*21:1παρηλθεν f35 Md,e,g,h⅙ CP,TR ¦ απηλθεν Mbpt,i⅕ ¦ απηλθον Ma,bpt,f,h,ipt RP,HF,OC ¦ απηλθαν ℵA,NU (The earth with its atmosphere is treated as a unit.)
*21:5επι του θρονου f35 Ma⅕,ept,hpt,ipt CP,TR ¦ 1 τω θρονω Ma,bpt,ept,f,g,hpt,ipt ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ εν τω θρονω Mbpt(d) (Is the Creator relaxed on His throne [dative], a little bored or sad, saying, “Well, you know, I guess I’ll have to start over,” or is He sitting on the edge of His chair [genitive], excited, saying, “Hey, I’m going to make everything new!”? We know that as an eye witness John was good at observing detail [Jn. 19:34]; I imagine that it looked to John like He was going to get up and start right then!)
§21:6αρχη και τελος f35 Mept,f CP ¦ η 12 το 3 Ma¼,b,d,g,h,i ℵA,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ 2 η 12 το 3 Ma,e¼ HF (The absence of the article emphasizes the inherent quality of the nouns.)
†21:10την μεγαλην την αγιαν f35 Me⅙ CP,RP,TR ¦ 12 και 4 Mbpt,d,e,f⅗,ipt ¦ 34 Ma,bpt,f2/7,g,h,ipt ℵA,HF,OC,NU (“the great” [f35,a⅙,bpt,d,e,f,ipt] has better attestation than ‘omit’ [a,bpt,f2/7,g,h,ipt,ℵA], and “the holy” [f35,a,bpt,e¼,f⅖,g,h,ipt,ℵA] than “and holy” [bpt,d,e,f⅗,ipt]; so f35 preserves the original.)
‡21:10απο f35 Ma¼,d,e,gpt,h,i⅔ ℵA,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ και 1 Me⅕ ¦ εκ Ma,bpt(pt),f⅖(⅗),gpt,i⅓ HF
§21:11ο f35 Ma,bpt,d,e2/7,f,g,hpt,i⅔ ℵ(A)CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ και 1 Mbpt,e,g¼,hpt,i⅓ TR
*21:11κρυσταλιζοντι f35 Ma⅓,b⅗,d,e⅗,f⅗,g⅗,h,i⅗ CP ¦ κρυσταλλιζοντι Ma⅔,b⅖,d⅕,e⅖,f⅖,g⅖,h¼,i⅖ ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (It would appear that John invented this verb, so he could spell it as he wished. Each of the MS groups has some division, but the single consonant has the edge in all except a. Since the noun is spelled with a double consonant, there would be an obvious pressure to ‘correct’ John’s invention; if the verb started out with a double consonant who would want to change it?)
*21:12εστιν f35 Md,e ℵ,CP,TR ¦ 1 ονοματα Ma,bpt,f,g,hpt,i⅔ RP,HF,OC ¦ 1 τα ονοματα Mbpt,h⅓,i⅕ A[NU] (OC is in small print.)
†21:12των υιων f35 Ma¼,e⅔,gpt,h⅖ CP,RP,OC,TR ¦ του Ma⅐,d,e⅓,i⅕ ¦ 2 Ma⅗,b,f,gpt,h⅗,i⅔ ℵA,HF,NU (The reading of ℵA is an easy instance of homoioteleuton, -ΩΝ -ΩΝ -ΩΝ, wherein they dropped the middle one.)
§21:15αυτης f35 Ma,g CP ¦ 1 και το τειχος 1 Mb,d,e,f,h,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (The city didn’t have a free standing wall outside the main structure; it was like a modern high-rise.)
*21:16οσον rell ¦ και Me⅔ ¦ 1 και A,OC[NU] ¦ τοσουτον εστιν 1 και TR (OC is in small print.)
†21:16πολιν f35 Ma,fpt,g,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,NU,TR ¦ 1 εν Mb,d,e,fpt OC (OC is in small print.)
*21:16δωδεκα f35 Ma,bpt,f,gpt CP,RP,HF ¦ — Mbpt,e,h,i ℵA,OC,NU,TR ¦ αυτης Md (A delightful bit of detailed accuracy; the gates [12] were 1,000 stadia apart and each gate was a stadium wide, so the circumference was precisely 12,012 stadia!)
‡21:18υελω f35 Mapt,b¼,d⅕,ept,g⅖,hpt,ipt CP,RP,HF ¦ υαλω Mapt,b,d,ept,f,g⅗,hpt,ipt ℵA,OC,NU,TR (In the same standoff in verse 21 below, the attestation for the epsilon is clearly stronger.)
†21:19χαλκηδων rell ¦ χαλκιδων Mept ¦ χαλκεδων Mh⅓ ¦ καρχηδων Mbpt ¦ at least six further spellings
‡21:20σαρδωνυξ f35 Ma⅙,b⅗,d,f⅔,h¼,i¼ CP ¦ σαρδιωνυξ A ¦ σαρδονυξ Ma,b⅖,c⅖,e,f⅓,g,h,i ℵ,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (If the omega is not original, one wonders where it came from, unless some identified the stone with Sardinia [Σαρδω]. But there is a stone called σαρδω, and we may be missing some relevant information that would clean up the mystery. That representatives of almost all groups, plus A, have the omega suggests that it may be original. Why would copyists change a common, expected form to an uncommon one?)
‡21:23εν f35 Ma⅙,d,ept,h⅓ CP,TR ¦ — Ma,b,ept,f,g,h⅔,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU (A not very difficult case of homoioteleuton; since the resulting reading made good sense, there was no reason to question it.)
*21:24περιπατησουσιν τα εθνη δια του φωτος αυτης rell ¦ ~ 23 των σωζομενων εν τω φωτι 71 TR ¦ ~ 23 των σωζομενων τω φωτι 71234567 Me⅓
†21:24την δοξαν και την τιμην αυτων εις αυτην f35 Ma⅙,e⅕,gpt,ipt CP,OC,TR ¦ 12678 Md,ept,h ℵA,NU ¦ 12345 των εθνων 78 Mb ¦ αυτω 235 των εθνων 78 Ma,f,gpt,ipt RP,HF (την has stronger attestation than αυτω, and αυτων than των εθνων; f35 preserves the original.)
επι του θρονου f35 Ma⅕,ept,hpt,ipt CP,TR ¦ 1 τω θρονω Ma,bpt,ept,f,g,hpt,ipt ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ εν τω θρονω Mbpt(d) (Is the Creator relaxed on His throne [dative], a little bored or sad, saying, “Well, you know, I guess I’ll have to start over,” or is He sitting on the edge of His chair [genitive], excited, saying, “Hey, I’m going to make everything new!”? We know that as an eye witness John was good at observing detail [Jn. 19:34]; I imagine that it looked to John like He was going to get up and start right then!)
αρχη και τελος f35 Mept,f CP ¦ η 12 το 3 Ma¼,b,d,g,h,i ℵA,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ 2 η 12 το 3 Ma,e¼ HF (The absence of the article emphasizes the inherent quality of the nouns.)
την γυναικα την νυμφην του αρνιου f35 Ma,f,g,i⅔ CP,RP,HF ¦ ~ 341256 Mb,h ℵA,OC,NU ¦ ~ 345612 Md,e,i⅓ TR
επ rell ¦ επι Mbpt,hpt ℵA,NU
την μεγαλην την αγιαν f35 Me⅙ CP,RP,TR ¦ 12 και 4 Mbpt,d,e,f⅗,ipt ¦ 34 Ma,bpt,f2/7,g,h,ipt ℵA,HF,OC,NU (“the great” [f35,a⅙,bpt,d,e,f,ipt] has better attestation than ‘omit’ [a,bpt,f2/7,g,h,ipt,ℵA], and “the holy” [f35,a,bpt,e¼,f⅖,g,h,ipt,ℵA] than “and holy” [bpt,d,e,f⅗,ipt]; so f35 preserves the original.)
απο f35 Ma¼,d,e,gpt,h,i⅔ ℵA,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ και 1 Me⅕ ¦ εκ Ma,bpt(pt),f⅖(⅗),gpt,i⅓ HF
ο f35 Ma,bpt,d,e2/7,f,g,hpt,i⅔ ℵ(A)CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ και 1 Mbpt,e,g¼,hpt,i⅓ TR
κρυσταλιζοντι f35 Ma⅓,b⅗,d,e⅗,f⅗,g⅗,h,i⅗ CP ¦ κρυσταλλιζοντι Ma⅔,b⅖,d⅕,e⅖,f⅖,g⅖,h¼,i⅖ ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (It would appear that John invented this verb, so he could spell it as he wished. Each of the MS groups has some division, but the single consonant has the edge in all except a. Since the noun is spelled with a double consonant, there would be an obvious pressure to ‘correct’ John’s invention; if the verb started out with a double consonant who would want to change it?)
εστιν f35 Md,e ℵ,CP,TR ¦ 1 ονοματα Ma,bpt,f,g,hpt,i⅔ RP,HF,OC ¦ 1 τα ονοματα Mbpt,h⅓,i⅕ A[NU] (OC is in small print.)
των υιων f35 Ma¼,e⅔,gpt,h⅖ CP,RP,OC,TR ¦ του Ma⅐,d,e⅓,i⅕ ¦ 2 Ma⅗,b,f,gpt,h⅗,i⅔ ℵA,HF,NU (The reading of ℵA is an easy instance of homoioteleuton, -ΩΝ -ΩΝ -ΩΝ, wherein they dropped the middle one.)
αυτης f35 Ma,g CP ¦ 1 και το τειχος 1 Mb,d,e,f,h,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (The city didn’t have a free standing wall outside the main structure; it was like a modern high-rise.)
οσον rell ¦ και Me⅔ ¦ 1 και A,OC[NU] ¦ τοσουτον εστιν 1 και TR (OC is in small print.)
πολιν f35 Ma,fpt,g,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,NU,TR ¦ 1 εν Mb,d,e,fpt OC (OC is in small print.)
δωδεκα f35 Ma,bpt,f,gpt CP,RP,HF ¦ — Mbpt,e,h,i ℵA,OC,NU,TR ¦ αυτης Md (A delightful bit of detailed accuracy; the gates [12] were 1,000 stadia apart and each gate was a stadium wide, so the circumference was precisely 12,012 stadia!)
υελω f35 Mapt,b¼,d⅕,ept,g⅖,hpt,ipt CP,RP,HF ¦ υαλω Mapt,b,d,ept,f,g⅗,hpt,ipt ℵA,OC,NU,TR (In the same standoff in verse 21 below, the attestation for the epsilon is clearly stronger.)
και f35 Ma⅙,b⅖,d,e,gpt,h¼,ipt ℵ,CP,TR ¦ — Ma,b⅗,f,gpt,h,ipt A,RP,HF,OC,NU
σαπφειρος rell ¦ σαπφιρος NU
χαλκηδων rell ¦ χαλκιδων Mept ¦ χαλκεδων Mh⅓ ¦ καρχηδων Mbpt ¦ at least six further spellings
σαρδωνυξ f35 Ma⅙,b⅗,d,f⅔,h¼,i¼ CP ¦ σαρδιωνυξ A ¦ σαρδονυξ Ma,b⅖,c⅖,e,f⅓,g,h,i ℵ,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (If the omega is not original, one wonders where it came from, unless some identified the stone with Sardinia [Σαρδω]. But there is a stone called σαρδω, and we may be missing some relevant information that would clean up the mystery. That representatives of almost all groups, plus A, have the omega suggests that it may be original. Why would copyists change a common, expected form to an uncommon one?)
εν f35 Ma⅙,d,ept,h⅓ CP,TR ¦ — Ma,b,ept,f,g,h⅔,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU (A not very difficult case of homoioteleuton; since the resulting reading made good sense, there was no reason to question it.)
περιπατησουσιν τα εθνη δια του φωτος αυτης rell ¦ ~ 23 των σωζομενων εν τω φωτι 71 TR ¦ ~ 23 των σωζομενων τω φωτι 71234567 Me⅓
την δοξαν και την τιμην αυτων εις αυτην f35 Ma⅙,e⅕,gpt,ipt CP,OC,TR ¦ 12678 Md,ept,h ℵA,NU ¦ 12345 των εθνων 78 Mb ¦ αυτω 235 των εθνων 78 Ma,f,gpt,ipt RP,HF (την has stronger attestation than αυτω, and αυτων than των εθνων; f35 preserves the original.)