Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 2 Thessalonians 2:8 - 2:8

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - 2 Thessalonians 2:8 - 2:8


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8. Ιησους, after ο κυριος, is wanting in B and the Syrian witnesses, followed by the T.R. WH query the word, despite the almost unanimous support of the pre-Syrian witnesses (including the versions), to which other editors defer. WH rely on the authority of B, and on the preferability, high in the case of the names of Christ, of the brevior lectio. The O.T. complexion of the passage favours the bare κυριος; see Expos. Note. Moreover the frequency of ο κυριος Ιησους in 1 and 2 Thess. would prompt insertion on the part of copyists; cf. second note on 1Th 5:9 above. The Fathers quote this sentence somewhat loosely: “Christ,” “the Lord Christ,” “the Lord Jesus Christ,” but oftenest “the Lord Jesus.”

ανελει in ABP and some minn.; αναλοι, א* Or (probably); ανελοι, D*G 17 67**—latt and vg, however, have interficiet, which points to ανελει; αναλωσει in DcKL &c.; the cop and syrr indicate αναλοι or -λωσει. On the whole, αναλοι commends itself as the mother reading, from which αναλωσει sprang by way of grammatical emendation, and ανελει partly by itacism, or paraphrase, and partly by correction after Isa 11:4. See Expository Note.