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John 13

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john.13.judasName13

Ἰούδας Σίμωνος Ἰσκαριώτης / Ἰσκαριώτου

TEXTGRAMMARTRANSLATIONlow confidence

How does verse 2 identify Judas and Simon?

Case endings and placement differ across the manuscripts, leaving whether ‘Iscariot’ modifies Judas or Simon unusually exposed.

Why this default

The early nominative Iscariot form is the working default, while the rival case ending and Bezan place-name preserve genuine ambiguity about attachment.

Evidence

ExternalEarly form: P66, P75vid, א, B, W, X; genitive form: L, Ψ and much of the later tradition after a different word placement; Bezae reads ‘from Karyot.’

InternalCopyists repeatedly repositioned the name to clarify who ‘Iscariot’ modified.

Project defaultJudas Iscariot, son of Simon

Project default · early nominative form

WitnessesἸούδας Σίμωνος Ἰσκαριώτης · P66, P75vid, א, B, W, X
AlternativeJudas, son of Simon Iscariot

Later genitive form

WitnessesἸούδα Σίμωνος Ἰσκαριώτου · A, K, Δ, Θ, Π and Byzantine tradition
AlternativeJudas, son of Simon from Karyot

Bezan place-name reading

WitnessesἸούδας Σίμωνος ἀπὸ Καρυώτου · D and Old Latin
AlternativeJudas [Iscariot], son of Simon [Iscariot]

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WitnessesDisplay option · attachment remains open

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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