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John 15
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john.15.askTense15
αἰτήσασθε / αἰτήσεσθε
TEXTGRAMMARTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
Is verse 7 a command to ask or a prediction that they will ask?
The earliest broad reading is imperative, ‘ask.’ A later stream changes one vowel and reads the future, ‘you will ask.’
Why this default
The imperative is default because it has early, diverse support and fits the following promise. The future form is a small and natural smoothing of the verb.
Evidence
ExternalImperative: P75, A, B, D, L, 0233; future: א, E, 047 and broad later tradition.
InternalOnly a vowel distinguishes the forms; changing a command into a prediction smooths the sequence after the conditional.
Project defaultask whatever you desire, and it will happen for you
Project default · imperative reading
Witnessesαἰτήσασθε · P75, A, B, D, L, 0233Alternativeyou will ask whatever you desire, and it will happen for you
Later future reading
Witnessesαἰτήσεσθε · א, E, 047, later traditionAlternative[ask/you will ask] whatever you desire, and it will happen for you
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