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John 6
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john.6.distributeAddition
διέδωκεν τοῖς ἀνακειμένοις / τοῖς μαθηταῖς…
TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
Did Jesus distribute directly—or through the disciples?
In John’s narrated sequence, Jesus takes the loaves, gives thanks, and supplies the reclining crowd; inserting intermediaries changes who performs the distribution without changing the meal’s outcome.
Why this default
The shorter reading is default because it has decisive early support and the longer reading transparently harmonizes John’s distribution sequence with the Synoptic accounts.
Evidence
ExternalThe direct distribution is supported by P66, P75, א, B, C, D and other early witnesses; the disciples clause dominates much of the later tradition.
InternalScribes had an obvious reason to insert the disciples from the parallel feeding narratives; omission of both coordinated clauses is less readily explained.
Project defaulthe distributed to those reclining
Project default · shorter early reading
WitnessesShorter · P66, P75, א, B, C, D, L, WAlternativehe gave to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining
Later expanded reading
WitnessesExpanded · later Greek and Byzantine traditionAlternativehe [gave to the disciples, who] distributed to those reclining
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