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SBL Greek New Testament

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John 12

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john.12.isaiahCause12

ὅτι / ὅτε εἶδεν τὴν δόξαν

TEXTGRAMMARhigh confidence

Why—or when—did Isaiah say these things?

One Greek letter separates hoti, ‘because,’ from hote, ‘when.’ The earliest and broadest witnesses favor the causal reading.

Why this default

‘Because’ is default because the earliest Greek witnesses strongly support it; ‘when’ differs by one letter and makes a natural temporal smoothing.

Evidence

ExternalBecause: P66, P75, א, A, B, L, X, Θ, Ψ; when: D, K, Δ, Π and the Byzantine tradition.

InternalThe one-letter exchange is easy, and the temporal reading is simpler after ‘he saw.’

Project defaultIsaiah said these things because he saw his glory

Project default · strong early reading

Witnessesὅτι · P66, P75, א, A, B, L, X, Θ, Ψ
AlternativeIsaiah said these things when he saw his glory

Major later reading

Witnessesὅτε · D, K, Δ, Π, family 13, Byzantine tradition
AlternativeIsaiah said these things [because/when] he saw his glory

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WitnessesDisplay option · one-letter fork shown

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

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

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