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ἵνα καί ] καί is condemned by decisive witnesses.
Joh_17:3. γινώσκωσι ] Tisch.: γινώσκουσιν , following A. D. G. L. Y. Δ . Λ . An error in transcription, instead of which Lachm., following B. C. E. à ., has rightly retained the conjunctive.
Joh_17:4. Between the forms δέδωκα and ἔδωκα , the Codd. in this chap. vacillate in various ways.
Joh_17:7. ἐστίν ] Tisch.: εἰσίν , according to preponderant evidence. The Recepta is an attempted improvement.
Joh_17:11. Instead of ᾧ Elz. has οὕς , against decisive witnesses. The too weakly attested reading ὅ (D.* U. X.), which is a resolution of the attraction, testifies also in favour of ᾧ .
Joh_17:12. ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ] after αὐτῶν , is wanting in the majority of witnesses; deleted by Lachm. and Tisch. An addition after Joh_17:11.
Instead of οὕς , Tisch. has ᾧ , according to B. C.* L. Mechanical repetition from Joh_17:11.
Joh_17:16. The position of οὐκ εἰμί after ἐγώ (Lachm. Tisch.) is decisively attested.
Joh_17:17. After ἀληθεία the Edd., except Lachm., have σου , which must be deleted on the decisive testimony of A. B. C.* D. L. 1, Vulg. It. Goth. Sahid. Cyr. Did. Ambr. Aug. A more definite exegetical definition in accordance with what follows. Bengel aptly remarks in his Appar.: “persaepe veritas apud Joh.… nunquam additur Dei.”
Joh_17:19. The order ὦσιν καὶ αὐτοί (Lachm. Tisch.) is decisively attested.
Joh_17:20. Instead of πιστευόντων Elz. has πιστευσόντων , contrary to decisive testimonies.
Joh_17:21. ἐν ἡμῖν ἕν ὦσιν ] B.C.*D. Codd. of It. Sahid. Arm. Ath. Hil. Vig. Tisch. have merely ἐν ἡμῖν ὦσιν . Lachm. has ἕν in brackets. This ἕν is a glossematic addition.
Joh_17:23. καὶ ἵνα ] B. C. D. L. X. Curss. Verss. Fathers have merely ἵνα . καί is rightly deleted by Lachm. and Tisch. An interpolation irrelevant to the connection, made without attending to the construction of Joh_17:21.
Joh_17:24. οὕς ] B. D. à . Copt. Goth. Vulg. ms.: ὅ . So Tisch. Considering the weighty attestation, and that οὕς very readily suggested itself as an improvement, ὅ must be regarded as the original reading. Comp. on Joh_17:11.