John 16

John 16:23

:TEXT: “whatever plyou ask the Father for in my name, he will give plyou.”

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KJV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “whatever plyou ask the Father for, he will give plyou in my name.”

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ASV RSV NASV NEBn TEVnCOMMENTS: There are three points in favor of the text reading. First, it is ambiguous (“in my name” can be taken either with “ask” or “give”) and copyists might be tempted to remove the ambiguity by moving the phrase. Second, it has support from several types of ancient text, while the reading in the notes is found mostly in manuscripts of the Alexandrian type of text. And third, in other places John speaks of prayer in the name of Jesus (see John 14:13-14; John 16:15; John 16:24; John 16:26).