by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 9:35Received reading: “Dost thou believe on the Son of God?”Principal competing reading: “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent review remains pending.After the authorities cast out the...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 8:54Received reading: “My Father … of whom ye say, that he is your God.”Principal competing reading: “My Father … of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’”Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent review remains pending.A single...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 8:39Received reading: “If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.”Principal competing reading: The critical form reads “If you are Abraham’s children, do/were doing the works of Abraham,” with subreadings in the verbs.Editorial...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 8:44Received reading: *Ouk hestēken en tē alētheia*, rendered “he abode not in the truth.”Principal competing reading: The SBLGNT has the same perfect verb with a spelling form of the negative; translations often say “does not stand.”Editorial status:...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 8:10–11Received reading: “Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”Principal competing reading: The pericope is omitted as a unit, while included forms vary in the questions, the term for condemn, and smaller narrative details.Editorial status:...
