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John 10

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john.10.sheepClause

καθὼς εἶπον ὑμῖν

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

Does verse 26 end ‘just as I said to you’?

With the clause, Jesus points back to an earlier statement about their exclusion from his sheep; without it, verse 26 ends directly on that exclusion.

Why this default

The shorter reading is default because it has strong early support and the added clause has no clear antecedent in the preceding discourse.

Evidence

ExternalAbsent from P66c, P75, א, B, K, L and W; present in P66*, A, D and much of the later tradition.

Internal‘Just as I said to you’ reads naturally as a clarifying expansion, while deliberate omission is also possible because the saying is difficult to locate.

Project defaultOmit

Project default · shorter early reading

WitnessesOmit · P66c, P75, א, B, K, L, W
Alternative, just as I said to you

Ancient expanded reading

WitnessesInclude · P66*, A, D, Ψ, later tradition
Alternative[, just as I said to you]

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WitnessesDisplay option · expanded clause bracketed

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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