by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 5:3–4Received reading: The sick wait for the moving of the water, and an angel descends at a season to trouble it.Principal competing reading: The narrative moves from the list of sick people directly to the man infirm for thirty-eight years.Editorial...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 5:36Received reading: “I have greater witness than that of John: for the works … bear witness of me.”Principal competing reading: Some interpretation and translation recast the phrase as though the works themselves were simply called greater.Editorial...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 5:39Received reading: The Authorized Version reads the verb as a command: “Search the scriptures.”Principal competing reading: Many modern translations read it as a statement: “You search the Scriptures.”Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 3:5Received reading: The kingdom of God.Principal competing reading: A minority substitution reads the kingdom of heaven.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent review remains pending. “Except a man be born of water and of...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 4:42Received reading: “This is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.”Principal competing reading: “This is truly the Saviour of the world.”Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent review remains pending.The woman...
