John 5

John 5:1

:TEXT: “After this there was a feast of the Jews”

p66 p75 A B D K W(supp) Theta 0125 f13 28 565 700 1241 some Byz

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: ANOTES: “After this there was the feast of the Jews”

S C L X(commentary) Delta Pi Psi f1 33 892 1010 some Byz cop

ASVn NASVn NEBnCOMMENTS: Copyists were more likely to insert “the” than omit it. By inserting it, they made the feast specific (it most likely refers to the Passover).

John 5:2

:TEXT: “pool, which in Hebrew is called Beth-zatha”

S 33 \ \ \ \

ASVn RSV NASVn NIVn TEV RANK: DNOTES: “pool, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda”

A C K X(commentary) Delta Theta Pi 078 f1 f13 28 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect two lat syr(c,p,pal)

KJV ASV RSVn NASV NIV NEB TEVnNOTES: “pool, which in Hebrew is called Bethsaida”

p66 (“Bedsaida”) p75 B W(supp) Psi (“Bessaida”) 0125 two lat vg syr(h) cop

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The reading “Bethsaida” may have come from the town of Bethsaida near the Sea of Galilee, mentioned in John 1:44. It is also possible that the reading “Bethesda” was introduced because it means “House of Mercy.”

John 5:3-4

:TEXT: “those who were sick, blind, crippled, withered. ·And a certain man”

p66 p75 S B C* 0125 one lat syr(c) most cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: ANOTES: “those who were sick, blind, crippled, withered, waiting for the moving of the water, ·for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water; then the one who got in first after the troubling of the water became healthy, [regardless] of whatever disease he was being held by. ·And a certain man”

\ A2 C3 K \ X(commentary) Delta Theta Pi Psi 078 f1 f13 28 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect most lat later vg syr(p,h,pal) some cop(north)

KJV ASVn RSVn NASVn NIVn NEBn TEVnOTHER: “those who were sick, blind, crippled, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. ·And a certain man”

D (add “paralyzed”) W(supp) 33 three lat earlier vg

ASVn RSVn NASVn NIVn NEBn

The evidence listed above in braces omits “waiting for the moving of the water.” There are many variations in verse John 5:4 which are not listed here. The additional material seems to be a gloss added by copyists to explain the troubling of the water in verse John 5:7.

John 5:44

:TEXT: “seek the glory that [comes] from the only God?”

S A D K L Delta Theta Pi Psi f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect most lat vg syr some cop(north)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “seek the glory that [comes] from the Only One?”

p66 p75 B W two lat most cop

ASVn NIVnCOMMENTS: Although it is possible that the word “God” was added as a natural addition, it is more likely that it was accidently omitted when copyists’ eyes jumped from the end of “only” to the end of “God” (both end with the same two letters).