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John 18

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john.18.allAlways18

ὅπου πάντες / πάντοτε οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι

TEXTGRAMMARTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

Does Jesus say where all gather, or where they always gather?

The manuscripts divide between pantes, ‘all,’ and pantote, ‘always.’ The difference changes who or when is emphasized.

Why this default

‘All’ is default because it has strong early and geographically broad support. ‘Always’ is an intelligible smoothing that shifts emphasis from the gathered people to Jesus’s habitual venue.

Evidence

ExternalAll: א, A, B, C*, L, N, W and early versions; always: C³, D, E, 047, 054 and later tradition.

InternalThe similar-looking words invited substitution; ‘always’ also harmonizes with Jesus’s opening claim that he has always spoken openly.

Project defaultwhere all the Judeans come together

Project default · early broad reading

Witnessesπάντες · א, A, B, C*, L, N, W, Latin, early Syriac and Coptic
Alternativewhere the Judeans always come together

Later temporal reading

Witnessesπάντοτε · C³, D, E, 047, 054, later tradition
Alternativewhere [all/always] the Judeans gather

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WitnessesDisplay option · lexical 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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