Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Thessalonians 5:4

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 5:4

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 5:4

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4. υμας η ημερα (in this order), ADG latt vg Ambrst; a Western deviation.

The case of (a) κλεπτας in AB cop, versus (b) κλεπτης in אDGKLP and every other witness, is one of crucial difficulty. Is -ης a conformation to 1Th 5:2, or -ας to the foregoing υμας (cf. τυπους, for -ον, 1Th 1:7)? The change of metaphor involved in (a) is so oddly abrupt as to amount to almost a levity of style; nor is there anything in the context to bear out the idea of Christians being, conceivably, in the position of thieves; intrinsic probability speaks strongly for (b). Yet the external attestation of (a) is weighty; the group AB cop bears a high character. κλεπτας, if not the original, is a very ancient reading.