) cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory”

D K Delta Pi f13 565 700 892 1241 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(s,p,h)

KJV NEBnOTHER: “Isaiah said these things since he saw his glory”

W

There is only one letter difference in spelling between the words translated “because” and “when.” The text reading is supported by early manuscripts of several types of ancient text.