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SBL Greek New Testament

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John 14

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john.14.wayText14

οἴδατε τὴν ὁδόν / οἴδατε καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν οἴδατε

TEXTGRAMMARTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

How much does Jesus say the disciples know?

The shorter early text says they know the way to where he is going. A widespread expanded form repeats ‘you know,’ making both destination and way explicit.

Why this default

The shorter reading is default because it has strong early support and readily explains the repeated clarification found in the expanded form.

Evidence

ExternalShorter: P66 corrected, א, B, C*, L, Q, W; expanded: P66 first hand, A, D, E, N and broad later tradition.

InternalRepeating ‘you know’ clarifies the relationship between destination and way and is easier to explain as expansion than coordinated omission.

Project defaultAnd where I am going, you know the way

Project default · shorter early text

Witnessesοἴδατε τὴν ὁδόν · P66c, א, B, C*, L, Q, W
AlternativeAnd where I am going you know, and the way you know

Expanded ancient reading

Witnessesοἴδατε καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν οἴδατε · P66*, A, D, E, N, 047, later tradition
AlternativeAnd where I am going you know [and] the way [you know]

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WitnessesDisplay option · repeated words shown in brackets

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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