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SBL Greek New Testament

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John 16

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john.16.fatherClause16

ὅτι ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα

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Does verse 16 add ‘because I am going to the Father’?

The longer reading interprets the second little while by repeating Jesus’s movement to the Father, while the shorter form leaves the difficult saying unexplained at this point.

Why this default

The explanatory clause is omitted by default because the earliest papyrus and major codices lack it; its source in verse 10 is transparent.

Evidence

ExternalOmit: P5, P66, א, B, D, L, W, 0250; include: A, E, N, 047, 068 and later tradition.

InternalRepeating ‘because I am going to the Father’ clarifies the little-while saying and is easier to explain as harmonization to verse 10.

Project defaultand again a little while, and you will see me

Project default · shorter early text

WitnessesOmit clause · P5, P66, א, B, D, L, W, 0250
Alternativeand again a little while, and you will see me, because I am going to the Father

Later explanatory clause

Witnessesὅτι ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα · A, E, N, 047, 068, later tradition
Alternativeand again a little while, and you will see me [because I am going to the Father]

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WitnessesDisplay option · explanatory clause bracketed

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