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VAR-2177 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 11:41 — “From the Place Where the Dead Was Laid”: Has the Clause Been Removed?

The received text specifies that the stone was removed from the place where the dead man lay; the critical text says simply that they removed the stone.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2173 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 10:16 — One Fold or One Flock? Text, Translation, and Christ’s One Church

John uses one Greek noun for the enclosure and another for the gathered flock; the Authorized Version’s second “fold” obscures, but does not erase, that distinction.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2171 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 9:35 — “Dost Thou Believe on the Son of God?” or “the Son of Man”?

Jesus’ question to the man born blind names the “Son of God” in the received text and the “Son of Man” in the principal critical editions.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2170 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 9:4 — “I Must Work” or “We Must Work”? Who Performs the Works of God?

The received singular makes Jesus the speaker and worker sent by the Father; the critical plural draws the disciples into the daytime labor while retaining a singular “me” later in the sentence.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2172 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 10:8 — “All That Ever Came before Me”: Do the Final Words Belong?

The words “before me” stand in the received text and in leading current critical editions, though an important Byzantine branch and other witnesses omit them.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2166 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 8:39 — “If Ye Were Abraham’s Children, Ye Would Do the Works of Abraham”

A cluster of verb forms changes the force of Jesus’ reply from a contrary-to-fact condition to the sharper command or inference, “If you are Abraham’s children, do his works.”

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2167 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 8:44 — “He Abode Not in the Truth”: Perfect or Imperfect, Stood or Abode?

The Authorized Version’s “abode not” translates a perfect form meaning that the devil has not stood in the truth; the principal Greek texts do not divide over a perfect versus imperfect tense.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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John 8:54 — Your God or Our God? Direct and Indirect Discourse in Jesus’ Answer

The received “your God” reproduces Jesus’ opponents’ claim in direct discourse, while the critical “our God” includes Jesus and his hearers in the grammatical confession.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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John 8:59 — “Going through the Midst of Them, and So Passed By”: Is the Escape Clause Authentic?

The received text narrates Jesus passing through the hostile crowd after hiding himself; the critical text ends more abruptly with his departure from the temple.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2162 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 8:6, 8 — What Did Jesus Write on the Ground, and What Does the Text Actually Say?

John twice says that Jesus wrote on the ground but never reports the content; the received phrase “as though he heard them not” describes his refusal to answer the trap on demand.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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John 8:7–9 — “He That Is without Sin”: The First Stone, the Conscience, and the Eldest

Jesus places the would-be execution witnesses under the searching demand of the law; received details about conscience, age, and the last departure are not equally supported in every form of the story.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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John 8:10–11 — “Neither Do I Condemn Thee”: The Received Conclusion of the Pericope

The ending joins mercy and holiness in their proper order: Jesus declines to ratify the collapsed condemnation and commands the woman to abandon sin.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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VAR-2165 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 8:16 — “The Father That Sent Me”: Does the Article or Pronoun Belong?

The principal received and critical texts both name “the Father who sent me”; their clearer edition-level difference concerns the adjective for Christ’s true judgment.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2161 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 8:3–6 — The Accusation, the Test, and the Attempt to Condemn Jesus

The accusers invoke Moses while withholding the woman’s partner and using the case to trap Jesus; the passage exposes a corrupt prosecution without weakening the law against adultery.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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VAR-2160 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 7:53–8:2 — From the Mount of Olives to the Temple: Does the Narrative Join Naturally?

The received transition contrasts each man going home with Jesus going to the Mount of Olives and returning to teach in the temple at dawn.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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VAR-2158 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 7:53–8:11 IV — Vocabulary and Style: Is the Passage Really Non-Johannine?

The pericope contains unusual vocabulary and a synoptic narrative feel, but short subject-specific passages are poor material for absolute authorship tests.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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VAR-2159 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 7:53–8:11 V — Alternative Locations in John and Luke: What Do the Transpositions Prove?

A small group of witnesses place the story after other verses in John or after Luke 21:38; these moves show transmission complexity but not a story with no canonical home.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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VAR-2155 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 7:53–8:11 I — The Manuscript Case for the Woman Taken in Adultery

The passage is absent from several early Greek witnesses yet preserved in Codex Bezae, the later continuous-text majority, versions, and lectionary transmission.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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VAR-2156 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 7:53–8:11 II — Early Fathers, Silence, and Positive Patristic Evidence

Early commentary silence must be weighed beside positive knowledge of the story in the Didascalia, Didymus, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and other writers.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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VAR-2157 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 7:53–8:11 III — Lectionary Practice and the Church’s Public Reading of the Passage

The Pentecost lesson bypassed the pericope while other services preserved it, creating skip marks and alternate placements that require liturgical interpretation.

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Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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VAR-2154 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 7:39 — “The Holy Ghost Was Not Yet Given”: Does “Holy” Belong?

The received text reads “Holy Spirit”; the critical form has “Spirit” alone, while “given” is an English supplement in the Authorized Version.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation. Supplied-source audit completed in Core 0.6.3. Accepted local notes were matched by canonical passage and manually bounded; source claims remain attributed where current apparatus verification is pending.
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VAR-2153 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 7:8 — “I Go Not Up Yet”: Does “Yet” Belong in Christ’s Answer?

The received text says Jesus was not yet going to the feast; the NA28 and SBLGNT form says, “I am not going up.”

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2152 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 6:69 — “The Christ, the Son of the Living God” or “the Holy One of God”?

Peter’s confession is fuller in the received text; the critical editions read “the Holy One of God.”

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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VAR-2151 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 6:55 — Meat and Drink “Indeed” or “Truly”? The Competing Adjectives and Adverbs

The received text uses an adverb—Christ’s flesh is food indeed—while the critical text uses adjectives: true food and true drink.

Verification
Passage, principal readings, and stated editorial comparison checked against Scrivener’s received Greek text and the current SBLGNT text and apparatus; exhaustive manuscript collation remains open. Metzger commentary entries were matched by exact passage where present; ECM/CBGM rationale is passage-specific only when an official editorial explanation is cited. Ledger rows are identified as UBS6 / intended NA29 data but retain their row-level verification caveats pending direct collation.
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Level B — Editorial synthesis
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