The WH NU reading has weighty manuscripts (𝔓74 B 048 1739 cop), both the Alexandrian and the Western text-types. However, ...
NTTC JAMES 5:7 “Rain” or “Fruit” Supplemental or Explanatory Information?
NTTC JAMES 5:14 “in the name of the Lord”
With the manuscript support of א 33 1739 Maj, as well as TR WH NU, we have the reading εν τω ονοματι του κυριου (“in the name of the Lord”). All English versions have this reading. However, ...
NTTC JAMES 5:20a “let him know that” or “you know that”
The first two words of 5:20, the third-person imperative and the demonstrative pronoun (γινωσκέτω ὅτι ginōsketō hoti) would seem to be the original reading and were altered to the second-person plural imperative (γινώσκετε ginōskete).
NTTC JAMES 5:20b “his soul” or “a soul”? Whose soul is saved? And whose sins are covered?
"Copyists were perplexed, not knowing whether ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ (his soul) referred to the soul of the person converted or to the soul of the person who converted someone else."
NTTC JAMES 5:20c “Amen” or No “Amen”
Variant Reading(s): differing versions of a word or phrase found in two or more manuscripts within a variation unit (see below). Variant readings are also called alternate readings.
NTTC Was “Son of God” in the Original of Mark 1:1
This textual variant would be listed as a significant one. Textual scholar Daniel Wallace writes, “A textual variant is simply any difference from a standard text (e.g., a printed text, a particular manuscript, etc.) that involves spelling, word order, omission, addition, substitution, or a total rewrite of the text.”
Daniel B. Wallace [1950-Present]: a Professor of the New Testament and NT Textual Scholar
Daniel Baird Wallace (born June 5, 1952) is an American professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is also the founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, the purpose of which is digitizing all known Greek manuscripts of the New Testament via digital photographs.
NTTC ROMANS 16:24: Is This a Missing Verse?
In the New Testament, we have numerous instances where the missing verse(s) evidently have come from other NT books or other parts of the same book itself.
P11 (P. St. Petersburg 258 A) P14 (P. St. Catherine’s I4) Papyrus Manuscripts of the Greek New Testament
P11 (a copy of a part of the NT in Greek) was the first Papyrus codex brought to light. Tischendorf saw it in 1862 and dated it as 'late fourth or early fifth century.' It is part of the same codex as P14.
CHRISTIANS: Why Are Textual Footnotes In Your Bible Important?
There are many textual variants in the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament. What are textual variants? And how well do our modern translations inform their readers about these variants?