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SBL Greek New Testament

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Revelation 22

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revelation.22.rev2218AddWarning

ἐπιθήσει / ἐπιθήσαι

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

How is the warning against adding expressed?

The critical text states that God will add the written plagues; RP’s form can be heard as an optative wish, ‘may God add.’

Why this default

The future indicative leads because the principal critical editions support it and states the consequence as a direct divine judgment rather than a wish.

Evidence

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Project defaultI testify to this prophecy’s hearers: if anyone adds to it, God will add this book’s plagues

Project default · God will add

Witnessesἐπιθήσει — WH, Tregelles, NA28
AlternativeI testify to this prophecy’s hearers: if anyone adds to it, may God add the plagues recorded here

Alternate text · may God add

Witnessesἐπιθήσαι — Byzantine text

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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