John 5:3b-4
The Angel at Bethesda
Reading Supported
Waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water.
Variant Issue
Modern editions omit or bracket the explanation of the angel troubling the water at Bethesda.
Quick read
Over 1,400 later Byzantine manuscripts, roughly 95 percent of extant Greek copies of John, support the longer reading.
Support category
About 95 percent of extant Greek copies of John
Sources used
INTF NTVMR; ECM where published/available; NA/UBS apparatuses; Tyndale House Greek New Testament apparatus; passage-specific manuscript studies where applicable
Manuscript Count Snapshot
Manuscript evidence at a glance.
Greek support
1,400+ Greek manuscripts
Greek against
Fewer than 15 principal Greek witnesses
Support category
About 95 percent of extant Greek copies of John
Lectionary support
Greek lectionaries contain John 5:3b-4
Main evidence against
P66, P75, Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, C first hand, 0125
Evidence Summary
About 95 percent of extant Greek copies of John
Over 1,400 later Byzantine manuscripts, roughly 95 percent of extant Greek copies of John, support the longer reading.
Greek support
1,400+ Greek manuscripts
Against
Fewer than 15 principal Greek witnesses
Patristic
4 entries
Site Summary Score
95% for / 5% against
A site-level summary from the Greek manuscript count plus the Latin, Syriac, Coptic, patristic, lectionary, and printed evidence listed for this passage.
For the KJV/TR reading: 95% site summary score
Against or alternate readings: 5% site summary score
Greek support snapshot: 1,400+ Greek manuscripts
Greek against snapshot: Fewer than 15 principal Greek witnesses