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VAR-2199 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 20:31 — “That Ye Might Believe” or “Might Continue Believing”? The Gospel’s Purpose

The aorist and present forms of “believe” have been used to argue for evangelistic or confirmatory purposes, but aspect alone cannot identify John’s entire intended audience.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2200 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 21:23–25 — “What Is That to Thee?” The Final Testimony and the Closing “Amen”

The Gospel closes by correcting a rumor, certifying the beloved disciple’s testimony, and—in the received text—ending with Amen; the principal texts share the corrective saying but vary the close.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2197 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 19:35 — “That Ye Might Believe” or “Continue to Believe”? The Witness at the Cross

The received aorist and critical present subjunctives differ in aspect, and the critical form adds “also”; neither tense by itself proves whether the readers are first coming to faith or continuing in it.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2198 · Variant · Preliminary

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John 20:17, 23, 29 — “My Father,” Remitted Sins, and the Naming of Thomas

Three resurrection-scene variations concern a possessive before Father, the tense of sins forgiven, and Jesus’ direct use of Thomas’s name.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2196 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

John 19:14 — The Sixth Hour or the Third Hour? The Chronology of the Crucifixion

The received text and principal critical editions read “about the sixth hour” at Pilate’s judgment seat; “the third hour” is a minority harmonizing reading.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2193 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 16:23 — Asking the Father in Christ’s Name: Which Words Govern the Promise?

Word order and punctuation decide whether “in my name” most directly modifies the disciples’ asking or the Father’s giving, though both ideas belong to the discourse.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2194 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 17:11–12, 20 — Those Given to the Son and Those Who Shall Believe through Their Word

The received prayer speaks of persons given to the Son and of those who shall believe; the critical forms can make the Father’s name the gift and use a present participle for future believers.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2195 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

John 18:13–27 — Annas, Caiaphas, and Peter: Did Scribes Rearrange the Trial Narrative?

Some witnesses relocate the notice that Annas sent Jesus to Caiaphas, but the principal Greek texts preserve the same sequence; the KJV’s “had sent” is contextual English for an aorist.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2190 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 15:8 — “So Shall Ye Be My Disciples” or “Become My Disciples”?

The received future states that fruit-bearing will mark the disciples; the critical subjunctive places becoming or proving disciples within the purpose for which the Father is glorified.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2191 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 16:13 — “Guide You into All Truth” or “in All Truth”?

The received preposition pictures the Spirit guiding the apostles into all truth; the critical form describes his guidance within the whole sphere of truth.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2192 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 16:16 — “Because I Go to the Father”: Does the Explanation Belong?

The received saying explains the second “little while” by Christ’s going to the Father; the critical form omits that clause and adds “no longer” to the first half.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2187 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 14:2 — “If It Were Not So, I Would Have Told You”: Statement or Question?

Ancient punctuation does not decide whether Jesus reassures the disciples or asks a question; the critical addition of “that” also changes how “I go to prepare a place” attaches.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2188 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 14:7 — “If Ye Had Known Me” or “If Ye Know Me”? Knowing the Father through the Son

The received text and current SBLGNT both begin with the contrary-to-fact “if ye had known me”; their variations concern the following verb forms and connectives.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2189 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 14:14–15 — “Ask Anything in My Name” and “Keep My Commandments”: Pronoun and Mood

The critical text adds “me” as the direct object of prayer in verse 14 and changes the received imperative “keep” to the future “you will keep” in verse 15.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2183 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 12:41 — Because Isaiah Saw Christ’s Glory or When He Saw It?

One letter changes the conjunction: the received text says Isaiah spoke these things “when” he saw Christ’s glory; the critical text says he spoke them “because” he saw it.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2184 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 13:2 — Supper Ended or Supper in Progress? A Single Letter with Narrative Consequences

The received aorist participle describes supper as having occurred, while the critical present participle presents it as taking place; the KJV’s “ended” should be read with the scene’s continuation in view.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2185 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 13:10 — “Save to Wash His Feet”: The Text of the Cleansing Saying

The received and critical forms both retain the exception about washing the feet; they differ chiefly in word order and the idiom introducing the exception.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2186 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 13:32 — “If God Be Glorified in Him”: Is the Entire Opening Clause Authentic?

The conditional opening is omitted by important witnesses but retained in the received text and printed in the current SBLGNT with an apparatus marker.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2181 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

John 12:28 — “Father, Glorify Thy Name” or “Glorify Thy Son”?

The received and leading critical texts agree that Jesus asks the Father to glorify his name; “glorify thy Son” belongs to the wider variation record, not the current principal text.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2182 · Variant · Preliminary

No adverse entailment · agrees with the received text

John 12:32 — “I Will Draw All Men unto Me” or “All Things”?

Both principal texts use the masculine plural “all,” naturally referring to people; “men” is supplied in English, while the neuter “all things” is a minority reading.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2178 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 11:50 — “It Is Expedient for Us” or “for You”? Caiaphas’s Counsel

Caiaphas speaks of advantage “for us” in the received text and “for you” in the critical text, changing whether he includes himself in the counsel he presses upon the council.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2179 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 12:4 — “Judas Iscariot, Simon’s Son, Which Should Betray Him”: The Full Identification

The received text gives Judas’ patronymic and future betrayal in a full identification; the critical form omits Simon’s name and calls him one of the disciples.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2180 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 12:8 — “The Poor Always Ye Have with You”: Is the Entire Verse Authentic?

John 12:8 stands in the received text and the principal modern critical editions; the substantive question is its meaning, not a current whole-verse omission.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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VAR-2174 · Variant · Preliminary

Adverse entailment established

John 10:26, 29 — “Not of My Sheep” and the Father Greater than All

Two variations shape the paragraph: the received reminder “as I said unto you” and a difficult relative-pronoun cluster concerning the Father, the gift, and what is greater than all.

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.
Review: Level B — Editorial synthesis

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