03-28-2016, 06:58 PM
Wieland Willker's textual commentary on the gospel of John lists ms 1195, the margins of the Harklean, Palestinian Syriac MS A, and Cyril of Alexandria as attesting to the sequence: 13, 24, 14-23, 24. Suppose it is original ...
Compared with the Sinaitic Palimpsest, this has verses 16-18 moved a bit earlier and verse 24 repeated.
Compared with most other manuscript the only difference is the repetition of verse 24.
Verse 24 is very short. An idea that just struck me is that it could be a headline. I read an article long ago about LXX where the author argued that it was a practice to repeat a brief summary as a headline once at the start of an addition and once at the end. If that practice was followed here, it would mean that verses 14-23 existed as a separate story, perhaps an eyewitness account, and wasn't formulated by John-the-apostle.
Compared with the Sinaitic Palimpsest, this has verses 16-18 moved a bit earlier and verse 24 repeated.
Compared with most other manuscript the only difference is the repetition of verse 24.
Quote:Απεστειλεν (ουν) αυτον ο Αννας δεδεμενον προς Καιαφαν τον αρχιερεα. — John 18:24
(So) Hannas sent him bound to Kaiafas, the high priest.
Verse 24 is very short. An idea that just struck me is that it could be a headline. I read an article long ago about LXX where the author argued that it was a practice to repeat a brief summary as a headline once at the start of an addition and once at the end. If that practice was followed here, it would mean that verses 14-23 existed as a separate story, perhaps an eyewitness account, and wasn't formulated by John-the-apostle.