by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 6:23Received reading: “After that the Lord had given thanks.”Principal competing reading: A minority form omits or alters the explicit title.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent review remains pending.Boats from Tiberias...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 6:39, 51Received reading: “The Father’s will which hath sent me” and “my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”Principal competing reading: The critical form omits “Father” in verse 39 and the second “which I will give” in verse...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 5:44Received reading: “The honour that cometh from God only.”Principal competing reading: A minority form shortens the phrase to “the honour from the only one.”Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent review remains...
by Chris Thomas | Jul 22, 2026
Passage: John 5:17Received reading: “But Jesus answered them.”Principal competing reading: “But he answered them,” with Jesus supplied only from context.Editorial status: Preliminary record accepted for staging; independent review remains pending.The authorities...
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...
