Release Notes
Jan Krans, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (2016–2020); Protestantse Theologische Universiteit, Amsterdam (2016–2024); Utrecht (2024–…)
The Amsterdam Database of New Testament Conjectural Emendation is updated quarterly. This page records the most important aspects for each instalment. In each update conjecture records are added, as well as history records, and citations. Remarks are corrected, expanded, or added. IDs of conjectures, history records, and other elements are not changed.
There is also a page with general information on the Amsterdam Database.
32. 31 July 2024 (2024–3)
General
Compared to the previous release (31; 2024–2) 41 conjecture records were added (cj17017 to cj17047), together with 182 history records (s33197 to s33378). In the source records 191 citations have been included as well. The total number of true conjectures is now 6.620 (out of 7.058 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 23.378, of which 9.110 contain a citation.
Newly found conjectures
Numerous fresh conjectures were discovered, notably those proposed between 1937 and 1956 by an almost unknown British cleric, Lewis Johnson, mostly as corollaries of the specific form of stichometry he observed in the New Testament texts.
Matt 1:2 cj17030: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the words καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ.
Matt 1:3 cj17031: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the words καὶ τὸν Ζάρα ἐκ τῆς Θαμάρ.
Matt 1:5 cj17032: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the words ἐκ τῆς Ῥαχάβ.
Matt 1:5 cj17033: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the words ἐκ τῆς Ῥούθ.
Matt 1:6 cj17034: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the words τὸν βασιλέα.
Matt 1:6 cj17035: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the words ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Οὐρίου.
Matt 1:11 cj17036: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the words καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς μετοικεσίας Βαβυλῶνος.
Matt 8:12 cj17019: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the phrase ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων each time it occurs in Matthew’s gospel (Matt 8:12; 13:42 [cj17020]; 13:50 [cj17021]; 22:13 [part of a larger omission; cj17018]; 24:51 [cj17022]; 25:30 [cj17023)]).
Matt 13:42 cj17020: see cj17019 on Matt 8:12.
Matt 13:50 cj17021: see cj17019 on Matt 8:12.
Matt 22:13 cj17018: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the verse.
Matt 24:51 cj17022: see cj17019 on Matt 8:12.
Matt 25:30 cj17023: see cj17019 on Matt 8:12.
Mark 1:2 cj17046: Lewis Johnson (1952) omits the words ἐν τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ.
Luke 10:36–37 cj17052: Lewis Johnson (1952) omits verses 36–37a.
John 1:14 cj17044: Jannaris (1901) suggests ὡς μόνος ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς παρὰ πατρός instead of ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός.
John 2:1–12 cj17039: Lewis Johnson (1937) transposes these verses to after 4:43.
John 2:9 cj17040: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits οἱ δὲ διάκονοι ᾔδεισαν οἱ ἠντληκότες τὸ ὕδωρ and (the second instance of) ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος.
John 3:14–21 cj17038: Lewis Johnson (1937) transposes these verses to after 12:32, while omitting 12:33.
John 4:44–46 cj17041: W. A. Wordsworth (1937) transposes verse 46a to before verse 44.
John 6:39 cj17024: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the phrase ἀλλ’ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸ [ἐν] τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ and similar phrases in the same chapter (John 6:40 [reinvention of cj12038]; 6:44 [reinvention of cj12039]; 6:54 [reinvention of cj12040]).
John 10:22–23 cj17037: Lewis Johnson (1937) transposes these verses to the beginning of chapter 9.
John 11:18 cj17050: Lewis Johnson (1952) omits the entire verse.
Acts 4:36 cj17045: Stunica (1520) thinks that Βαρναβᾶς is corrupt, and proposes “Barnahum,” which in Greek would be Βαρναούμ.
Acts 5:26 cj17025: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the phrase ἐφοβοῦντο γὰρ τὸν λαόν.
Acts 8:40 cj17026: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the phrase Φίλιππος δὲ εὑρέθη εἰς Ἄζωτον.
Acts 21:25 cj17056: Bentley (around 1720) wants to apply the same conjecture as in Acts 15:20 (cj11653) and Acts 15:29 (cj11657) to this verse as well (thus substituting χοιρείαν for πορνείαν).
Acts 27:26 cj17027: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the entire verse.
Acts 28:15 cj17028: Lewis Johnson (1937) omits the words καὶ τριῶν ταβερνῶν.
Acts 28:30–31 cj17053: Lewis Johnson (1956) transposes these verses to after Acts 24:26.
Rom 1:23–27 cj17051: Lewis Johnson (1952) omits verses 23–24 and 26–27.
Rom 6:7 cj17047: Lewis Johnson (1952) omits the entire verse.
Rom 7:3 cj17048: Lewis Johnson (1952) omits τοῦ μὴ εἶναι αὐτὴν μοιχαλίδα γενομένην ἀνδρὶ ἑτέρῳ.
Rom 12:16 cj17042: Robert Malcolm Gwynn (1935) proposes συναγαπώμενοι instead of συναπαγόμενοι.
Rom 12:16 cj17043: reacting to Gwynn, Bury (1938) proposes συνυπαγόμενοι instead of συναπαγόμενοι.
Rom 14:3 cj17049: Lewis Johnson (1952) omits ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν προσελάβετο.
2 Tim 1:17 cj17054: Lewis Johnson (1956) omits the words γενόμενος ἐν Ῥώμῃ.
Heb 11:37 cj17017: Schulz (1785), in an anonymous and virtually unknown review, proposes ἐκρεμάσθησαν for the majority reading ἐπειράσθησαν.
Rev 11:5 cj17057: Blass (1896) wants to read κἄν τις θελήσῃ αὐτοὺς ἀδικῆσαι instead of καὶ εἴ τις … (ECM has changed θελήσῃ to θέλει as in the beginning of the verse).
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Once again the information on Heb 11:37 was expanded.
Matt 1:1 cj14261: for the omission of υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ an earlier author than Sahlin has been found, namely Lewis Johnson (1937).
Matt 28:19 cj12395: the omission of the trinitarian baptismal formula actually occurs in two forms, each of which has now been given its own ID: the simple omission of βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος keeps the ID cj12395, whereas cj17055 has been assigned to its substitution with ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου.
Acts 7:43 cj11611: for the conjecture Δαμασκοῦ instead of Βαβυλῶνος an earlier author than Drusius has been found, namely Stunica (1520).
Heb 11:37 cj13427: the colourful conjecture ἐσφαιρίσθησαν rests upon a misunderstanding (by Griesbach): the anonymous author actually supports and defends Alberti’s conjecture (cj10206).
Some translations of Greek or Latin citations have been added:
Luke 22:20 Beza (cj11453 and cj11452).
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena; Elijah Hixson
31. 3 April 2024 (2024–2)
General
Compared to the previous release (30; 2024–1) 8 conjecture records were added (cj17009 to cj17016), together with 188 history records (s33009 to s33196). In the source records 229 citations have been included as well. The total number of true conjectures is now 6.580 (out of 7.017 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 23.196, of which 8.919 contain a citation.
Newly found conjectures
Matt 8:9 cj17011: Straatman (1866) proposes ὑπὸ ἐξουσίας τασσόμενος instead of ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν (τασσόμενος). It is just another conjecture on the problem felt by many in the expression ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν.
Mark 7:31 cj17016: Streeter (1924) wants to add ἀναβὰς εἰς τὸ ὄρος ἐκάθητο ἐκεῖ at the end of the verse (taken from Matt 15:29).
Mark 9:7 cj17014: Streeter (1924) suggests to read καὶ ἔτι λαλοῦντος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο νεφέλη, adding ἔτι λαλοῦντος αὐτοῦ based on the parallel texts Matt 17:5 and Luke 9:34.
Luke 7:8 cj17012: Straatman (1866) proposes the same conjecture, ὑπὸ ἐξουσίας τασσόμενος, as on Matt 8:9.
Luke 9:41 cj17015: Streeter (1924) wants to omit καὶ διεστραμμένη, thereby eliminating a minor agreement.
Gal 2:1 cj17013: von Baumhauer (1848) suggests ἕνδεκα for δεκατεσσάρων, though he thought he could explain the chronologically difficult reading διὰ δεκατεσσάρων ἐτῶν.
1 Thess 2:15–16 cj17010: Spitta (1901) wants to omit καὶ θεῷ μὴ ἀρεσκόντων καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐναντίων in verse 15 and ἔφθασεν δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἡ ὀργὴ εἰς τέλος in verse 16.
Heb 12:18 cj17009: Hegermann (1988) proposes to add τόπῳ after ψηλαφωμένῳ (instead of the attested “conjecture” ὄρει).
Newly found editorial alternatives
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
I expanded the information on 1 Thess 2:13–16 and Heb 11:37.
Mark 9:23 cj10064: I finally found the direct source for Straatman’s conjecture τί τὸ εἰ δύνῃ, namely an 1866 book review.
Rom 9:31 cj15006: an earlier source (than Michelsen) for the omission εἰς νόμον has been found (which happens to be attested), namely van der Vies’s dissertation (1865).
1 Thess 2:15–16 cj10030: a slightly earlier source (than Schmiedel) for the omission of these verses has been found, namely Verisimilia by Pierson and Naber (1886).
Several translations of Greek or Latin citations have been added:
Matt 5:13 and Luke 14:34 Naber (cj10730 and cj12419).
Heb 11:37 Le Moyne (cj13426); Erasmus (cj10662); F. Junius (cj10204); Gataker (cj10207); Piscator (cj10204; s12217); Carpzov (cj10205; s31462); Beza (cj10203 and cj13475); von Matthaei (cj13432, also s33158).
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena.
30. 10 January 2024 (2024–1)
General
Compared to the previous release (29; 2023–4) 6 conjecture records were added (cj17003 to cj17008), together with 46 history records (s32963 to s33008). In the source records 37 citations have been included as well. The total number of true conjectures is now 6.575 (out of 7.009 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 23.008, of which 8.690 contain a citation.
Newly found conjectures
1 Tim 6:7 cj17003: Harris (1929) proposes to read τε ἀεί instead of τελείως.
Rev 9:13 cj17007: Bengel (1734) wants to omit φωνὴν μίαν and to read with A02 λέγοντα in verse 14.
Newly found editorial alternatives
1 Cor 15:29 cj17004: Semler (1770) seems to have been the first to put a question mark after βαπτιζόμενοι, thus reading ἐπεὶ τί ποιήσουσιν οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι; ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν;
Rev 5:1 cj17005: Grotius (1645) seems to have been the first to read a comma after ἔσωθεν, so that the following ἔξωθεν or ὅπισθεν modifies κατεσφραγισμένον.
Rev 9:12–13 cj17008: Eb. Nestle (1898) mentions the possibility to read ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται ἔτι δύο οὐαὶ μετὰ ταῦτα. Καὶ ὁ ἕκτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισεν as ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται ἔτι δύο οὐαί. Μετὰ ταῦτα (καὶ) ὁ ἕκτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισεν.
Rev 18:13 cj17006: Zahn (1926) advocated the omission of the comma in σωμάτων, καὶ ψυχὰς ἀνθρώπων.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Some translations of Greek or Latin citations have been added:
Rom 9:5 Schlichting (cj10296).
Rom 9:5 Schlichting (s21012 on cj14648).
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Arie Zwiep.
29. 18 October 2023 (2023–4)
General
Compared to the previous release (28; 2023–3) 20 conjecture records were added (cj16983 to cj17002), together with 152 history records (s32811 to s32962). In the source records 130 citations have been included as well. The total number of true conjectures is now 6.573 (out of 7.003 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 22.962, of which 8.653 contain a citation.
Newly found conjectures
Mark 9:12–13 cj16985: Oke (1953) want to transpose part of verse 12 (from καὶ πῶς γέγραπται onwards) to after verse 13.
John 1:18 cj16984: Boismard (1952), appealing to Nonnus, wants to read … πώποτε, εἰ μὴ ὁ μονογενής· εἰς τὸν κόλπον … instead of … πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον …
John 21:7 cj15917: Blass (1902), appealing to VL 3, wants to read omits ἀκούσας ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν.
Rom 3:25–26 cj16988: Fitzer (1996) proposes to omit εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ.
1 Cor 3:10–15 cj16990: Bruins (1892) wants to omit these verses.
1 Cor 5:3–5 cj16991: Völter (1905) wants to omit these verses.
1 Cor 12:2 cj16987: Kloha (2006) proposes to read ὁπότε instead of ὅτι ὅτε; he also adopts the editorial alternative ἀνήγεσθε (cj15076).
1 Cor 14:25 cj16986: Kloha (2006) proposes to omit ὁ θεός.
2 Cor 2:16–4:6 cj16989: Völter (1905) wants to omit an entire section, starting with 2 Cor 2:16 καὶ πρὸς ταῦτα τίς ἱκανός.
2 Cor 6:14–7:1 cj16993: Völter (1889) suggests the “fragment” originally stood after 1 Cor 6:11 (and 1 Cor 5 stood after 2 Cor 10–13, etc.).
2 Cor 6:14–7:1 cj16992: Pfleiderer (1887) suggests the “fragment” originally stood after 1 Cor 6:20.
1 Tim 6:3 cj17001: Lock (1924) proposes προσέχει τοῖς ὑγιαίνουσιν λόγοις for προσέχεται ὑγιαίνουσιν λόγοις, slightly changing Bentley’s conjecture προσέχει for προσέχεται (cj10214).
1 Tim 6:7 cj17002: Parry (1920) proposes to read οὐδ’ ὅτι instead of ὅτι οὐδέ.
Rev 2:3 cj16995: Bousset (1896) preferred καὶ οὐ κεκοπίακας instead of καὶ οὐ κεκοπίακες, albeit thinking that the reading was attested in min. 18, just as Bengel once (1734) thought it was attested in A02.
Rev 21:3 cj16996: Bousset (1896) suggested that both ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου and ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ are later additions.
Newly found editorial alternatives
Matt 2:4 cj16997: Paulus (1800) considers ποῦ ὁ χριστὸς γεννᾶται to be a direct question, thus printing it with a quotation mark.
Matt 7:11 cj16998: Erasmus (1516) prints δώσει ἀγαθὰ τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν with a question mark.
Mark 9:12 cj16983: Weisse (1838) considers Ἠλίας μὲν ἐλθὼν πρῶτον ἀποκαθιστάνει πάντα as a question (to which the disciples answer “Yes” but Jesus himself “No”).
1 Cor 12:11 cj16999: Beza (1556) prefers the editorial alternative ἴδια for ἰδίᾳ.
1 Cor 15:36 cj17000: Holsten (1880) wants to punctuate ἄφρων σύ, ὃ σπείρεις instead of ἄφρων, σὺ ὃ σπείρεις.
1 Pet 5:5 cj16994: Lachmann (1887) printed … πρεσβυτέροις, πάντες δὲ ἀλλήλοις. τὴν … instead of … πρεσβυτέροις· πάντες δὲ ἀλλήλοις τὴν ….
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Mark 9:10–12: it turns out the database contained two identical conjectures transposing the sentence καὶ πῶς γέγραπται ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἵνα πολλὰ πάθῃ καὶ ἐξουδενηθῇ in verse 12 to the end of verse 10, so that it becomas part of the disciples’ thoughts instead of part of Jesus’ answer. The Urheber is Clarke (1702) (cj11309), while Cuthbert Hamilton Turner’s contribution (1920) is now listed as Reinvention (s26339). The other conjecture ID (cj15917) has been given to a newly found conjecture (see above).
Rom 6:17 cj10604: the reception history of the conjecture has been expanded.
Rom 11:26 cj11818: Beza’s conjecture only involves changing ἐκ into ἕνεκεν, and does not touch upon ἥξει.
2 Cor 6:14–7:1 cj15657: an earlier author (than Blass) for the conjecture that the passage originally belonged after 1 Cor 10:22 has been found, namely Hausrath (1875).
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Stephen Carlson; Elijah Hixson.
28. 6 July 2023 (2023–3)
General
Compared to the previous release (27; 2023–2) 17 conjecture records were added (cj16966 to cj16982), together with 177 history records (s32634 to s32810). In the source records 170 citations have been included as well. The total number of true conjectures is now 6.558 (out of 6.983 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 22.810, of which 8.523 contain a citation.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
Mark 9:6 (cj16975): Paulus (1805) wanted to omit ἀποκριθῇ, reading the first part of the verse as οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τι.
Mark 11:25 (cj16966): Sparks (1955) wanted to omit the entire verse.
Luke 23:54 (cj16982): Kluit (1771) wanted to read παρασκευῆς instead of the TR/Byz reading παρασκευὴ καί. The genitive παρασκευῆς has become MCT, but seems to be unattested when combined with the omission of καί, as Kluit proposed.
John 3:10 (cj16967): Schulz (1774) suggested that one could just as well end the verse with a full stop (γινώσκεις.) instead of an question mark (γινώσκεις;).
John 4:9 (cj16968): Semler (1771) wanted to omit οὔσης.
John 6:64 (cj16970): Semler (1771) wanted to omit οἱ μὴ πιστεύοντες.
John 8:11 (cj16974): in the PA Christina Tyson (2023) suggests that πορεύου, [καὶ] ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μηκέτι ἁμάρτανε is a scribal addition.
John 9:27 (cj16971): Piscator (1591) wanted to put a question mark after ἠκούσατε.
John 10:8 (cj16972): Semler (1771) suggests that εἰσίν (as well as the variant reading ἦσαν) is a later addition.
John 11:1–2 (cj16973): instead of ἀπὸ Βηθανίας, ἐκ τῆς κώμης Μαρίας καὶ Μάρθας τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτῆς. ἦν δὲ … Heinsius (1627) wants to read ἀπὸ Βηθανίας τῆς κώμης, Μαρίας καὶ Μάρθας ἀδελφός. αὕτη ἦν …
John 12:1 (cj16976): Semler (1772) wants to omits ὁ τεθνηκώς (TR), while only knowing about versional and patristic evidence, since Greek manuscript attestation was still unknown. Since Lachmann the omission is adopted in MCT.
John 12:27 (cj16977): there is debate as to whether or not πάτερ, σῶσόν με ἐκ τῆς ὥρας ταύτης should be read as a question. The earliest traceable author to attach a question mark (an editorial alternative) is Theophylact (around 1100). TR editions rather read the sentence as a statement. The question mark is adopted in MCT, from Lachmann onwards.
John 13:2 (cj16978): Semler (1772) suggests that some noun is missing after βεβληκότος, for instance τὴν ἔννοιαν.
John 18:14–24 (cj16969): Lagrange (1925) transposes verse 24 (with δέ instead of οὖν) to after verse 13. There are many conjectures on the same problem.
1 Cor 2:14 (cj16979): Zegerus (1553) and Beza (1556) propose to read ὅτι as ὅ, τι.
1 Cor 3:13 (cj16980): following the Vulgate reading “dies domini” Semler (1770) wants to add κυρίου to ἡ ἡμέρα.
Jude 7 (cj16981): van Willes (1843) wants to read αἱ περὶ αὐτὰ πόλεις instead of αἱ περὶ αὐτὰς πόλεις.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
John 18:3 (cj10823): an earlier author than Peerlkamp (1855) has been found for the omission of ἐκ before τῶν ἀρχιερέων, namely Johann Christoph Friedrich Schulz (1774). Besides it has been clarified that the reading emended by Schulz and Peerlkamp has καὶ φαρισαίων and not καὶ ἐκ τῶν φαρισαίων.
John 19:18 (cj11992): it was reported that Richard Bentley (around 1720) wanted to change ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐντεῦθεν into ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐκεῖθεν. It turns out this information rests upon a misunderstanding, probably by Johann Christoph Friedrich Schulz (1774). From the exchange between Bentley and Middleton on Rev 22:2, where Bentley indeed changed the TR reading ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐντεῦθεν into ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐκεῖθεν, mainly following A02, Schulz incorrectly inferred that Bentley wanted to change John 19:18.
Some translations of Greek and Latin citations have been added:
Mark 16:2 Beza (cj11348, both the 1556 annotation [s12910] and the 1582 one [s32802]);
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Jeff Cate, Stephen Carlson, Maurice Robinson, and An-Ting Yi.
27. 6 April 2023 (2023–2)
General
Compared to the previous release (26; 2023–1) 11 conjecture records were added (cj16955 to cj16965), together with 161 history records (s32473 to s32633). In the source records 173 citations have been included as well. The total number of true conjectures is now 6.547 (out of 6.966 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 22.633, of which 8.353 contain a citation.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
Matt 22:39 (cj16961): Carl Friedrich August Fritzsche (1826) wanted to add αὗτη to ὁμοία αὐτῇ, thus reading ὁμοία αὐτῇ, αὗτη.
Mark 14:12 (cj16957) and Luke 22:7 (cj16958): Jaubert (1955) wanted to omit ὅτε τὸ πάσχα ἔθυον in Mark 14:12 and by implication [ἐν] ᾗ ἔδει θύεσθαι τὸ πάσχα in Luke 22:7 as well.
Luke 7:11 (cj16965): Cheyne (1902) proposed ἐν τῇ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ for ἐν τῷ ἑξῆς.
Luke 7:11 (cj16964): Cheyne (1902) proposed Συνήμ for Ναΐν.
Luke 9:26 (cj16956): Rinck (1830) wanted to omit καὶ τοῦ πατρός.
John 3:23 (cj16963): Cheyne (1903) proposed Ἰερουσαλήμ for τοῦ Σαλείμ (together with the omission of ὅτι ὕδατα πολλὰ ἦν ἐκεῖ [cj10765]).
John 16:30 (cj16962): Barrett (1955) conjectured πάντας for πάντα.
2 Cor 3:6–4:6 (cj16955): Völter (1889) regarded these verses as an interpolation; in 1915 he would modify his proposal, expanding the interpolation to 2 Cor 3:2b–4:6 (see cj15958).
2 Pet 3:10 (cj16959): Bernhard Weiss (1892) put a question mark after καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται. This editorial alternative was recorded in the Nestle editions (N1 to NA25).
1 Tim 5:16 (cj16960): Wagener (1994) wanted to omit the entire verse.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Matt 26:17 (cj15450): Kassel’s conjecture was given as πρὸ δὲ τῆς ἑορτῆς τοῦ πάσχα for τῇ δὲ πρώτῃ τῶν ἀζύμων, as Heinrich Julius Holtzmann reports it. Verification of the source shows that Kassel actually proposed τῇ δὲ πρὸ τῆς τῶν ἀζύμων (thus only substituting πρὸ τῆς for πρώτῃ).
Matt 27:46 (cj15501): Erasmus’s initial preference for “asabthani” (ἀζαφθανί) instead of “sabacthani” (σαβαχθανι) was probably inspired by Lyranus’ Postilla.
1 Cor 1:21 (cj13069): van de Sande Bakhuyzen’s conjecture was already proposed in 1864, though only as the omission of τοῦ θεοῦ; in 1880 the author added the possible substitution with αὐτοῦ.
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena, Jeff Cate, and An-Ting Yi.
26. 2 January 2023 (2023–1)
General
Compared to the previous release (25; 2022–4) 24 conjecture records were added (cj16931 to cj16954), together with 209 history records (s32264 to s32472). In the source records 212 citations have been included as well. The total number of true conjectures is now 6.536 (out of 6.955 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 22.472, of which 8.180 contain a citation.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
An important source of previously unknown conjectures (to me that is) was found in a series of articles by Harald Sahlin, notably in the journal Studia theologica. Since Sahlin also wrote numerous articles in Swedish to which I have no access yet, even more contributions by him are to be expected.
Matt 13:14–15 (cj16937): Torrey (1941) saw these verses as an interpolation.
Matt 28:9–17 (cj16947): Sahlin (1977) wanted to omit verses 9 to 17a (up to καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν προσεκύνησαν).
Mark 1:2–3 (cj16951): Sahlin (1959) proposed to omit ἐν τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ in verse 2 and the entire verse 3.
Mark 1:4 (cj16952): Sahlin (1959) proposed to omit ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.
Mark 1:6 (cj16953): Sahlin (1959) proposed to omit καὶ ἐσθίων ἀκρίδας καὶ μέλι ἄγριον.
Mark 1:8 (cj16954): Sahlin (1959) proposed tor read πυρί instead of ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ.
Mark 5:1 (cj16948): Sahlin (1964) proposed to explain the existing readings by surmising an original Περαίων instead of Γερασηνῶν etc.
Mark 15:7 (cj16933): Erich Klostermann (1909) suggested that a Ἰησοῦς was lost before the words ὁ λεγόμενος Βαραββᾶς.
Mark 9:12–13 (cj16936): in these much disputed verses Allen (1915) wanted to transpose 13c to before 13c and 12c–d to after verse 13, while also changing πῶς (12c) to οὕτως.
Mark 14:62 (cj16942): Sahlin (1977) wanted to omit καὶ ἐρχόμενον μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
Mark 15:62 (cj16943): Sahlin (1977) wanted to omit τοῦ ναοῦ and εἰς δύο ἀπ’ ἄνωθεν ἕως κάτω, so that the entire verse reads καὶ τὸ καταπέτασμα ἐσχίσθη.
Luke 3:16 (cj16938): Sahlin (1949) wanted to read ἐν ὕδατι instead of μὲν ὕδατι.
Luke 4:3 (cj16939): Sahlin (1949) wanted to read δαιμόνιον instead of πνεῦμα δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου.
Luke 17:11 (cj16931): Blinzler (1953) wanted to read διὰ Γαλιλαίας instead of διὰ μέσον Σαμαρείας καὶ Γαλιλαίας.
John 1:6–8 (cj16940): Sahlin (1987) wanted to omit ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης in verse 6 and the whole of verse 8.
John 3:25 (cj16935): Grill (1902) apparently wanted to omit μετὰ Ἰουδαίου.
John 19:28 (cj16944): Sahlin (1977) wanted to omit ἡ γραφή.
John 20:9–11 (cj16923): Blass (1902) wanted to transpose verse 9 (with ᾔδει for ᾔδεισαν) to verse 11, after κλαίουσα.
Acts 10:40 (cj16946): Sahlin (1977) wanted to omit [ἐν] τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.
Rom 5:16 (cj16941): Sahlin (1987) supposed homoeoteleuton had caused the loss of some words, so that instead of οὐχ ὡς δι’ ἑνὸς ἁμαρτήσαντος τὸ δώρημα one should read οὐχ ὡς δι’ ἑνὸς ἁμαρτήσαντος τὸ κρίμα, οὕτως καὶ δι’ ἑνὸς δικαιώσαντος τὸ δώρημα; (as a question). This is actually just a modification of the conjecture he proposed four years earlier (see cj14302).
1 Cor 1:28 (cj16932): Blass (1902) wanted to adopt parts of Marcion’s (reconstructed) reading, thus changing καὶ τὰ ἀγενῆ τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τὰ ἐξουθενημένα ἐξελέξατο ὁ θεός into καὶ τὰ ἀγενῆ καὶ τὰ ἐλάχιστα καὶ τὰ ἐξουθενημένα.
1 Cor 8:5–6 (cj16934): Treves (1977) regarded these two verses as an interpolation.
1 Cor 15:4 (cj16945): Sahlin (1977) wanted to omit καὶ ὅτι ἐτάφη and τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, so that the entire verse reads ὅτι ἐγήγερται κατὰ τὰς γραφάς.
Jas 1:17 (cj16950): Ropes (1916) proposed the editorial alternative ἡ for ἤ.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Matt 11:17: Wellhausen’s conjecture (cj16794) cannot be just the omission of τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ, οὐδέ, but it is slightly unclear how he would construe the Greek. Based on his translation it seems he would also omit τις ἐπιγινώσκει, thus leaving the sentence as οὐδεὶς ἐπιγινώσκει τὸν πατέρα εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱός.
Mark 9:13 (cj15159): an earlier author than Couchoud (1933) for reading ἐποίησεν ὅσα ἔδει αὐτὸν ποιῆσαι instead of ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἤθελον has been found, namely Blass (1899).
John 1:18: the conjecture made by Hirsch (cj16923; see instalment 25) turns out to be just a reinvention of the conjecture made by Semler in 1766 (cj10759). The cjID has been given to another conjecture, namely Blass’ rewriting of John 20:9–11 (cj16923; see above).
Jas 1:17 (cj10367): Hauck’s conjecture (1926) was recorded incorrecty as the omission of ἐνι παραλλαγὴ ἢ τροπῆς ἀποσκίασμα; Hauck actually proposed to read (partially following pap23) ἔνι τι παραλλαγῆς ἢ τροπῆς ἀποσκιάσματος, or to accept Dibelius’ conjecture cj10368.
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena, An-Ting Yi.
25. 3 October 2022 (2022–4)
General
Compared to the previous release (23-24; 2022–2/3) 26 conjecture records were added (cj16905 to cj16930), together with 216 history records (s32048 to s32263). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.513 (out of 6.931 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 22.263.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
A series of seven conjectures was found in a 1934 article by Ivar August Heikel, most of which had thus far escaped our attention. Another series was found in Emanuel Hirsch’ work on John’s gospel (1936), that also had gone mostly unnoticed.
Matt 22:36 (cj16913): Heikel (1934) wanted to change μεγάλη into ἡ μεγάλη.
Mark 3:6 (cj16914): Heikel (1934) wanted to read ἐτίϑουν insetad of ἐδίδουν.
Mark 11:13 (cj16905): Johann Heinrich May (1713) and Romaniuk (1975) proposed an editorial alternative, namely to turn the phrase ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς οὐκ ἦν σύκων into a rhetorical question.
Mark 14:4 (cj16915): Heikel (1934) wanted to read ἐλάλησαν instead of ἦσαν.
John 1:18 (cj16923): Hirsch (1936) proposed the simple ὁ μονογενής without either υἱός or θεός. [Correction instalment 26: Hirsch actually reinvents a conjecture by Semler (cj10759).]
John 1:28 (cj16922): Hirsch (1936) tried τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ instead of Βηθανίᾳ.
John 2:9 (cj16924): Hirsch (1936) wanted a separate sentence ἰδοὺ τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνος γεγενημένον instead of τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον γεγενημένον as object of ἐγεύσατο.
John 4:51 (cj16925): Hirsch (1936) wanted to omit λέγοντες or whatever the manuscripts have instead.
John 6:23 (cj16926): Hirsch (1936) printed and defended the editorial alternative ἀλλά instead of ἄλλα.
John 14:2 (cj16927): Schnackenburg (1975) proposed to read ὅτι ὑπάγω; πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν. instead of ὅτι πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν;
John 18:24 (cj16928): Mahoney (1965) proposed to read δὲ μένων instead of δεδεμένον.
John 20:16 (cj16929): Schwartz (1906) wanted to read ἐπιστήσασα instead of στραφεῖσα.
Acts 24:21 (cj16916): Heikel (1934) wanted to change ταύτης φωνῆς into ταύτης τῆς φωνῆς (the addition happens to be attested in minuscule 436).
Rom 16:1–27 (cj16908): John Knox (1954) preferred to see the entire chapter as non-Pauline.
1 Cor 12:31 (cj16917): Heikel (1934) wanted to add καλήν before ὁδόν.
2 Cor 5:16 (cj16912): Dupont (1949) reported an anonymous editorial alternative, namely to read ἄλλα instead of ἀλλά.
Eph 6:24 (cj16918): Heikel (1934) wanted to add τόν before ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ.
Phil 3:13 (cj16919): Heikel (1934) proposed an editorial alternative, namely to read ἐμαυτόν as ἐμ’ αὐτόν.
Col 2:18 (cj16921): Heikel (1936) wanted to read θείων instead of θέλων.
Jas 1:14 (cj16909): Adamson (1976) conjectured ἐφελκόμενος for ἐξελκόμενος.
Jas 2:18 (cj16910): Von Soden (1890) and Hort (before 1892) proposed to punctuate σὺ πίστιν ἔχεις, κἀγὼ ἔργα ἔχω differently, namely as σὺ πίστιν ἔχεις; κἀγὼ ἔργα ἔχω, so that the words κἀγὼ ἔργα ἔχω are James’.
Jas 3:6 (cj16911): Van den Bergh van Eysinga (1931) proposed to omit ὁ κόσμος τῆς ἀδικίας ἡ γλῶσσα καθίσταται ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ἡμῶν … φλογιζομένη ὑπὸ τῆς γεέννης.
1 Pet 3:4 (cj16920): Heikel (1934) proposed τῇ καρδίᾳ instead of τῆς καρδίας.
Rev 18:6 (cj16930): Bloomfield (1836) proposed ἐπέδωκεν instead of ἀπέδωκεν.
Rev 19:10 (cj16906) and Rev 22:10 (cj16907): Oederus (1729) proposed an editorial alternative, namely to read ὅρα, μὴ σύνδουλός σού εἰμι … instead of ὅρα μή· σύνδουλός σού εἰμι ….
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Acts 4:25 (cj10849): an earlier author than Bernhard Weiss (1893) for the omission of πνεύματος ἁγίου has been found, namely Osborne (1882).
Rom 1:4 (cj12715): Crellius’ conjecture for ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν is ἐξαναστάσεως ἐκ νεκρῶν, not ἀναστάσεως ἐκ νεκρῶν.
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena, An-Ting Yi.
23-24. 6 July 2022 (2022–2/3)
General
Compared to the previous release (22; 2022–1) 7 conjecture records were added (cj16898 to cj16904), together with 65 history records (s31983 to s32047). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.494 (out of 6.905 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 22.047.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
Matt 8:9 (cj16904): Heinrich Ewald (1858) thought that an addition after ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν in the Old Syriac Codex Curetonianus reflected the original reading: ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω κἀγώ.
Mark 11:24–25 (cj16901): Telford (1980) thought these verses to be interpolations.
Luke 10:37 (cj16899): Lachmann (1831) printed πορεύου καὶ σύ, ποίει ὁμοίως instead of πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως (or πορεύου, καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως). This editorial alternative was recorded by Tischendorf, but not in any of the Nestle editions.
Rom 16:1 (cj16903): Lucht (1871) regarded οὖσαν καὶ διάκονον τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς to be an addition by the editor who incorporated diverse Pauline fragments into the letter to the Romans.
2 Cor 12:7 (cj16898): Windisch (1924) thought καὶ τῇ ὑπερβολῇ τῶν ἀποκαλύψεων to be part of an originally longer phrase.
Heb 9:2 (cj16900): the editorial alternative ἁγία instead of Ἅγια (or ἅγια), although already found in some early printed editions, seems to have been defended first by Synge (1959).
Jas 2:18 (cj16902): Bloomfield (1855) conjectured ἐκτός ἔργων for χώρις τῶν ἔργων or ἐκ τῶν ἔργων.
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Jonathan C. Borland, Peter M. Head, Gregory Paulson.
22. 21 February 2022 (2022–1)
General
Compared to the previous release (21; 2021–4) 3 conjecture records were added (cj16895 to cj16897), together with 61 history records (s31923 to s31983). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.489 (out of 6.898 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 21.983.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
John 1:28 (cj16895): Schwartz (1908) attributed the entire verse to an interpolator.
Heb 4:2 (cj16897): Theodore of Mopsuestia’s opinion, that ἀκουσθεῖσιν should be read for ἀκούσασιν has now been recorded as a conjecture, despite some slight attestation. As in John 1:28 (cj10521) patristic exegesis may have influenced the Greek transmission.
3 John 6 (cj16896): Heinrich Ewald (1850) wanted to read οἷς ἐμαρτύρησα for οἳ ἐμαρτύρησαν.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Acts 2:9 (cj15193): Zahn’s conjecture was not reported correctly: besides the substitution of Ἰουδαίαν (reading Ἰουδαῖοι instead) it also omits the following τε.
1 Cor 13:12 (cj11903): an earlier author than Jortin (1771) has been found, namely de Missy. Since it concerns de Missy’s manuscripts notes in several books, his ideas can only be dated approximately (1760).
Eph 2:14 (cj15539): an earlier author than Michelsen (1906) has been found, namely Haupt (1897).
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena, An-Ting Yi.
21. 1 October 2021 (2021–4)
General
Compared to the previous release (20; 2021–3) 15 conjecture records were added (cj16880 to cj16894), together with 100 history records (s31823 to s31922). The total number of true conjectures is now 6,486 (out of 6.895 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 21.922.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
Mark 11:8 (cj16891): Blakesley (1851) reconstructed στιβάδας κόψαντες ἐκ τῶν δένδρων from the attested readings στιβάδας κόψαντες ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν and στιβάδας ἔκοπτον ἐκ τῶν δένδρων καὶ ἔστρωσαν εἰς τὴν ὁδόν.
Rom 14:5 (cj16889): Spitta (1901) wanted to see ὃς μὲν [γὰρ] κρίνει ἡμέραν παρʼ ἡμέραν, ὃς δὲ κρίνει πᾶσαν ἡμέραν· ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ νοῒ πληροφορείσθω. ὁ φρονῶν τὴν ἡμέραν κυρίῳ φρονεῖ as a later addition to one of the Pauline letters preserved in Romans.
1 Cor 1:2 (cj16887): Schmiedel (1891) considered the omission of ἡγιασμένοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
1 Cor 1:30 (cj16888): Schmiedel (1891) considered the word order ἀπολύτρωσις καἰ δικαιοσύνη τε καὶ ἁγιασμός instead of δικαιοσύνη τε καὶ ἁγιασμὸς καὶ ἀπολύτρωσις.
1 Cor 4:3 (cj16885): Schmiedel (1891) wanted to read δή instead of δέ.
2 Cor 12:6–7 (cj16883) Bultmann (1976) suggested a transposition of καὶ τῇ ὑπερβολῇ τῶν ἀποκαλύψεων to either after ἐὰν γὰρ θελήσω καυχήσασθαι in verse 6 or after ἵνα μὴ ὑπεραίρωμαι at the end of verse 7.
2 Cor 12:7 (cj16884) Schmithals (1956) wanted to read κατὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῶν ἀποκαλύψεων instead of καὶ τῇ ὑπερβολῇ τῶν ἀποκαλύψεων.
Col 2:23 (cj16892): Haupt (1902) proposed the omission of οὐκ ἐν τιμῇ τινι.
Col 2:23 (cj16893): Bernard G. Hall (1925) suggested ἐπιλήσμων instead of πλησμονήν.
1 Thess 4:6 (cj16886): Schmiedel (1891) suggested τοῦ for τό.
1 Tim 3:1–13 (cj16881): von Harnack (1897) saw these verses as a later addition to the Pastoral Epistles.
1 Tim 5:17–20 (cj16882): von Harnack (1886 and 1897) saw these verses as a later addition to the Pastoral Epistles.
1 Tim 6:17–21 (cj16880): von Harnack (1897) saw these verses as a later addition to the Pastoral Epistles.
Heb 4:13 (cj16894): according to Attridge (1989) Synge (1959) wanted to omit πρὸς ὃν ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος from this verse; however Synge’s approach is source-critical, and therefore the conjecture is recorded as misunderstood.
Rev 22:11 (cj16890): following a quotation in a letter cited by Eusebius, Blakesley (1851) reconstructed the verse as ὁ ἄνομος ἀνομησάτω ἔτι, καὶ ὁ δίκαιος δικαιωθήτω ἔτι instead of ὁ ἀδικῶν ἀδικησάτω ἔτι καὶ ὁ ῥυπαρὸς ῥυπανθήτω ἔτι, καὶ ὁ δίκαιος δικαιοσύνην ποιησάτω ἔτι καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἁγιασθήτω ἔτι.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Rom 8:34 (cj15132): the reception history and remarks on the editorial alternative (κατακρίνων or κατακρινῶν) have been expanded.
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: An-Ting Yi; Peter M. Head; Elijah Hixson; Henk de Vries.
20. 8 July 2021 (2021–3)
General
Compared to the previous release (19; 2021–2) 69 conjecture records were added (cj16811 to cj16879), together with 140 history records (s31683 to s31822). The total number of true conjectures is now 6,472 (out of 6.880 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 21.822.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
Matt 1:18 (cj16813): Erasmus (1522) in his annotations preferred the omission of Ἰησοῦ, for which he could only point to the Vulgate and to some patristic evidence. The conjecture was reinvented by Merx (1902).
Matt 10:20 (cj16877): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit the entire verse.
Matt 28:19 (cj16878): Michelsen (1884) wanted to read βαπτίσοντες instead of βαπτίζοντες.
Luke 14:10 (cj16821): Michelsen (1884) wanted to change ἵνα into καί.
John 5:18 (cj16814): Merx (1909; published in 1911) wanted to change ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἔλυεν τὸ σάββατον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πατέρα ἴδιον ἔλεγεν … into οὐχ ὅτι ἔλυεν τὸ σάββατον, ἀλλὰ πατέρα ἴδιον ἔλεγεν …, partly appealing to syc.s.
John 6:22–23 (cj16819): Rissi (1979) wanted to omit verses 22 and 23, except τῇ ἐπαύριον in verse 22.
John 16:17 (cj16815): Merx (1909; published in 1911) wanted to change εἶπαν οὖν ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ into καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, retranslating sys into Greek and partly appealing to VL manuscripts.
John 16:17 (cj16817): Blass (1902) omitted τί ἐστιν τοῦτο ὃ λέγει ἡμῖν· μικρὸν καὶ οὐ θεωρεῖτέ με, καὶ πάλιν μικρὸν καὶ ὄψεσθέ με; καί· ὅτι ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα;
John 16:18 (cj16818): of the entire verse Blass (1902) only retained τί ἐστιν τὸ μικρόν;
John 16:18 (cj16816): Merx (1909; published in 1911) omitted οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λαλεῖ, appealing to sys.
Acts 1:15 (cj16866): Michelsen (1884) wanted to read αὐτῶν instead of τῶν ἀδελφῶν.
Acts 1:26 (cj16867): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit αὐτοῖς.
Acts 2:22 (cj16859): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ.
Acts 2:38 (cj16852): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
Acts 3:7 (cj16848): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit αὐτοῦ.
Acts 3:11 (cj16824): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit πρὸς αὐτούς.
Acts 4:12 (cj16861): Michelsen (1884) wanted to read τοῦτο γὰρ ὄνομά ἐστιν ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι instead of οὐδὲ γὰρ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἕτερον ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι ἡμᾶς (cf. Brandt’s later conjecture cj16786; see Instalment 17).
Acts 4:19 (cj16825): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit πρὸς αὐτούς.
Acts 4:33 (cj16826): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit μεγάλῃ.
Acts 5:12 (cj16827): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit πολλά.
Acts 5:22 (cj16849): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit παραγενόμενοι.
Acts 6:7 (cj16871): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τοῦ θεοῦ.
Acts 6:13 (cj16862): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ῥήματα.
Acts 7:12–13 (cj16860): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit πρῶτον in verse 12 and ἐν τῷ δευτέρῷ in verse 13.
Acts 7:19 (cj16850): Michelsen (1884) wanted to read πνίγειν τὰ βρέφη instead of ποιεῖν τὰ βρέφη ἔκθετα.
Acts 7:25 (cj16849): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit παραγενόμενοι.
Acts 8:7 (cj16811): Zahn (1919) wanted to solve the grammatical problems of πολλοὶ γὰρ τῶν ἐχόντων πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα βοῶντα φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ἐξήρχοντο by reading ἐκ πολλῶν instead of πολλοί. There are other conjectures on the some problem.
Acts 8:13 (cj16829): Michelsen (1884) wanted to read σημεῖα μεγάλα γινόμενα instead of σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας γινομένας, thus omitting δυνάμεις καί from the reading δυνάμεις καὶ σημεῖα μεγάλα γινόμενα.
Acts 9:10 (cj16830): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἐν ὁράματι.
Acts 9:15 (cj16831): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἐστίν.
Acts 9:25 (cj16832): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit διὰ τοῦ τείχους.
Acts 9:42 (cj16833): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit πολλοί.
Acts 10:5 (cj16834): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἄνδρας.
Acts 10:8 (cj16863): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit αὐτοῖς.
Acts 10:48 (cj16851): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
Acts 12:15 (cj16853): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἐστιν.
Acts 10:8 (cj16863): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit αὐτοῖς.
Acts 12:24 (cj16872): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τοῦ θεοῦ.
Acts 13:5 (cj16873): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τοῦ θεοῦ.
Acts 13:44 (cj16874): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τοῦ κυρίου.
Acts 13:48 (cj16875): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τοῦ κυρίου.
Acts 14:7 (cj16864): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἦσαν.
Acts 15:36 (cj16854): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit πᾶσαν.
Acts 16:9 (cj16835): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τις.
Acts 16:32 (cj16876): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τοῦ κυρίου.
Acts 16:40 (cj16855): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τοὺς ἀδελφούς.
Acts 17:3 (cj16865): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ὁ χριστός.
Acts 17:10 (cj16836): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τῶν Ἰουδαίων.
Acts 17:32 (cj16823): Michelsen (1884) wanted to transpose πάλιν to before ἀκουσόμεθα.
Acts 18:19 (cj16868): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit αὐτοῦ.
Acts 19:12 (cj16869): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἐκπορεύεσθαι.
Acts 19:16 (cj16856): Michelsen (1884) wanted to rewrite the verse as καὶ ἐφαλόμενον ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς κατακυριεῦσαν ἄφνω ἴσχυσε κατ’ αὐτῶν ὥστε γυμνοὺς καὶ τετραυματισμένους ἐκφυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου, in passing accepting some earlier conjectures.
Acts 19:20 (cj16837): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τοῦ κυρίου.
Acts 19:27 (cj16857): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἱερόν.
Acts 21:9 (cj16838): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit παρθένοι.
Acts 21:14 (cj16858): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit τοῦ κυρίου.
Acts 21:24 (cj16839): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit φυλάσσων.
Acts 23:12 (cj16840): Michelsen (1884) wanted to read τινὲς συστροφήν instead of συστροφὴν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι.
Acts 23:21 (cj16870): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἕτοιμοι.
Acts 23:32 (cj16841): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἀπέρχεσθαι.
Acts 24:21 (cj16842): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἑστώς.
Acts 25:7 (cj16843): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἃ οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀποδεῖξαι.
Acts 26:1 (cj16844): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα.
Acts 26:31 (cj16845): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἢ δεσμῶν.
Acts 27:37 (cj16846): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ.
Acts 28:9 (cj16847): Michelsen (1884) wanted to omit ἐν τῇ νήσῳ.
Rom 10:19 (cj16812): Bentley (around 1720) wanted to draw πρῶτος to the preceding question: μὴ Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἔγνω πρῶτος; The usual punctuation is μὴ Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἔγνω; πρῶτος Μωϋσῆς λέγει.
2 Tim 2:14 (cj16820): Blass (1902) wanted to read λογομάχει instead of λογομαχεῖν.
Rev 12:13–16 (cj16879): Blom (1884) wanted to omit these verses.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Luke 2:5 (cj16809; see Instalment 19): an even earlier author than Blass, namely Michelsen (1884) has been found.
Acts 3:20 (cj14272): for the omission of Ἰησοῦν an earlier author than Sahlin has been found, namely Michelsen (1884).
Rom 11:26 (cj11818); the conjecture was recorded incorrectly, namely ἕνεκεν as substitution of ἥξει ἐκ instead of just ἐκ. Moreover, an earlier author than Henri Owen, namely Beza (1556) has been found.
Some translations of Greek and Latin citations have been added:
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: An-Ting Yi.
19. 12 April 2021 (2021–2)
General
Compared to the previous release (18; 2021–1) 11 conjecture records were added (cj16800 to cj16810), together with 200 history records (s31483 to s31682). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.404 (out of 6.811 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 21.682.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
Matt 5:47 (cj16806): Merx (1902) wanted to omit the entire verse, following VL k (1) and sys.
Matt 7:28 (cj16807): Merx (1902) wanted to omit οἱ ὄχλοι, appealing to the Sahidic.
Matt 24:30 (cj16808): Merx (1902) wanted to adopt the text reflected by sys, omitting καὶ τότε κόψονται πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς and substituting ὄψεσθε for ὄψονται.
Mark 11:24 (cj16803): Pallis (1920) wanted to read λάβητε instead of ἐλάβετε.
Luke 2:5 (cj16809): Blass (1897), Usener (1902), and Merx (1905) wanted to follow sys (and some VL manuscripts) in reading τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ instead of τῇ ἐμνηστευμένῃ αὐτῷ.
Luke 22:64 (cj16805): Loisy (1909) tentatively suggested to omit τίς ἐστιν ὁ παίσας σε; (the same idea applied to Matt 26:68 is far better known [cj10056]).
John 1:46 (cj16810): Cheyne (1902) wanted to read ὁ ἅγιος instead of τι ἀγαθόν.
John 7:53–8:11 (cj16804): Nicholson (1879) thought the original location of the Pericope Adulterae was between Matt 21:46 and 22:1.
Gal 4:31 (cj16800): Shute Barrington (before 1783) wanted to add τῆς before παιδίσκης.
Eph 6:2 (cj16801): Markland (1782) wanted to add ἡ before πρώτη (though immediately suggesting that the article can be missed).
2 Thess 2:11 (cj16802): Markland (1782) wanted to read the adjective ψευδεῖ instead of the noun ψεύδει.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
The conjectures that involve a transposition of the Pericope Adulterae have now been keyed to its common location in the manuscripts (John 7:53–8:11), and no longer to the place where it originally stood according to the conjecture. It concerns cj10067 (Hitzig: after Mark 12:17), cj16605 (O. Holtzmann: after Mark 12:44), and cj16804 (Nicholson: after Matt 21:46).
1 Pet 2:24 (cj13504): following van Manen, Bowyer’s note was interpreted as if Henri Owen wanted to omit only ἵνα ταῖς, which would be meaningless. Therefore Owen must have intended the omission of the entire phrase ἵνα ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἀπογενόμενοι τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ ζήσωμεν.
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena; Stephen C. Carlson; An-Ting Yi.
18. 11 January 2021 (2021–1)
General
Compared to the previous release (17; 2020–4) 7 conjecture records were added (cj16793 to cj16799), together with 96 history records (s31387 to s31482). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.394 (out of 6.800 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 21.482.
Newly found conjectures
Matt 4:10 (cj16795): Merx (1902) wanted to read ὕπαγε ὀπίσω σου, retranslating the Syriac Sinaiticus.
Matt 11:27 (cj16794): Wellhausen (1904) wanted to omit τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ, οὐδέ.
Mark 16:2 (cj16796): Vincent Taylor (1952) suggested to omit ἀνατείλαντος τοῦ ἡλίου.
Acts 11:28 (cj16793): von Harnack (1906) wanted to omit ὀνόματι Ἅγαβος.
Heb 2:9 (cj16797): Haussleiter (1919) wanted to omit δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφανωμένον.
Heb 2:9 (cj16798): Windisch (1913) suspected a lacuna after ἐστεφανωμένον.
Heb 12:27 (cj16799): Camerarius (1572) wanted πεποιημένην instead of πεποιημένων.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Matt 27:53 (cj14041): yet another earlier author than Brandt and Erich Klostermann for the omission of μετὰ τὴν ἔγερσιν αὐτοῦ has been found, namely Johann Christoph Friedrich Schulz (1790).
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena; Elijah Hixson; An-Ting Yi.
17. 1 October 2020 (2020–4)
General
Compared to the previous release (16; 2020–3) 41 conjecture records were added (cj16752 to cj16792), together with 534 history records (s30854 to s31386). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.387 (out of 6.793 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 21.386.
Newly found conjectures
Matt 14:13 (cj16763): Gersdorf (1816) suspected ἐκεῖ for πεζῇ.
Matt 26:74 (cj16764): Gersdorf (1816) suspected αὐτῷ for τῷ Πέτρῳ.
Matt 27:43 (cj16761): Gersdorf (1816) suspected that ὅτι θεοῦ εἰμι υἱός was a corruption of ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰμι υἱός.
Mark 4:25 (cj16770): Roland Schütz (1820) wanted to omit καὶ ὃ ἔχει, for colometric reasons.
Mark 14:58 (cj16753): Brandt (1893) wanted to omit διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν, as a marginal note introduced at two different places in the text.
Mark 16:5 (cj16752): Brandt (1893) wanted to omit ἦν γὰρ μέγας σφόδρα, as a marginal note introduced at two different places in the text.
Luke 11:13 (cj16775): van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1901) wanted to read ὁ πατὴρ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ δώσει πνεῦμα ἅγιον τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν, thus omitting ὁ before ἐξ οὐρανοῦ (which is attested) and πνεῦμα ἅγιον before τοῖς αἰτοῦσιν αὐτόν.
Luke 11:39 (cj16776): van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1901) wanted to omit ὑμῶν.
Luke 13:24 (cj16777): van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1901) wanted to omit διὰ τῆς στενῆς θύρας.
Luke 13:32–33 (cj16783): Wellhausen (1904) considered both καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ τελειοῦμαι in verse 32 and σήμερον καὶ αὔριον (καί) in verse 33 as interpolations. The latter had already been proposed before (see cj10481).
Luke 18:7 (cj16790): Elsner (1720) wanted to read the Byz/TR reading μακροθυμῶν as μακροθύμων (thus as the gen. plural of the adjective μακρόθυμος).
Luke 21:25 (cj16778): van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1901) wanted to omit ἤχους θαλάσσης καί.
Luke 24:10 (cj16780): Wellhausen (1904) thought the entire verse was an interpolation.
John 3:18 (cj16771): Blass (1896) wanted to change the second μή into the grammatically correct οὐ.
John 3:18 (cj16772): Blass (1902) wanted to omit the phrase ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, thus going further than his earlier conjecture (cj16771).
John 4:33 (cj16757): Eichhorn (1810) wanted to omit πρὸς ἀλλήλους (or ἐν ἑαυτοῖς as found in D05).
John 7:50 (cj16758): Eichhorn (1810) wanted to omit ὁ ἐλθὼν νυκτὸς πρὸς αὐτόν (for which MCT has ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν τὸ πρότερον).
John 19:39 (cj16773): Baljon (1902), unable to accept ἑκατόν or to choose one of the existing conjectures, refrains from choosing one. Hence his opinion is recorded as a “corruptum est”.
Acts 4:7 (cj16785): Michelsen (1880) wanted to read πονεῖτε instead of ἐποιήσατε τοῦτο.
Acts 4:12 (cj16786): Brandt (1891) wanted to read τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι instead of οὐδὲ γὰρ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἕτερον ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι ἡμᾶς.
Acts 14:3 (cj16788): Ramsay (1895) wanted to omit the entire verse.
Acts 19:23 (cj16787): Sorof (1890) wanted to change ὁδοῦ into θεοῦ.
Acts 21:29 (cj16756): Jens Henrik Larsen (1821) wanted to change καλούμενον Καλοὺς λιμένας into καλούμενον Λίβηνα.
Acts 23:9 (cj16766): Friedrich August Bornemann (1824) proposed οἱ δέ, πνεῦμα ἐλάλησεν for εἰ δὲ πνεῦμα ἐλάλησεν.
Acts 27:8 (cj16765): Böttger (1837) wanted to omit the entire verse.
1 Cor 4:9 (cj16781): in passing Naber (1888) suggested γέλως τοῖς ἀνθρώποις for ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις.
1 Cor 9:24–27 (cj16792): Schmiedel (1891) regarded the verses as an interpolation.
1 Cor 15:1–2 (cj16754): for various reasons Brandt (1893) considered the text of these verses to be corrupt (“in Unordnung”).
1 Cor 15:1–2 (cj16767): Rückert (1836) wanted to read ἢ καὶ ὁ νόμος ταὐτὰ λέγει; instead of ἢ καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα οὐ λέγει; (or variant readings).
2 Cor 1:4 (cj16791): Valckenaer (1784) wanted to read ᾗ παρακαλούμεθα instead of ἧς παρακαλούμεθα even though he knew some would point to the attraction of the relative pronoun.
Gal 1:9 (cj16779): van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1901) wanted to omit εἴ τις ὑμᾶς εὐαγγελίζεται παρ’ ὃ παρελάβετε, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω in order to connect verse 9 and verse 11.
Gal 1:10 (cj16780): van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1901) tentatively proposed to read τί γάρ; ἄνθρώποις πείθωμαι ἢ τῷ θεῷ;
Gal 3:21 (cj16755): Brandes (1869) wanted to change κατὰ τῶν ἐπαγγελιῶν into κατὰ τὰς ἐπαγγελίας.
Eph 3:5 (cj16760): Gersdorf (1816) wanted to read ὃς (not ὃ) ἑτέραις γενεαῖς οὐκ ἐγνωρίσθη, because of the article before Χριστοῦ in the preceding verse.
Eph 4:19 (cj16784): Paul Ewald (1905) suggested σὺν πλεονεξίᾳ for ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ, though only in passing.
Eph 4:22 (cj16789): Blass (1895) wanted πρότερον for πρότεραν.
1 Thess 3:2 (cj16759): Gersdorf (1816) wanted to change συνεργὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ (or whatever the manuscripts have here) into συνεργὸν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ θεοῦ.
Phm 10 (cj16768): Heinrichs (1798) wanted to read δέ instead of σε; he could not know that his conjecture happens to be attested.
1 John 5:10 (cj16774): Blass (1902) wanted to omit ὅτι οὐ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἣν μεμαρτύρηκεν ὁ θεὸς περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.
Rev 8:4 (cj16762): Gersdorf (1816) wanted to add an article to ἐκ χειρὸς τοῦ ἀγγέλου: ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ ἀγγέλου.
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Mark 2:21 (cj15151): for the omission of τὸ καινὸν τοῦ παλαιοῦ two earlier authors than Pallis have been found, namely Wellhausen and Erich Klostermann.
Luke 21:1–2 (cj13720): the conjecture ἀναβλέψας δὲ εἰς τοὺς βάλλοντας εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν πλουσίους εἶδεν … for ἀναβλέψας δὲ εἶδεν τοὺς βάλλοντας εἰς τὸ γαζοφυλάκιον τὰ δῶρα αὐτῶν πλουσίους. εἶδεν δέ … was marked as Misunderstood, for the conjecture was attributed to Origen, who however simply cites the text in this way without any indication that he is correcting the text. Since however Valckenaer (1784) explicitly prefers this reading, he is now considered to be its author, with Origen as a precursor, and the conjecture is no longer marked as misunderstood.
John 4:22 (cj15352): earlier authors than Kreyenbühl for the conjecture that omits ὅτι ἡ σωτηρία ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐστίν have been found, namely Renan and d’Eichthal (both 1863).
John 4:44–46 (cj10773): Jacob Cramer (1890) did not want to transpose verse 44, but saw it as a marginal note by an early reader, subsequently introduced at the wrong location. He thus reinvented Henri Owen’s conjecture (cj11486). Holtzmann understandably misunderstood Cramer’s proposal, as did Baljon, initially. The Urheber of the transposition is now Könnecke, who was previously listed as reinventing it.
John 18:14-25 (cj15510): the transposition of the verses (24 14–15 19–23 16–18), first proposed by Blass (first already in 1898), appealing to the Syriac Sinaiticus, actually involves the omission of verse 25a as well. In the Nestle editions this reading is not correctly recorded.
John 19:35 (cj13909): an earlier author than Flowers (1921) for the omission of the entire verse has been found, namely Blass (1898). There may be even earlier authors, since the verse has bearings on the much-discussed issue of authorship and composition of the fourth gospel.
Acts 1:18 (cj10629): an earlier author than Eberhard Nestle for the conjecture πεπρήσμενος instead of πρηνὴς γενόμενος has been found, namely Zahn (1900).
Acts 14:12 (cj16074): for the omission of ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ ἡγούμενος τοῦ λόγου an earlier author than Preuschen has been found, namely Ramsay (1895).
1 Cor 11:10 (cj11873): since we were able to establish that Clericus first proposed διὰ τῆς ἀγγελίας for διὰ τοὺς ἀγγέλους (1693) and added διὰ τοὺς ἄνδρας (1694) after a critical reply by John Spademan, the latter conjecture has now been given its own ID, cj16769.
1 Cor 14:34–35 (cj11914): an earlier author than Bousset for the omission of these verses has been found, namely Drummond (1899).
Heb 10:34 (cj13980): for the transposition of καὶ μένουσαν to before ὕπαρξιν an earlier author has been found, namely Valckenaer (1784).
Rev 9:9 (cj12132): the omission of ἵππων was proposed in 1908 not only by Könnecke, but also by Baljon. As Könnecke, Baljon was not aware of the existing Greek attestation. He does appeal to the Sahidic translation, however.
16. 1 July 2020 (2020–3)
General
Compared to the previous release (15; 2020–2) 20 conjecture records were added (cj16732 to cj16751), together with 148 history records (s30706 to s30853). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.346 (out of 6.752 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 20.852.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
Matt 27:53 (cj16738): the Byzantine author Michael Glykas (twelfth century) wanted to read αὐτῶν instead of αὐτοῦ, so that the risen saints could go into the city immediately.
Mark 3:20 (cj16736): Skeat (2001) wanted to read ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτὸν μηδὲ φανῆναι instead of ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς μηδὲ ἄρτον φαγεῖν, stating that it does not make sense to mention that the people would have wanted to eat bread in their own town.
Mark 15:39 (cj16747): in the phrase ἀληθῶς οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος υἱὸς θεοῦ ἦν Brandt (1893) proposed to omit ὁ ἄνθρωπος and ἦν, in order to explain their varying positions in the manuscripts as well as further variation, and also for contextual reasons.
Luke 23:35 (cj16745): Brandt (1893) proposed to omit τοῦ θεοῦ, in order to explain its varying positions in the manuscripts.
Luke 23:35 (cj16746): Brandt (1893) proposed to omit εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν σου, in order to best explain the variant readings at this place.
Luke 24:1 (cj16748): Brandt (1893) proposed to omit ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα, in order to account for the fact that it occurs both before and after ἦλθον in the manuscripts.
John 10:29 (cj16734): Moulton (1906) suggested that behind μείζων or μείζον an original μείζω, to be seen as an indeclinable adjective, best explains the confusing set of variants here.
John 18:1 (cj16737): Stunica (1520) conjectured τοῦ Κεδρών for τῶν κέδρων (or Κέδρων) at a time when no attestation of this reading could be known. This conjecture now happens to be the text of NA28.
John 19:11 (cj16751): for various reasons Brandt (1893) proposed to simplify οὐκ εἶχες ἐξουσίαν κατ’ ἐμοῦ οὐδεμίαν εἰ μὴ ἦν δεδομένον σοι ἄνωθεν into οὐκ ἔχεις ἐξουσίαν οὐδεμίαν εἰ μὴ τὴν δεδομένην ἄνωθεν, in passing adopting Michelsen’s conjecture τὴν δεδομένην (cj12088).
Acts 7:43 (cj16739): Drusius (1582) proposed Κεφᾶν for Ῥεμφάν or MCT Ῥαιφάν.
Acts 7:58 (cj16732): Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare (1913) proposed to change αὐτῶν to αὐτοῦ, so that in the story of Stephen’s execution, the witnesses did not lay “their clothes” at Saul’s feet, but rather “his clothes”, that is, Stephen’s.
1 Cor 9:23 (cj16750): Johannes Weiss (1910) tentatively suggested that the entire verse was not written by Paul.
1 Cor 12:10 (cj16735): Classen (2000) suggested in passing that ἑτέρῳ γένη γλωσσῶν might be an interpolation.
1 Cor 15:8 (cj16749): Brandt (1893) regarded ὡσπερεὶ τῷ ἐκτρώματι as a second-century gnostic interpolation.
2 Cor 1:21–22 (cj16741): Windisch (1924) proposed the transposition of καὶ χρίσας ἡμᾶς (verse 21) to after ὁ in verse 22.
2 Cor 7:8 (cj16742): Windisch (1924) sought a conjectural solution for the confused state of the text.
2 Cor 11:4 (cj16743): Reitzenstein (1910) proposed ἂν εἴχετε for ἀνέχεσθε (or ἀνείχεσθε).
2 Cor 11:6 (cj16744): Reitzenstein (1910) diagnostically added ἐμέμπτους ἡμᾶς between ἐν παντί and φανερώσαντες.
2 Cor 11:12 (cj16740): after a long discussion Windisch (1924) concluded that the text of this verse was corrupt, either in the ἵνα phrase or because some words were missing just before it.
2 Tim 1:17 (cj16733): Duncan (1929) proposed ἐν Λαοδικίᾳ for ἐν Ῥώμῃ, as part of his historical reconstruction of “Paul’s Ephesian Ministry.”
Other noteworthy additions and corrections
Matt 27:53 (cj14041): an earlier author than Erich Klostermann for the omission of μετὰ τὴν ἔγερσιν αὐτοῦ has been found, namely Brandt (1893). The conjecture solves the same problem as the one by Michael Glykas on the same verse.
Mark 15:36 (cj12630): an earlier author than Henri Owen for the conjecture that changes λέγων· ἄφετε into Matthew’s οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ ἔλεγον· ἄφες has been found, namely Jansenius (the Elder; 1571).
John 4:22 (cj15352): an earlier author than O’Neill for the conjecture that omits ὅτι ἡ σωτηρία ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐστίν has been found, namely Kreyenbühl (1900 and 1905).
John 18:1 (cj15416): an earlier author than Bengel for the omission of τῶν (and by implication τοῦ) before Κέδρων has been found, namely Calvin (1555).
Acts 7:14 (cj11605): an earlier author than Beza for the omission of πέντε has been found, namely Calvin (1552).
Acts 13:10 (cj10162): an earlier author than Luther for changing τετρακόσιοις into τριακόσιοις has been found, namely de Vio (= Cajetanus) (1530).
Gal 3:16 (cj14798): for this conjecture (the omission of οὐ λέγει· καὶ τοῖς σπέρμασιν, … ὅς ἐστιν Χριστός), an earlier author than Ernest de Witt Burton (1921) has been found, namely Coffin (1908).
Some translations of Greek and Latin citations have been added:
Matt 1:12 (cj12203)
Acts 7:14 (cj11605)
Acts 17:14 (cj10085)
Matt 27:53 (cj16738)
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena, Elijah Hixson, Dirk Jongkind, Jeff Cate, An-Ting Yi.
15. 9 April 2020 (2020–2)
General
Compared to the previous release (14; 2020–1) 17 conjecture records were added (cj16715 to cj16731), together with 312 history records (s30394 to s30705). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.327 (out of 6.732 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 20.705.
Newly found conjectures and editorial alternatives
Some conjectures by Blass on the text of John were added. Usually, though not always, Blass refers to some versional or patristic evidence for his reconstructions, but according to the definition used in the Amsterdam Database, proposals are to be recorded as conjectures when such evidence is not corroborated by Greek manuscripts. In our view, indeed, Blass’ appeal to such indirect evidence is mostly dubious, since it does not seem likely that it really reflects (or can be used to reconstruct) Greek readings that once existed but are now lost.
John 6:43 (cj16727): tucked away in his comments on Jas 5:9, Naber made a small conjecture: μὴ γογγύζετε κατ’ ἀλλήλων for μὴ γογγύζετε μετ’ ἀλλήλων.
Acts 15:40 (cj16730): in Bentley’s handwritten notes, we discovered a conjecture not previously recorded: Λουκᾶν for Σιλᾶν, even though Bentley himself probably rejected the suggestion at a later stage.
1 Cor 2:9 (cj16731): thanks to Tregelles, who pointed out that Bloomfield’s rejection of conjectural emendation was at odds with his use of it (see s30690), we found a new conjecture by Bloomfield, the omission of the first ἅ in a verse that has attracted other “conjecturers” as well.
1 John 2:20 (cj16728): Naber proposed χάρισμα for χρίσμα not only in 1 John 2:27 (2x), but also here.
1 John 5:14 (cj16729): inspired by the collation of A02, Bentley suggested ὅτι ὅ, τι ἄν or ὅτι ὃ ἄν for ὅτι ἐάν τι (or the A02 reading ὅτι ἐάν).
Other noteworthy corrections and additions
Some twenty conjectures by Griesbach on the synoptic gospels have been updated: the earliest source, Griesbach’s 1774 Synopsis (Libri historici 1) is now given.
Matt 22:13 (cj12352): Griesbach’s conjecture was marked as misunderstood, but closer study suggests that he really intended to omit both δήσαντες αὐτοῦ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας and ἄρατε αὐτὸν καί.
2 Thess 2:1–12 (cj12194): a reinvention of this conjecture, by Deeleman, was erroneously given its own cj number (cj16354). This ID has now been given to one of the newly found conjectures by Blass on John (cj16354 on John 20:1).
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena, An-Ting Yi.
14. 7 January 2020 (2020–1)
General
Compared to the previous release (13; 2019–4) 11 conjecture records were added (cj16704 to cj16714), together with 173 history records (s30394 to s30566). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.309 (out of 6.715 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 20.565.
Noteworthy corrections and additions
Recently found conjectures:
Luke 6:1 (cj16704): Paul Leventoff proposed that the difficult δευτεροπρώτῳ should be δευτέρῳ πρωΐ.
Acts 26:28 (cj16705): G. H. Whitaker solved the well-known textual problem by reading πείθειν instead of πείθεις.
Acts 26:28 (cj16706): Henry Darnley Naylor solved the same textual problem by reading πείθει instead of πείθεις.
Rom 3:12–18 (cj16708): thus far I thought that O’Neill reinvented Michelsen’s conjecture (omit Rom 3:13–18; cj14935), but it turns out he omitted verse 12 as well.
Rom 9–11 (cj16709): François Refoulé proposed that the chapters do not belong to Romans and may not even have been written by Paul.
1 Cor 7:21 (cj16713): many exegetes supply either τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ or τῇ δουλείᾳ to χρῆσαι here, but Richard Pervo was the first to conjecture that τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ was actually omitted.
1 Cor 15:29-34 (cj16712): William O. Walker proposed that these verses are a non-Pauline interpolation.
Gal 1:2 (cj16707): Richard Pervo stated that the address ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τῆς Γαλατίας cannot be original.
Phil 2:10 (cj16710): Ernst Barnikol, on the basis of some indirect patristic evidence, omitted καὶ καταχθονίων.
Heb 2:8 (cj16714): Alfred Seeberg suggested οὔ πως for οὔπω.
1 Pet 1:1 (cj16711): Hermann Heimart Cludius thought 1 Peter was written by a later Pauline thinker, who introduced himself as ὁ πρεσβύτερος (cf. 1 Pet 5:1), but which was changed into Πέτρος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
Some translations of citations by Erasmus and Beza have been added, mainly taken over from my 2006 dissertation:
Erasmus:
Mark 7:3 (cj10427);
Acts 27:14 (cj11764);
Rev 16:5 (s28499);
Beza:
Matt 1:18 (cj10125);
Matt 3:4 (cj11183);
Matt 5:45 (cj11200);
Matt 8:30 (cj10722);
Matt 8:33 (cj11206);
Matt 10:2 (cj11208);
Matt 23:14 (cj11256);
Matt 28:17 (cj10001);
Luke 2:22 (s15332);
Rev 16:5 (cj10561) (notes and reception history for this conjecture have been considerably revised and enlarged);
Rev 16:15 (cj10562)
Rev 22:12–16 (cj10564).
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena, Timothy Berg, Stephen C. Carlson, Elijah Hixson, An-Ting Yi.
13. 8 October 2019 (2019–4)
General
Compared to the previous release (12; 2019–3) 13 conjecture records were added (cj16691 to cj16703), together with 127 history records (s30267 to s30393). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.298 (out of 6.704 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 20.393.
Noteworthy corrections and additions
A new feature is the inclusion of English translations of some select Latin citations. These can be found, as a service to the users, below the Latin text, and are of course not infallible or definitive (suggestions are welcomed at all times). At this stage, especially the many conjectures on Acts 2:9 received attention (e.g. Schmidius [cj10232]; Barthius [cj10230]; Mangey [cj11578]; Hemsterhuis according to Valckenaer [cj11899]; Baljon [cj10841]; Graevius according to Lotze [cj10233]; Blass [s12416] on Jerome’s Συρίαν [cj12187]; Heinrichs on diverse conjectures [s26953]; Verschuir [s30391] on Hemsterhuis’ conjecture).
Another new feature is the inclusion of references to conjecture or history records in the citation field, when the relevant citation can be found at another record. In such cases, the remarks also contain the referral.
For the conjecture on Matt 5:25–26 (cj15755), attributed to A. B. Bruce, an earlier author was found, namely P. A. Gratz.
12. 31 July 2019 (2019–3)
General
Compared to the previous release (11; 2019–2) 8 conjecture records were added (cj16683 to cj16690), together with 114 history records (s30155 to s30266). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.284 (out of 6.690 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 20.266.
Noteworthy corrections and additions
An interesting proposal was made by Karl Martin Fischer, who—through conjectural emendation—would regard 1 Peter as a deutero-Pauline epistle (cj16685).
11. 3 April 2019 (2019–2)
General
Compared to the previous release (10; 2019–1) just 3 conjecture records were added (cj16679 to cj16681), but together with 139 history records (s30016 to s30154). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.276 (out of 6.682 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 20.154.
Noteworthy corrections and additions
Acts 26:20 cj14391: an author slightly earlier than Sahlin (1982) has been found, namely Richard N. Longenecker (1981).
Thanks to the efforts of the PThU library, Amsterdam, we were able to add early opinions by Jewett on interpolations in the Pauline letters, as well as de Zwaan’s reception of Pallis’ conjectures on Romans. In general, the history of research on interpolations in 1 Corinthians has been updated, as well as the opinions on the famous case of Ἰουνίαν/Ἰουνιᾶν in Rom 16:7 (cj10310).
10. 7 January 2019 (2019–1)
General
Compared to the previous release (9; 2018–4) 20 conjecture records were added (cj16659 to cj16678), together with 112 history records (s29904 to s30015). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.275 (out of 6.679 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 20.015.
Noteworthy corrections and additions
For an important conjecture on 2 Pet 3:10 (cj10669), we can now cite the original letter sent by Hort, next to the note that was included in Westcott and Hort’s edition.
Several conjectures by van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Michelsen, and Grill have been added.
We were able to trace some of Bentley’s conjectures to their sources by consulting his hand editions in Cambridge (see e.g. cj12590 on Mark 9:20). In coming releases more information on Bentley’s many conjectures will be provided.
Acknowledgements
As usual, we express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena; Peter Gurry; Tommy Wasserman.
9. 3 October 2018 (2018–4)
General
Compared to the previous release (8; 2018–3) 67 conjecture records were added (cj16592 to cj16658), together with 483 history records (s29421 to s29903). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.257 (out of 6.659 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 19.903.
In collaboration with Troy Griffitts, the functionality has been enhanced in the following ways (see also the page with General Information):
– citations, remarks etc. are better located on the screen, if needs be with a vertical scroll bar;
– history records can be referred to as well;
– when a link to a history record is clicked, the corresponding conjecture record will open in a new tab (or remain open in the same tab) and the history record will receive focus;
– authors and works can be referred to as well;
– hovering over the NA28 text will give the verse with the location where the conjecture occurs clearly marked; however some conjectures were made on a text different from NA28; in those cases the remarks provide more information.
The limitation to the length of the citations, mentioned for instalment no. 3, has also been removed (s11664; s12277; s14714; s15527; s17389; s28510; only the title of b4322 [at s23465] is still shortened).
Noteworthy corrections and additions
Several conjectures by Oskar Holtzmann, van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Blass, and Johannes Weiss have been added.
Some interesting punctuation proposals have been included, on Luke 23:43 (cj16613); John 2:4 (cj16636); John 9:3 (cj16632); 1 Cor 15:29 (cj16633); 1 Thess 2:14 (cj16650). Another interesting editorial alternative was found for Col 4:3 (cj16620).
Luke 6:1 cj12094: Delebecque’s conjecture is ἐν σαββάτῳ βίᾳ πορεύεσθαι for ἐν σαββάτῳ διαπορεύεσθαι, not ἐν σαββάτῳ βίᾳ διαπορεύεσθαι.
John 4:2 cj12034: an author slightly earlier than Wellhausen (1907) has been found, namely Paul Wilhelm Schmidt (1904).
John 5:2 cj16160: since the change (κολυμβήθρᾳ for κολυμβήθρα) only concerns an iota subscript, the proposal is now marked as an editorial alternative.
John 6:39 cj12037; John 6:40 cj12038; John 6:54 cj12040 are no longer marked as “Misunderstood.” They were so marked, because only Scholten was known as their author, and his views are source-critical. These conjectures are now attributed to Schmiedel, whose views are text-critical.
John 16:2 cj11535: Pearce’s conjecture is ἅμα, not ἄμα.
John 19:35 cj13909: an earlier author than Pallis (1926) has been found, namely Flowers (1921).
1 Cor 3:16–17 cj15688: an earlier author than Loisy (1933) has been found, namely van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1913).
Heb 2:9 cj14677 and cj15404: one of Schmiedel’s conjectures (cj14677) needed a small correction, so that it ended up being a reinvention of Johann Hess’ earlier conjecture (cj15404). The conjecture ID cj15404 has now been given to another conjecture (Matt 21:2 Blass).
Heb 11:11 cj11546: the editorial alternative αὐτῇ Σάρρᾳ for αὐτὴ Σάρρα presupposes a text in which the following στεῖρα is not read; this has now been made clear.
Acknowledgements
As usual, we express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Stephen Brown, Stephen C. Carlson, Peter Gurry, Peter M. Head, Alesja Lavrinoviča, John C. Poirier.
8. 1 July 2018 (2018–3)
General
Compared to the previous release (7; 2018–2) 21 conjecture records were added (cj16571 to cj16591), together with 148 history records (s29273 to s29420). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.195 (out of 6.592 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 19.420.
Noteworthy corrections and additions
Mark 13:10 cj16420: an earlier author than Zuntz (1984) has been found, namely Hauck (1931).
Acts 13:18 cj11639: an earlier author than Henri Hammond (1653) has been found, namely Casaubon (1610), followed by the KJV translators (in a marginal note); since in 1610 and 1611 the manuscript attestation (A02 etc.) was not yet known, the conjecture is no longer marked as misunderstood.
Rom 2:3 cj12732: an earlier author than Weisse (1866) has been found, namely Egbert Jan Greve (1794).
Rom 5:18 cj14303: an earlier author than Sahlin (1983) has been found, namely Greve (1794).
Rom 7:19–21 cj15525: an earlier author than Jacob Cramer (1893) has been found, namely Greve (1794).
Gal 1:18–20 cj15699: a slightly earlier author than Loisy (1933) has been found, namely Couchoud (1926).
Gal 3:1 cj12641: the correct form of Greve’s conjecture is ἐννόμῳ, not ἐν νομῷ.
Jude 4 cj13573: Henry Owen’s conjecture is not just to omit κύριον, but καὶ κύριον.
Acknowledgements
As usual, we express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Vincent van Altena, Stephen C. Carlson, Peter Head, Marco Rotman, Tommy Wasserman.
7. 7 April 2018 (2018–2)
General
Compared to the previous release (6; 2018–1) 107 conjecture records were added (cj16464 to cj16570), together with 481 history records (s28792 to s29272). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.173 (out of 6.571 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 19.272.
Noteworthy corrections and additions
The Bible de Jérusalem (English: Jerusalem Bible) contains a relatively high number of conjectures in its notes. This observation led us to explore the earliest French fascicules of the Bible de Jérusalem (1948–1953), which indeed yielded some fresh conjectures or support of known conjectures. More in particular Mollat’s conjectures on John betray a clear correlation with the work of Blass and Boismard, which as a consequence has received more attention as well, and will be studied more deeply for future instalments.
Some conjectures by Güting were added, pertaining to a pattern that detects more asyndeta in the Pauline epistles than the manuscripts contain (Rom 3:28 [cj16523]; Rom 11:13 [cj16512]; Rom 14:3 [cj16525]; Rom 15:20 [cj16519]; 1 Cor 7:34 [cj16524]; 1 Cor 8:7 [cj16526]; 1 Cor 8:11 [cj16537]; 2 Cor 5:8 [cj16520]; 2 Cor 12:15 [cj16521]; 2 Cor 13:5 [cj16522]).
Matt 2:5 cj11178: Jerome’s conjecture was previously listed for verse 1, where the same expression Βηθλέεμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας occurs, which the Remarks referring to verse 5. This solution has now been reversed.
Matt 6:28 cj14263: an author slightly earlier than Katz (1954) has been found, namely none other than Maas (1950). Since Katz does not refer to Maas, his contribution is now marked as “Reinvention.” Both critics improve upon an observation by Skeat on the reading in Codex Sinaiticus in a logical way, as would do, also independently, Sahlin (1982).
Matt 23:35 cj11258: the author to whom the conjecture was attributed, Henry Hammond, actually does not support it, but mentions it without giving a name of an author. Therefore it is now given as anonymous. Possibly an earlier source can still be found.
Mark 14:22 cj15919: the correct form of C. H. Turner’s conjecture is not ἔφαγον πάντες· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς but ἔφαγον ἐξ αὐτοῦ πάντες· καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς.
Luke 18:7 cj14449: an earlier author than Sahlin (1982) has been found, namely Jülicher (1899). Interestingly, in a 1945 article Sahlin rejected the conjecture which he was to accept later.
Acts 19:14 cj26290: an earlier author than Shipley (1906) has been found, namely Blass (1895).
Rom 9:5 cj14648: an earlier author than Schlichting (1661) has been found, namely Grotius (1645).
1 Cor 10:11 cj16227 (Zuntz): Zuntz also omits δέ.
Acknowledgements
As usual, we express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Jeff Cate, Marco Rotman, and Frank Shaw.
6. 1 January 2018 (2018-1)
General
Compared to the previous release (5; 2017-4) 36 conjecture records were added (cj16428 to cj16463), together with 344 history records (s28548 to s28791). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.064 (out of 6.463 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 18.791.
An interesting new conjecture is cj16456 by Constantine Simonides. It concerns a reading he included in several of his forgeries which in reality expresses his conviction on what the Greek text in Matt 19:24 should be.
Noteworthy corrections and additions
Matt 24:36 cj11261: the conjecture is now marked as "misunderstood," since its author, Henry Owen, already appeals to manuscript attestation that he knows of.
Rom 6:19 cj14068: an earlier author than Moffatt (1913) has been identified, namely Wall (1730). This identification prevents the conjecture from being marked as misunderstood, which should have been done if Moffatt had remained the earliest author, since in his days the attestation of the omission in B03 was well known. Wall only refers to versional attestation (the Peshitta).
1 Cor 14:33-36 cj14070 (Moffatt): the conjecture was recorded incorrectly (though the citation makes clear what must be intended): the transposition is to after 1 Cor 14:40, not 1 Cor 13:40.
Acknowledgements
We express our thanks to colleagues who brought fresh information to our attention: Peter Gurry, Peter M. Head, Dora Panella, Marco Rotman, David Harold Warren, and Tommy Wasserman.
5. 1 October 2017 (2017-4)
General
Compared to the previous release (4; 2017-3) 125 conjecture records were added (cj16303 to cj16427), together with 482 history records (s28066 to s28547). The total number of true conjectures is now 6.030 (out of 6.428 conjecture records); the total number of history records is 18.547.
Many fresh conjectures are by Blass, but also conjectures by Zuntz, John Price, Mill, Kenneth E. Bailey, Johannes Weiss, Scheidweiler, Völter and some others were added. Noteworthy is also cj16367, as the most recent conjecture, published in 2017 by our colleague Peter-Ben Smit.
Noteworthy corrections and additions
Matt 9:12 cj11309: the conjecture was previously marked as misunderstood since the authors indicated by Bowyer (Heinsius and Grotius) could not be confirmed. The true author has now been identified, namely Samuel Clarke; hence the conjecture is no longer marked as misunderstood.
Mark 9:12 cj13009: a slightly earlier author than Pallis (1932) has been found, namely Bultmann (1931).
Luke 8:9 cj11389: the question of authorship has been resolved. It concerns a conditional conjecture (if λέγοντες is maintained, then the text should be emended) by Beza, repeated by Lucas Brugensis and John Price.
Luke 8:36 cj15288: an earlier author than Griesbach (1776) has been found, namely Mill (1707).
John 21:12 cj12005: an earlier author than Semler (1772) has been found, namely Mill (1707).
Acts 8:10 cj14497: an earlier author than Michelsen (1881) has been found, namely Mill (1707).>
Acts 9:28 cj12015 (van de Sande Bakhuyzen): the conjecture was previously listed as attested by min. 1837 (following information from CNTTS), but it transpires (from CNTTS as well as ECM) that it omits the entire verse and should therefore not be counted as attestation for this short omission only.
Acts 13:33 cj10092 (Friedrich August Bornemann): for this conjecture, which has been adopted in the recently published ECM volume, the reception history has been much expanded.
Acts 19:40 cj15121: for Pervo’s opinion (2009) that the verse contains a primitive corruption, Pervo himself indicates that Ropes (1926) already expressed the idea. Pervo’s opinion is now listed as "Pro."
Acts 28:1 cj14697: an earlier author than Michelsen (1881) has been found, namely Mill (1707).
1 Tim 6:5 cj13390: an earlier author than Naber (1878) has been found, namely John Price (1660).
Titus 2:5 cj13402 (John Price): the conjecture should be listed as a substitution, not an addition.
Jas 3:6 cj15284: for this editorial alternative an earlier author than Friedrich Ludwig Abresch (1786) has been found, namely Heinsius (1639) (as well as Grotius [1645]).
Rev 1:7 cj11016 (John Price): the correct form of the conjecture is ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ, not ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ, as incorrectly reported by Bowyer.
4. 1 July 2017 (2017-3)
General
Compared to the previous release (3; 2017-2) 41 conjecture records were added (cj16262 to cj16302), together with 258 history records (s27808 to s28065). The total number of true conjectures is now 5.905, out of 6.302 conjecture records; the total number of history records is 18.066.
Many fresh conjectures derive from Blass’ work on Matthew’s gospel. A few others were found as well, e.g. by Patricius Junius and John Price. Information from Griesbach’s second edition (b2834 and b1673) was added.
Many citations were added, also to existing records, notably citations by Zachary Pearce (contributed by An-Ting Yi).
Noteworthy corrections
Acts 9:7 cj11625 (Valla): μηδενός has been changed into μηδένα, as this is the form in which the conjecture has been exclusively transmitted. Still, as Valla does not give the Greek, a case can be made that he intended μηδενός.
3. 3 April 2017 (2017-2)
General
Compared to the previous release (2; 2017-1) 126 conjecture records were added (cj16136 to cj16261), together with 378 history records (s27430 to s27807).
Most newly found conjectures are by Henri Bois, Johann Christoph Vollgraff, and Friedrich Blass. The total number of true conjectures is now 5.864; the total number of history records is 17.808.
Numerous citations were added, notably by Pallis, Semler, Bois, and Holwerda.
Technical note
Due to limited Field Lengths, some citations and one book title have been shortened; the full citations will be made available in a later release (s11664; s12277; s14714; s15527; s15903; s17389; s28510; b4322 [at s23465]).
Noteworthy corrections
Mark 6:56 cj12998 (Pallis): the conjecture is ἀγυιαῖς, not ἀγνυαῖς.
1 Cor 1:2 cj15289 (Semler): the conjecture is not the omission of ἡγιασμένοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, but of τῇ οὔσῃ ἐν Κορίνθῳ.
1 Cor 1:21 cj14337: an earlier author was found (Henri Bois [1887]), so that Sahlin’s discussion (1983) is now marked as "Reinvention."
1 Cor 3:17 cj13073 (Semler): the conjecture does not include the omission of οἵτινές ἐστε ὑμεῖς (as Jodocus Heringa incorrectly indicates).
Jas 2:1 cj14544 (de Hoop Scheffer): this conjecture was found to be incorrect. De Hoop Scheffer’s proposal actually coincides with Spitta’s proposal (cj12801). Therefore the two records have been merged (into cj12801), and the ID cj14544 has been given to another freshly found conjecture, namely Henri Bois’ second proposal on 1 Tim 2:6. As a consequence, s19065 and s24509 had to be reused as well.
2. 3 January 2017 (2017-1)
General
Compared to the initial release (1; 2016) 23 conjecture records were added (cj16113 to cj16135), as well as 73 history records (s27357 to s27429). The total number of true conjectures is now 5.741, out of 6.135 conjecture records; the total number of history records is 17.430.
Many citations were added, notably by Sahlin and Könnecke.
Noteworthy corrections
John 19:11 cj15286 (Semler): the conjecture is the omission of ἄνωθεν (word 30), not με (word 40).
Rom 2:2 cj14296 (Sahlin): the proposal also includes the omission of δέ (or γάρ); therefore it is no longer an editorial alternative, but a conjecture.
1 Cor 4:1 cj14340 (Sahlin): the conjecture also includes the substitution for the plural forms ὑπηρέτας and οἰκονόμους by the singular forms ὑπηρέτης and οἰκονόμος.
2 Cor 1:10 cj14330 (Sahlin): the correct conjecture is εἰς ὃν ἠλπίκαμεν ὅτι καὶ ῥύσεται.
Heb 11:37 cj13431 (Wakefield): Wakefield conjectures ἐπειρώθησαν, not ἐπειράθησαν.
Rev 19:9-10 cj15259 (Charles): Charles’ proposal is now listed as reinvention of Könnecke’s conjecture cj12134. The latter was previously only on Rev 19:10, but on closer scrutiny turned out to be actually identical to Charles’ one, and earlier than it. The original cj number (cj15259) has now been given to another (freshly found) conjecture, namely Könnecke’s tentative omission of Rev 22:13.
1. 30 November 2016 (2016)
This is the first official release, at the occasion of the SBL annual meeting in San Antonio, TX, with various corrections and additions compared to the pre-release version, online since 23 September 2016, but which need not be listed here.
The database now contains 6.113 conjecture records; because of editorial alternatives and cases of misunderstood conjectures, the total number of true conjectures is 5.718 (NB: according to the definition of conjecture used in the Amsterdam project, appeal to versional or patristic evidence does not preclude a proposal from being a conjecture, if this evidence is not supported by Greek manuscript attestation). The total number of history records is 17.357 (which includes the Urheber records).
The citations, references, and remarks use Unicode. For uncial script a technical solution has been found, which however has some limitations (see e.g. the citation in cj10631).