John Bengel Commentary - John 16:15 - 16:15

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John Bengel Commentary - John 16:15 - 16:15


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Joh 16:15. Λήψεται, A considerable number of manuscripts read λαμβάνει.[364] The ἔχει and ἐστι, Joh 16:15, accords with λαμβάνει, giving a magnificent signification in the use of the present tense: and the receiving certainly precedes the announcing, ἀναγγελεῖ.

[364] A reading to which greater value is attached by the margin of the 2d Ed. than by the larger Ed. But the Germ. Vers. adhered to the reading ληψεται.-E. B. Λήμψεται, an Alexandrine form for λήψεται, is the reading of AD. These less polished forms are retained in our LXX. Rec. Text, because it was taken from the very ancient Vatican MS. Whereas in our New Testament Rec. Text we have substituted the smoother forms, because our Rec. Text is formed according to the mass of modern MSS. instead of the few more authoritative old MSS. which have the rougher forms. Orig. 471e, 346d, however, supports the Rec. reading λήψεται. Λαμβάνει. is probably a reading drawn from the genuine original λήμψεται.-E. and T.