The Bible Student's Guide to
New Testament Textual Variants

The Revelation to John

Revelation 14:4-22:21


Revelation 14:4:

TEXT: "These have been purchased from mankind [as] firstfruits"
EVIDENCE: p47 Aleph(א) A C P Maj(A,B) vg cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "These have been purchased by Jesus from mankind [as] firstfruits"
EVIDENCE: 046 051 1611 Maj(K,C) syr(h)
TRANSLATIONS: CSBn

COMMENTS: The clarification of the one who purchased people is the kind of addition that copyists were likely to make. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 14:8:

TEXT: "Fallen, fallen [is] Babylon the great"
EVIDENCE: p47 A P Maj(A,C) vg syr
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "Fallen [is] Babylon the great"
EVIDENCE: {Aleph(א)*} Aleph(א)2 C 046 1854 2053 Maj(K,B) some cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: CSBn

COMMENTS: The original hand of manuscript Aleph(א) repeats a line that follows. It is more likely that the second occurrence of the word "fallen" was overlooked by copyists than that the word was accidently repeated.

Revelation 14:13:

TEXT: "'Lord from now on.' 'Yes,' says the Spirit, 'that'"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)c A C P {046} 051 1 {94} 1006 1611 1854 2344 {Maj(K,C)} Maj(A,B) lat vg syr(ph,h) cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV? ("Blessed indeed") NASV NIV NEBn REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: B

NOTES: "'Lord.' 'From now on,' says the Spirit, 'that'"
EVIDENCE: p47 Aleph(א)* cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: NRSV2021n NEB REBn

NOTES: "'Lord from now on.' 'Indeed,' says the Spirit, 'that'"
EVIDENCE: 2053

COMMENTS: The evidence listed in braces has a different word order from the text reading. Although it is possible that "yes" and "indeed" are expansions by copyists, the great manuscript support for "yes" makes it likely that the text reading is original.

Revelation 15:2:

TEXT: "victorious from the beast and from its image and from the number of its name"
EVIDENCE: p47vid Aleph(א) A C P 046 Maj(K,C) vg syr cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "victorious from the beast and from its image and from its mark and from the number of its name"
EVIDENCE: 051 Maj(A,B)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

COMMENTS: While it is possible that the words "from its mark and" were accidently omitted when copyists' eyes jumped from "and" to "and," the fact that "mark" is often found in Revelation together with "beast" (13:16,17; 14:9,11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4) makes it likely that it was added by later copyists. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 15:3:

TEXT: "O King of the nations!"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)a A P 046 051 1 1854 2053 Maj two lat cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn RSVn NRSV ESV NASV NIV2011 NEBn TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "O King of the ages!"
EVIDENCE: p47 Aleph(א)*,c C 94 1006 1611 2344vid most lat vg syr(ph,h) cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSVn ESVn NASVn NIV84 NIV2011n NEB REB TEVn CSBn

OTHER: "O King of the saints!"
EVIDENCE: 296 2049
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV

COMMENTS: The manuscript evidence for the reading in the text and the notes is almost balanced. Although it is possible that "nations" was borrowed from verse 4, a majority of the UBS Textual Committee felt it was more likely that "ages" was borrowed by copyists from 1 Timothy 1:17.

Revelation 15:6:

TEXT: "clothed in clean bright linen, and"
EVIDENCE: {p47 Aleph(א)} P {046} 051 1 {94} 1006 1611 Maj later vg syr(ph,h) cop(north)?
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASVn RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: B

NOTES: "clothed in clean bright stone, and"
EVIDENCE: A C 2053 lat earlier vg
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NRSVn NASVn

OTHER: "clothed in clean bright, and"
EVIDENCE: cop(south)

COMMENTS: The evidence listed in braces has a different spelling, but supports the text reading. There is only one letter's difference between the Greek words for "linen" and "stone." Even though there is a superficial parallel to wearing stone in Ezekiel 15:6, it seems most likely that the reading "stone" is due to a copying mistake.

Revelation 16:1:

TEXT: "pour out the seven bowls of the anger of God"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A C 046 Maj(K,B) early vg syr
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "pour out the bowls of the anger of God"
EVIDENCE: P 051 1854 Maj(A,C) one lat cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 16:2:

TEXT: "the first [angel] went and poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: p47 Aleph(א) A C Maj(K,C) some Maj(A) vg
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV NASV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the first angel went and poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: Maj(B) some Maj(A)
TRANSLATIONS: RSV NRSV ESV NIV NEB REB TEV

COMMENTS: It is difficult to tell the Greek text behind English translations that do not mark added words. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 16:3:

TEXT: "the second [angel] poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: p47 Aleph(א)*,c A C P 1006 1611 1854 2053 lat
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the second angel poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: 046 051 2344 Maj later vg syr most cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSV NRSV ESV NIV NEB REB TEV CSBn

COMMENTS: It is difficult to tell the Greek text behind English translations that do not mark added words. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 16:3:

TEXT: "every living soul died that was in the sea."
EVIDENCE: A C 051 {1006} 1611 2344 {syr(h)}
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV ESV NASV73n
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "every living soul died in the sea."
EVIDENCE: p47 Aleph(א) ("on") Maj(A,C) lat vg syr(ph) cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB

NOTES: "every soul died in the sea."
EVIDENCE: Maj(K,B)
TRANSLATIONS: none

COMMENTS: The evidence in braces has a slightly different reading than the text reading: "of those" instead of "that was." The words "that was" are a translation of the definite article, which is omitted in the readings in the notes. The article is plural here and can be translated "the things that were."

Revelation 16:4:

TEXT: "the third [angel] poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: p47 Aleph(א) A C P 046 Maj(K) most vg
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the third angel poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: 051 2344 Maj(A,B,C) later vg syr(ph) cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSV NRSV ESV NIV NEB REB TEV CSBn

COMMENTS: It is difficult to tell the Greek text behind English translations that do not mark added words. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 16:4:

TEXT: "poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and it became blood."
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) C P 046 051 1 94 Maj four lat vg
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV73n
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood."
EVIDENCE: p47 A 1006 1611 1854 2053 three lat syr(ph,h) cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASVn RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB

COMMENTS: Probably "it became" was changed to "they became" under the influence of the plural "rivers" and "springs."

Revelation 16:8:

TEXT: "the fourth [angel] poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: p47 A C P 046 Maj(K) most lat
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the fourth angel poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) 051 1854 2344 Maj(A,B,C) later vg syr(ph) most cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSV NRSV ESV NIV NEB REB TEV CSBn

COMMENTS: It is difficult to tell the Greek text behind English translations that do not mark added words. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 16:10:

TEXT: "the fifth [angel] poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A C P 046 Maj(K) most lat
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the fifth angel poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: 051 2344 Maj(A,B,C) later vg syr(ph) cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSV NRSV ESV NIV NEB REB TEV CSBn

COMMENTS: It is difficult to tell the Greek text behind English translations that do not mark added words. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 16:12:

TEXT: "the sixth [angel] poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: p47 Aleph(א) A C 046 Maj(K) some Maj(A) some lat
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the sixth angel poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: 051 2344 most Maj(A) Maj(B,C) lat later vg syr(ph) cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSV NRSV ESV NIV NEB REB TEV CSBn

COMMENTS: It is difficult to tell the Greek text behind English translations that do not mark added words. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 16:16:

TEXT: "a place which is called in Hebrew Harmagedon."
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) {Aleph(א)a ("Armegedon")} A E some Maj(A) Maj(B,C)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NRSV NASV CSBn
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "a place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon."
EVIDENCE: 2049 2081c some lat {most lat most vg ("Armagedon")}
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASVn ("Armagedon") RSV ESV NASVn NIV NEB REB TEV CSB

NOTES: "a place which is called in Hebrew Magedon."
EVIDENCE: Maj(K) some Maj(A) some vg? syr(ph)? cop(north)?

TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV CSBn
NOTES: "a place which is called in Hebrew Mageddon."
EVIDENCE: 046 1611 2053 some vg? syr(ph)? cop(north)?

TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV CSBn
COMMENTS: The place name which is traditionally spelled "Armageddon" in English is spelled over a dozen different ways in the manuscripts. The text follows a spelling found in over 90 manuscripts.

Revelation 16:17:

TEXT: "the seventh [angel] poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: {Aleph(א)*} A C 046 Maj(K) some lat
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the seventh angel poured out his bowl"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)2 051 1854 2344 Maj(A,B,C) lat later vg syr(ph) cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSV NRSV ESV NIV NEB REB TEV CSBn

COMMENTS: It is difficult to tell the Greek text behind English translations that do not mark added words. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 16:17:

TEXT: "a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne"
EVIDENCE: p47vid A vg syr cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne"
EVIDENCE: 046 051c Maj(K,B,C)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

OTHER: "a loud voice came out of heaven, from the throne"
EVIDENCE: 051* (omits "from the throne") 1854 Maj(A) one lat (omits "from the throne")

OTHER: "a loud voice came out of the temple of God"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)

COMMENTS: Apparently a number of copyists wanted to clarify that the earthly temple was not the one being referenced, adding "of heaven."

Revelation 16:18:

TEXT: "such as had not been since man was on the earth"
EVIDENCE: p47vid ("man were") A most cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn ESV NASV NIV [NEB REB ("human history")] TEV
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "such as had not been since men were on the earth"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) 046 051 1 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 2344 Maj lat vg syr(ph,h) some cop(north) one cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV CSB

COMMENTS: The words translated "has been" and "was" are the same word in Greek. Perhaps in order to avoid having the same word three times so close together, some manuscripts omitted "was" before "earthquake" (046 Maj(K,B)) while others changed "man was" to "men were."

Revelation 17:4:

TEXT: "the unclean things of her sexual immorality"
EVIDENCE: A 051 1 94 1006 2344 Maj(A,B,C) lat vg syr(ph)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "the unclean things of the earth's sexual immorality"
EVIDENCE: 046 1611 1854 2053 Maj(K)
TRANSLATIONS: CSBn

OTHER: "the unclean things of her and the earth's sexual immorality"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) syr(h) (cop "her sexual immorality with those/all of the earth")

COMMENTS: The reading of manuscript Aleph(א) appears to be a conflation of the text reading and the reading of the notes indicating that it is secondary. Between the two readings, the text reading has the better support both in an early manuscript and in the versions.

Revelation 17:8:

TEXT: "is going to ascend out of the abyss and is going to destruction"
EVIDENCE: A 1611 2053 lat vg syr(ph) cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn NASVn NEB REB TEV?
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "is going to ascend out of the abyss and to go to destruction"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) P 046 051 1 94 1006 1854 Maj syr(h)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV CSB

COMMENTS: There is only one letter's difference between the present indicative (text reading) and the present infinitive (reading in the notes). Since the indicative is not as smooth in this context as the infinitive, it is more likely that copyists changed the indicative to the infinitive than vice versa, although it is possible that the indicative was borrowed from verse 11.

Revelation 18:2:

TEXT: "Fallen, fallen [is] Babylon the great!"
EVIDENCE: A Maj(A,C) some Maj(B) vg syr
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "Fallen [is] Babylon the great!"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) 046 1854 Maj(K) some Maj(B) cop
TRANSLATIONS: CSBn

OTHER: "Fallen, fallen, fallen [is] Babylon the great!"
EVIDENCE: P

COMMENTS: The omission of one of the words "fallen" and the addition in manuscript P both seem to be mistakes of the eye, either jumping over the word or repeating it.

Revelation 18:2:

TEXT: "and a haunt of every unclean spirit, and a haunt of every unclean bird, and a haunt of every unclean and hateful beast"
EVIDENCE: 2329 some Maj(B) (with "and hateful" before "bird" instead of "beast") one lat (add "and hateful" before "spirit" and "bird") syr(h) cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: NRSV ESV CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "and a haunt of every unclean spirit, and a haunt of every unclean and hateful bird"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) C 051 2053 Maj(K,C) some Maj(B) one lat vg cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSVn NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSBn

OTHER: "and a haunt of every unclean and hateful spirit, and a haunt of every unclean and hateful beast"
EVIDENCE: A P

OTHER: "and a haunt of every unclean bird, and a haunt of every unclean and hateful beast"
EVIDENCE: 1611

OTHER: "and a haunt of every unclean and hateful spirit"
EVIDENCE: Maj(A) syr(ph)

COMMENTS: The words "and a haunt of every unclean beast" are enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. The adjectives "unclean and hateful" follow the nouns in Greek. Since the three phrases are so similar it is easy to see how one or more of them might be accidently omitted through a mistake of the eye. However, the words which are missing from a majority of manuscripts are enclosed in brackets.

Revelation 18:3:

TEXT: "because all nations have drunk of"
EVIDENCE: {P 051 1} 1006cvid 2053* some Maj(K) Maj(B) {some Maj(A) Maj(C)} lat vg syr(h)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASVn RSV NRSV1989 NRSV2021n ESV NASV95 NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: D

NOTES: "because all nations have fallen on account of"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A C 046 1006* 1611 {1854 2053c} some Maj(K) cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSVn NRSV2021 NASV95n NASV2020 NEBn ("been ruined") CSBn

NOTES: "because she has made all nations drink of"
EVIDENCE: {94 some Maj(A) syr(ph)}
TRANSLATIONS: NRSV1989n

COMMENTS: The evidence listed in braces has the singular instead of the plural. The reading "made drink" was borrowed from Revelation 14:8. There is only one letter's difference between the reading in the text and the reading in the notes: a "T" following a "P" (Pi). Since the Greek letter "Pi" is made like a "T" with two vertical strokes instead of one, it is easy to see how a "T" could have been accidently added or omitted through a mistake of the eye. Although "fallen on account of" makes sense here and is supported by the earliest manuscripts, the UBS Textual Committee felt that it was not suitable in the context, and that "fallen" was borrowed from verse 2.

Revelation 18:3:

TEXT: "of the wine of the anger of her sexual immorality"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) 046 94 1006 Maj(K) some Maj(B) one lat later vg one cop(north) cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB?
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "of the anger of her sexual immorality"
EVIDENCE: A C? ("of the sexual immorality of her anger") 1611 2053 four lat earlier vg some cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn

OTHER: "of the anger of the wine of her sexual immorality"
EVIDENCE: P 051 1 Maj(A,C) some Maj(B) one lat most cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: CSB?

OTHER: "of the wine of her anger"
EVIDENCE: syr(h)

OTHER: "of the wine of her sexual immorality"
EVIDENCE: 1854 syr(ph)

COMMENTS: Perhaps "of the wine" was accidently omitted when copyists' eyes jumped from "the" to "the." The many readings here seem to be due to carelessness in copying a phrase which is difficult to understand.

Revelation 18:8:

TEXT: "because strong is the Lord God who judges her."
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) C P 046 051 1 94 1611 1854 Maj (some have "Lord God Almighty") two lat syr(h) cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "because strong is the God who judges her."
EVIDENCE: A 1006 2053commentary most lat vg
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn

OTHER: "because strong is the Lord who judges her."
EVIDENCE: 2053text syr(ph)

COMMENTS: Although copyists had a tendency to expand the titles of God (which happened here when "Almighty" was added), it is possible, since "strong" and "Lord" end with the same two letters, that "Lord" was accidently omitted due to a mistake of the eye.

Revelation 18:13:

TEXT: "cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)* A C P Maj(B) most Maj(A) some lat
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "cinnamon, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)2 046 1006 2053 Maj(K,C) some Maj(A) later vg syr(ph) cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

COMMENTS: The words "and spice" were apparently omitted when copyists eyes jumped from "and" to "and." The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 18:22:

TEXT: "and no craftsman of any craft shall be found in you"
EVIDENCE: C P 046 051 1 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 2344 Maj lat vg syr(h) cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "and no craftsman shall be found in you"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn

OTHER: omit phrase
EVIDENCE: syr(ph)

COMMENTS: Since "craft" and "craftsman" end with the same two letters the phrase "of any craft" was probably accidently omitted due to a mistake of the eye. The whole phrase was probably omitted for the same reason since it is similar to the surrounding phrases.

Revelation 19:5:

TEXT: "even [plyou] who fear him"
EVIDENCE: A 046 051 0229vid 1 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 2344 Maj lat vg syr(ph,h) most cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSV CSB TEV
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "[plyou] who fear him"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) C P cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV2021n ESV NASV NIV NEB REB

COMMENTS: The Greek word translated "and" or "even" is in brackets in the UBS text. It is difficult to decide whether it was added by copyists to improve the grammar or omitted by others to make sure that those who fear was not understood as a separate group, understanding it as "and" rather than "even."

Revelation 19:6:

TEXT: "the Lord our God the Almighty reigns"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) P 046 94 1611 1854 2053 2344 most Maj lat vg syr(h) one cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV1989 NRSV2021n ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "the Lord God the Almighty reigns"
EVIDENCE: A 1 1006 some Maj(A) one lat syr(ph)c most cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSV2021

OTHER: "our God the Almighty reigns"
EVIDENCE: 051

COMMENTS: The Greek word for "our" is in brackets in the UBS text. Although copyists were inclined to expand the name of God, the fact that it is found in so many manuscipts led the UBS committee to include it. It is missing from the King James because manuscript 1 for Revelation was used by Erasmus to make the Textus Receptus.

Revelation 19:11:

TEXT: "the One sitting on it [is] called Faithful and True"
EVIDENCE: {Aleph(א)} 046 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 2344 Maj(K,B,C) {some Maj(A)} most lat {some lat earlier vg} later vg syr(ph,h) cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "the One sitting on it [is] Faithful and True"
EVIDENCE: A P 051 1 most Maj(A)
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn

COMMENTS: The word "called" is enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. The evidence listed in braces has the word "called," but in a different place than the text reading. Although the different positions of "called" might make it seem added by copyists, it may have been deliberately omitted lest the reader think Jesus was only "called" faithful and true and was not in fact.

Revelation 19:12:

TEXT: "his eyes [are] like a flame of fire"
EVIDENCE: A 1006 Maj(B) some Maj(A) lat vg syr(ph,h) cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSV NRSV ESV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "his eyes [are] a flame of fire"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) P 046 051 1 94 1611 1854 2053 Maj(K,C) most Maj(A)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NASV NRSV2021n

COMMENTS: The Greek word for "like" or "as" is in brackets in the UBS text. It is often used by John in Revelation, but the possiblity exists that copyists may have added it from these other places.

Revelation 19:13:

TEXT: "he [is] clothed in a cloak dipped in blood"
EVIDENCE: A 046 051 1 94 1854 Maj syr(ph)? cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASVn RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB ("dyed") TEV? ("covered") CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "he [is] clothed in a cloak sprinkled with blood"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) P 1006 1611 2053 lat vg syr(h) syr(ph)? cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSVn NRSVn ESVn NEBn ("splattered")

COMMENTS: There are six different forms of the word "sprinkled" supporting the reading in the notes. These variations make it suspect. Since Old Testament ritual involved sprinkling with blood, "dipped" was more likely to be changed to "sprinkled" than vice versa.

Revelation 20:6:

TEXT: "they shall reign with him the thousand years."
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) 046 94 1611 2053 most cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn NEB REB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "they shall reign with him a thousand years."
EVIDENCE: A 051 1 1006 1854 Maj one cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV TEV CSB

COMMENTS: The definite article "the" is enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. Although copyists had a tendency to add the definite article, the UBS Textual Committee felt it best to include it here in brackets because of the strong evidence that includes it.

Revelation 20:9:

TEXT: "and fire came down out of heaven and"
EVIDENCE: A {94} 2053commentary some Maj(A) some cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV {RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV} CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "and fire came down from God out of heaven and"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)b P {051 1} 1006 1611 2053text {some Maj(A)} three lat vg syr(h)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASVn RSVn NRSVn ESVn CSBn

NOTES: "and fire came down out of heaven from God and"
EVIDENCE: 046 Maj(K,B,C) two lat syr(ph) most cop
TRANSLATIONS: RSVn NRSVn ESVn

OTHER: "and fire came down from God and"
EVIDENCE: 1854 one lat

OTHER: omit through "into the lake" in verse 10
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)*

COMMENTS: The evidence and translations listed in braces have "from heaven" instead of "out of heaven" and "out of God" instead of "from God." The words "from God" may have been borrowed by copyists from Revelation 21:2 and 10. The omission by the original copyist of manuscript Aleph(א) was probably accidental.

Revelation 20:14:

TEXT: "This is the second death, the lake of fire"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A Maj(K,B,C)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "This is the second death"
EVIDENCE: some Maj(A)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

NOTES: omit sentence
EVIDENCE: 051 2053 most Maj(A) some lat cop(north)

COMMENTS: The sentence was omitted when copyists' eyes jumped from "lake of fire" to "lake of fire." The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts as well as the majority of manuscripts.

Revelation 21:3:

TEXT: "I heard a loud voice from the throne"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A most lat vg
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "I heard a loud voice from heaven"
EVIDENCE: P 046 051 1006 1611 1854 2053 Maj one lat syr cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 21:3:

TEXT: " he shall dwell with them"
EVIDENCE: all manuscripts
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV NRSVn (Thomas Nelson Ed.) ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: " he shall dwell with them as their God"
EVIDENCE: none
TRANSLATIONS: NRSV (Thomas Nelson 1990 edition)

COMMENTS: This seems to be a mistake. There is no manuscript evidence for the addition "as their God" and it is missing from other editions of the NRSV.

Revelation 21:3:

TEXT: "and they shall be his peoples, and"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A 046 1 94 2053 Maj(A) one lat
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSVn NRSV ESVn CSB
CERTAINTY: D

NOTES: "and they shall be his people, and"
EVIDENCE: P 051 1006 1611 1854 Maj(K,B,C) most lat vg syr(ph,h) cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSV NRSVn ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSBn

COMMENTS: The Old Testament speaks of the one people of God. Did the writer here speak of many peoples who belongs to God, and copyists change it to the Old Testament usage? Or did he speak of one people, and copyists were influenced by "they" to change it to the plural? A majority of the UBS Textual Committee preferred the former explanation.

Revelation 21:3:

TEXT: "God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God."
EVIDENCE: A P 051 1854 2053 most Maj(A) most lat vg syr(ph,h)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSVn NRSV1989n NRSV2021 ESV NASVn NIV NEBn TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: D

NOTES: "God himself shall be with them."
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) 046 1 94 Maj(K,B,C) some Maj(A) one lat most cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn RSV NRSV1989 NRSV2021n ESVn NASV NEB REB CSBn

OTHER: "God himself shall be God with them."
EVIDENCE: 1006 1611 some cop(north) cop(south)

COMMENTS: The words "their God" are enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. Although it is possible that these words were added by copyists from Isaiah 7:14 or 8:8, it is also possible that they were omitted by copyists as unneeded.

Revelation 21:4:

TEXT: "because the former things have passed away"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)a 046 1 two lat vg syr(h) cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSV NRSV ESV NIV NEB REB CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "the former things have passed away"
EVIDENCE: A P 051 1006 1611 2053 three lat
TRANSLATIONS: ASV NRSV2021n NASV TEV

OTHER: "the sheep have passed away"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)*

OTHER: "for the former things have passed away"
EVIDENCE: 94 one lat

COMMENTS: The Greek word for "because" is in brackets in the UBS text. Most English translations render "because" as "for." The omission of because is probably due to a mistake of the eyes since both the word for "because" and the word before it end in "TI" (ETIOTI was misread as ETI).

Revelation 21:5:

TEXT: "these words are trustworthy and true"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A vg cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "these words of God are trustworthy and true"
EVIDENCE: 046 1854 Maj(K) some Maj(B) syr(h)
TRANSLATIONS: CSBn

OTHER: "these words are true and trustworthy"
EVIDENCE: P Maj(A,C)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV

OTHER: "these words of God are true and trustworthy"
EVIDENCE: some Maj(B)

COMMENTS: The words "of God" seem to be a clarification by copyists that the words are from God. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 21:8:

TEXT: "the cowardly, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A P {most Maj(A)} vg cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the cowardly, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers"
EVIDENCE: 046 1854 Maj(K,B,C) some Maj(A) syr(ph,h)
TRANSLATIONS: CSBn

COMMENTS: The evidence in braces omits the word "and" after "unbelieving." The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 21:12:

TEXT: "names were inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes"
EVIDENCE: A {046 1006} 1611 1854 2053 {Maj(K,B}
TRANSLATIONS: NRSV
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "names were inscribed, which are of the twelve tribes"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) P 051supp Maj(A,C) one lat
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV1989 NRSV2021n ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB

COMMENTS: The Greek words for "the names" are in brackets in the UBS text. The evidence listed in braces omits the word "the." It is difficult to tell whether the second instance of the word for "names" was omitted as redundant or was added as being implied by the words "which are."

Revelation 21:24:

TEXT: "the nations shall walk about through its light"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A P 046 Maj(K,B,C) most Maj(A) vg syr cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the nations of the saved shall walk about in its light"
EVIDENCE: a few minuscules and the Textus Receptus
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

OTHER: "the nations of the saved shall walk about [in] its light: the nations through its light"
EVIDENCE: some Maj(A)

COMMENTS: The additional words "of the saved" seems to have been added by copyists who wanted to make it clear all nations (or Gentiles, as the word can be translated) will walk in the light, but only those who are saved. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 21:24:

TEXT: "the kings of the earth are bringing their glory into it"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A P most Maj(A)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the kings of the earth are bringing to him the nations’ glory and honor into it"
EVIDENCE: 046 1611 1854 Maj(K) syr cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: CSBn

NOTES: "the kings of the earth are bringing their glory and honor into it"
EVIDENCE: 2053 Maj(C) vg
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV

OTHER: "the kings of the earth are bringing their glory and the honor of the nations into it"
EVIDENCE: some Maj(A)

OTHER: "the kings of the earth are bringing the glory and the honor of the nations into it"
EVIDENCE: Maj(B)

COMMENTS: The addition of "honor" to "glory" is the kind of expansion that copyists are likely to make, especially taking it from verse 26. It does not seem to be a mistake of the eye, since "glory" (not "honor") would have been left out in such a case (the eye jumping from "the" to "the"). The words "of the nations" also seem to have been taken from verse 26. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 21:26:

TEXT: "they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A Maj(B,C) most Maj(A) vg
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it in order that they might enter"
EVIDENCE: 046 1611 1854 Maj(K) some Maj(A)
TRANSLATIONS: CSBn

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

Revelation 22:1:

TEXT: "he showed me the river of the water of life"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A P 046 Maj(K) some Maj(B) vg syr cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "he showed me the pure river of the water of life"
EVIDENCE: 051supp Maj(A,C) some Maj(B)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts and many of the minuscules and versions.

Revelation 22:6:

TEXT: "the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A P 046 Maj(K,C) vg syr cop
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: -

NOTES: "the Lord, the God of the holy prophets"
EVIDENCE: (051supp) Maj(A)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

OTHER: "the Lord, the God of the spirits of the holy prophets"
EVIDENCE: Maj(B)

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts and many of the minuscules and versions.

Revelation 22:14:

TEXT: "Blessed [are] those who rinse their robes"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A 1006 2053 most lat vg cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: B

NOTES: "Blessed [are] those who do his commandments"
EVIDENCE: 046 1 94 1611 1854 Maj one lat syr(ph,h) cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSVn NRSVn ESVn CSBn

COMMENTS: The two readings are pronounced similarly in Greek. It is not hard to see how PLUNONTESTASSTOLASAUTON might have changed into POIOUNTESTASENTOLASAUTOU (that is, how "rinse their robes" changed into "do his commandments"), especially since "do his commandments" would be much more expected than "rinse their robes." Elsewhere John writes "keep the commandments" (Revelation 12:17; 14:12).

Revelation 22:21:

TEXT: "The grace of the Lord Jesus"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A 1611supp 2053 {cop(south)}
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: B

NOTES: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ"
EVIDENCE: 046 051supp 94 1006 1854 Maj {lat vg syr(ph,h)}
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASVn CSBn

OTHER: omit
EVIDENCE: cop(north)

COMMENTS: The evidence in braces reads "our Lord." There was a tendency for copyists to expand the name of Christ.

Revelation 22:21:

TEXT: "[be] with all."
EVIDENCE: A one lat earlier vg
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn RSVn NRSVn ESV NASV NEBn REB TEV CSB
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: "[be] with the saints."
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) one lat
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSVn NRSVn NASVn NIV NEBn TEVn

NOTES: "[be] with all the saints."
EVIDENCE: 046 051supp 94 1006 1611 1854 2053 Maj syr(h) syr(ph) ("all his saints") cop(north) (add "forever and ever") cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: RSV NRSV ESVn NEBn TEVn CSBn

NOTES: "[be] with plyou all."
EVIDENCE: most lat later vg
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NEB

COMMENTS: The best supported reading ("all the saints") appears to be a combination of the first two. Between them the UBS Textual Committee preferred "with all."

Revelation 22:21:

TEXT: omit "Amen" at the end
EVIDENCE: A 1006 most Maj(A) two lat
TRANSLATIONS: NRSVn NEB REB TEV CSBn
CERTAINTY: C

NOTES: include "Amen" at the end
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) 046 051 94 1611 1854 2053 Maj(K,B,C) some Maj(A) most lat vg syr(ph,h) cop (one reads "Amen, Amen")
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEBn CSB

COMMENTS: Copyists had a tendency to add "Amen" at the end of a book they had copied. If it were original, there is no way to explain its omission from so many manuscripts.


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