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Translation record
John 1
john.1.fromNow
ἀπ’ ἄρτι · ap’ arti
Does the promise begin ‘from now on’?
A later and widespread reading adds ‘from now on’ before ‘you will see.’ The earliest major witnesses support the shorter wording without it.
Why this default
The shorter reading is default because it is strongly supported by the earliest recoverable text and readily explains later expansion.
Evidence
ExternalThe phrase is absent from P66, P75, א, B and other early witnesses; it appears widely later.
InternalA clarifying temporal phrase is more readily added to smooth the promise than deliberately removed.
Project default · earliest major witnesses
WitnessesOmit · P66, P75, א, B, L, WLater traditional reading included
WitnessesInclude · A, C, K, Θ, Ψ, Byzantine traditionVariant visible in-line
WitnessesDisplay option · later words shown in bracketsRecord integrity
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