John 16:15 - omission, homoeoteleuton

Steven Avery · Apr 16, 2024

John 16:15 (AV)
All things that the Father hath are mine:
therefore said I, that he shall take of mine,
and shall shew it unto you.

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John 16:14-16 (AV)
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

Steven Avery · Apr 16, 2024

παντα οϲα εχι ο πηρ εμα εϲτιν δια
τουτο ειπον ϋμιν οτι εκ του εμου
λαμβανι κ(αι) αναγγελι υ̇μιν
https://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/...book=36&chapter=16&lid=en&side=r&zoomSlider=0

CARM
https://forums.carm.org/threads/codex-sinaiticus-the-facts.12990/page-71#post-1487793
BTW, the omission of Jn 16:15 from Sinaiticus is interesting, as it's also missing in its entirety from P66.

Steven Avery · Apr 16, 2024

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Aren't older manuscripts more reliable?

In the world of manuscripts, "older" does not mean "more reliable". There are three reasons for this. First, the farther back in time we go, the more skewed and unrepresentative the evidence becomes. Second, there is no scientific correlation between the age of a manuscript and its number of

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Are Older Manuscripts More Reliable? - Textus Receptus Bibles

Are Older Manuscripts More Reliable?

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The scribe skipped the following underlined words of John 16:15 due to the repetition of the same words:

"εκεινος εμε δοξασει οτι εκ του εμου ληψεται και αναγγελει υμιν παντα οσα εχει ο πατηρ εμα εστιν δια τουτο ειπον οτι εκ του εμου ληψεται και αναγγελει υμιν μικρον και ου θεωρειτε με και παλιν μικρον και οψεσθε με οτι εγω υπαγω προς τον πατερα" (John 16:14-16)