1 Καὶ εἶδον ὅτι*οτι f35 Ma,b,d¼,e⅓,f,i⅔ CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ οτε Md,e⅔,g,h,i⅓ ℵA,C,NU,TR (Assimilation to the following seals?) ἤνοιξεν τὸ Ἀρνίον μίαν ἐκ τῶν ἑπτὰ σφραγίδων,†επτα σφραγιδων f35 Ma,b,d⅓,ept,f,g,h,i A,C,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ 2 Md⅔,ept TR ¦ 1 ℵ καὶ ἤκουσα ἑνὸς ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων λέγοντος, ὡς φωνὴ‡φωνη rell ¦ φωνης Me⅔ TR ¦ φωνην ℵ[+12 assorted mss] ¦ — Md⅔ transpose βροντῆς, «Ἔρχου.» 2 Καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδού,§ειδον (ιδον A,C) και ιδου f35 Md,ept,h,i⅓ (A,C)CP,OC,NU ¦ ιδε και ιδου Ma,b,e⅓,f,i⅓ RP,HF ¦ βλεπε και ειδον και ιδου TR ¦ ιδε και ειδον (ιδον Mg⅔) και ιδου Mg,i⅓ ℵ (Note that ℵ conflates the minuscule groups, so they must be older; the “Come!” was directed to the horse, not to John [since he was right there, there would be no need to address him with a thunderous roar]; each of the living beings called out a horse.) ἵππος λευκός, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν*αυτον rell ¦ αυτω TR ἔχων τόξον. Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στέφανος· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν νικῶν, καὶ ἵνα νικήσῃ.

3 Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν δευτέραν σφραγῖδα†δευτεραν (β΄ Mdpt) σφραγιδα f35 Ma,d,e¼,f,g,h⅔,i CP,RP,HF,TR ¦ ~ 2 την 1 Mb,e,h⅓ ℵA,C,OC,NU ἤκουσα τοῦ δευτέρου ζῴου λέγοντος, «Ἔρχου.» 4 Καὶ‡και rell ¦ 1 ιδε 1 ειδον 1 ιδου Mb ¦ 1 ιδε 1 ιδον 1 ιδου ℵ ¦ 1 βλεπε 1 TR ἐξῆλθεν ἄλλος ἵππος, πυρρός,§πυρρος f35 Ma¼,d⅓,ept,f⅔,hpt,i⅖ ℵC,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ πυρος Ma,b,c¼,d⅔,ept,f⅓,g,hpt,i⅗ A,RP,HF (πυρρος is the reading of all the more faithful members of f35. As an unintentional error, ρρ→ρ would be much easier than ρ→ρρ.) καὶ τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν*αυτον rell ¦ αυτω Me TR ἐδόθη αὐτῷ λαβεῖν τὴν εἰρήνην ἐκ†εκ rell ¦ απο Mept TR ¦ — Me⅓,g A τῆς γῆς,‡γης f35 Ma,d,e⅙,f,g,h¼,i CP,RP,HF ¦ 1 και Mb,e,h ℵA,C,OC,NU,TR ἵνα ἀλλήλους σφάξωσιν·§σφαξωσιν rell ¦ σφαξουσιν A,C[+5 mss]NU ¦ κατασφαξωσιν Md καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ μάχαιρα μεγάλη.

5 Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν τρίτην,*την σφραγιδα την τριτην rell ¦ ~ 342 [6 mss]TR ¦ — Md alter and transpose ἤκουσα τοῦ τρίτου ζῴου λέγοντος, «Ἔρχου.» Καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδού,†ειδον (ιδον A) και ιδου f35 Md,ept,h,i⅓ (A)C,CP,OC,NU ¦ ιδε 23 Ma,b,e⅓,f,i⅓ RP,HF ¦ βλεπε 2123 TR ¦ ιδε 21 (ιδον Mg⅔) 23 Mg,i⅓ ℵ (ℵ conflates again.) ἵππος μέλας, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν‡αυτον rell ¦ αυτω Me¼ TR ἔχων§εχων rell ¦ εχον [8 mss]CP ζυγὸν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ. 6 Καὶ ἤκουσα*ηκουσα rell ¦ 1 ως Mept,fpt,h⅓ ℵA,C,OC,NU φωνὴν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων λέγουσαν· «Χοῖνιξ σίτου δηναρίου, καὶ τρεῖς χοίνικες κριθῆς†κριθης rell ¦ κριθων Me,hpt ℵA,C,NU δηναρίου· καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον καὶ τὸν οἶνον μὴ ἀδικήσῃς.»

7 Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν τετάρτην, ἤκουσα φωνὴν‡φωνην f35 Md,e⅓(⅓)hpt 𝕻24ℵA,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ — Ma,b,e⅓,f,g,hpt,i C,RP,HF τοῦ τετάρτου ζῴου λέγοντος,§λεγοντος rell ¦ λεγουσαν TR «Ἔρχου.» 8 Καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδού,*ειδον (ιδον A,C) και ιδου f35 Md,ept,h,i⅓ (A,C)CP,OC,NU ¦ ιδε 23 Ma,b,ept,f,ipt RP,HF ¦ βλεπε 2123 TR ¦ ιδε 21 (ιδον Mg) 23 Mg ℵ (ℵ conflates again.) ἵππος χλωρός, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Θάνατος,†θανατος f35 Mhpt ℵC,CP ¦ ο 1 Ma,b,d,e,f,g,hpt,i RP,HF,OC[NU]TR ¦ ο αθανατος A (The Text does not say that Hades was on a horse.) καὶ ὁ ᾍδης ἀκολουθεῖ‡ακολουθει f35 Md,ept CP,TR ¦ ηκολουθει Ma,b,e¼,f,h,ipt C,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ ηκολουθη Me¼,g,i⅓ ¦ ηκολουθι ℵ(A) (John is stating a fact of human existence: Hades follows death—so it has been for 6000 years.) μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.§μετ αυτου f35 Md,ept,g,h⅕ A,C,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ αυτω Ma,b,ept,f,h⅖,i ℵ,RP,HF ¦ οπισω αυτου Mh⅖ Καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ*αυτω f35 Ma,b,ept,f,g,h⅓,i⅔ CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ αυτοις Md,ept,h⅔,i⅓ ℵA,C,NU,TR (It is death that does the killing; Hades just collects the dead.) ἐξουσία ἐπὶ τὸ τέταρτον τῆς γῆς, ἀποκτεῖναι†επι το τεταρτον της γης αποκτειναι (C) rell ¦ ~ 612345 TR ¦ 123 μερος 456 Md ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ καὶ ἐν θανάτῳ, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων τῆς γῆς.

9 Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν πέμπτην σφραγῖδα, εἶδον ὑποκάτω τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων‡των ανθρωπων f35 Me,h⅓ ℵ(CP) ¦ — Ma,b,d,f,g,h⅔,i A,C,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (Animals also have souls, and they are excluded here.) τῶν ἐσφαγμένων διὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ διὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν τοῦ Ἀρνίου§του αρνιου f35 Ma,ept,f,g,i CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ ιησου χριστου Mb ¦ — Md,ept,h ℵA,C,NU,TR ἣν εἶχον. 10 Καὶ ἔκραξαν*εκραξαν f35 Ma,b,f,g,i ℵA,C,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ εκραζον Md,e,h TR φωνῇ μεγάλῃ,†φωνη μεγαλη f35 Ma⅕,d,e,g,h,i⅗ ℵA,C,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ φωνην μεγαλην Ma,b,f,i⅖ HF λέγοντες· «Ἕως πότε, ὁ Δεσπότης, ὁ ἅγιος καὶ‡και rell ¦ 1 ο [10 assorted mss]OC,TR ἀληθινός, οὐ κρίνεις καὶ ἐκδικεῖς τὸ αἷμα ἡμῶν ἐκ§εκ f35 Ma,b,f,hpt,i ℵA,C,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ απο Md,e,g,hpt TR τῶν κατοικούντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;» 11 Καὶ ἐδόθη*εδοθη rell ¦ εδωθη Mg ¦ εδοθησαν TR αὐτοῖς ἑκάστῳ†αυτοις εκαστω f35 Mb,e,g,h,ipt ℵA,C,RP,OC,NU ¦ 1 Ma,f,ipt HF ¦ ~ 2 αυτων Md ¦ εκαστοις TR ¦ — (CP) [homoioteleuton] (OC is in small print.) στολὴ λευκή,‡στολη λευκη rell ¦ στολαι λευκαι TR ¦ — (CP) καὶ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα ἀναπαύσωνται§αναπαυσωνται rell ¦ αναπαυσονται Md¼,ept,g⅔ A,NU ἔτι χρόνον,*ετι χρονον f35 Ma,b,f,g,i⅗ CP,RP,HF ¦ 12 μικρον Md,e,h⅗,i⅓ (A)C,OC,NU,TR ¦ επι 2 μικρον ℵ (OC is in small print.) ἕως οὗ†ου f35 Md,e,i⅖ CP,TR ¦ — Ma,b,f,g,h⅗,i⅗ ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ αν Mh⅖ πληρώσωσιν‡πληρωσωσιν f35 Ma,b,d⅓,e,f,g,h,i⅔ RP,HF,OC ¦ πληρωσουσιν Md⅔,e⅙,h⅕,i⅓ ¦ πληρωθωσιν A,C,CP,NU ¦ πληρωσονται TR καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν,§αυτων f35 Mb,d,e⅔,g,h,i⅓ ℵA,C,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ 1 και Ma,e⅓,f,i⅔ RP,HF οἱ μέλλοντες ἀποκτένεσθαι*αποκτενεσθαι f35 Ma⅗,d⅔,e¼,fpt,g,h⅓,i⅗ CP,RP,HF ¦ αποκτεννεσθαι Ma¼,b,e⅙,fpt,h⅕,i⅕ ℵC,OC,NU ¦ αποκτεινεσθαι Ma⅙,d⅓,ept(e⅙)hpt,i⅕ A,TR (The single vowel is clearly stronger than the diphthong, and the single consonant than the double.) ὡς καὶ αὐτοί.

12 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ†και f35 Me⅔ CP ¦ — Ma,b,d,e⅓,f,g,h,i ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (The second και is emphatic.) ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἕκτην, καὶ‡και rell ¦ 1 ιδου A,TR σεισμὸς μέγας ἐγένετο· καὶ ὁ ἥλιος μέλας ἐγένετο§μελας εγενετο f35 Ma,b,e⅕,f,g,i⅔ ℵ,CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ εγενετο μελας Ma⅙,d,e,h,i⅓ A,C,NU,TR ὡς σάκκος τρίχινος, καὶ ἡ σελήνη*σελενη f35 Ma⅙,b,d¼,e,h⅖ CP,TR ¦ 1 ολη Ma,d,e⅙,f,g,h⅗,i ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU ἐγένετο ὡς αἷμα. 13 Καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔπεσον†επεσον rell ¦ επεσαν ℵA,C,OC,NU,TR εἰς τὴν γῆν, ὡς συκῆ βάλλει‡βαλλει f35 Me,hpt,ipt A,C,CP,NU,TR ¦ αποβαλλει Md ¦ βαλλουσα Mb,g⅓ ℵ,OC ¦ βαλουσα Ma,e¼,f,gpt RP,HF (The present is stronger than the aorist.) τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς ὑπὸ μεγάλου ἀνέμου§μεγαλου ανεμου f35 Md,e CP,TR ¦ ~ 21 Ma,b,d¼,e⅕,f,g,h,i (ℵ)A,C,RP,HF,OC,NU (A great wind knocks down all figs.) σειομένη. 14 Καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη, ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον,*ελισσομενον f35 Ma¼,b,gpt,h⅓ A,C,CP,RP,OC,NU ¦ ειλισσομενον Mb¼,d¼,e⅔ TR ¦ ελισσομενος Ma,e¼,f,gpt,hpt,i⅖ ℵ,HF ¦ ειλισσομενος Md,i⅓ (The Ionic spelling need not detain us, but what of the gender? In the context the participle modifies ‘scroll’, not ‘sky’, so the neuter is correct.) καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ νῆσος ἐκ τῶν τόπων αὐτῶν ἐκινήθησαν.

15 Καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες καὶ οἱ χιλίαρχοι καὶ οἱ πλούσιοι†οι χιλιαρχοι και οι πλουσιοι rell ¦ ~ 45312 Mept,h¼ TR καὶ οἱ ἰσχυροί,‡και οι ισχυροι rell ¦ 13 ℵ ¦ — Me⅓ ¦ 12 δυνατοι TR καὶ πᾶς δοῦλος καὶ πᾶς ἐλεύθερος,§πας ελευθερος f35 Md,e,hpt,i⅓ CP,TR ¦ 2 Ma,b,f,g,hpt,i⅔ A,C,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ — ℵ (Remember Granville Sharp; since ‘slave’ and ‘free’ obviously refer to distinct groups, the adjective should be repeated.) ἔκρυψαν ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὰ σπήλαια καὶ εἰς τὰς πέτρας τῶν ὀρέων. 16 Καὶ λέγουσιν τοῖς ὄρεσιν καὶ ταῖς πέτραις· «Πέσετε*πεσετε rell ¦ πεσατε Mdpt,gpt,h⅓ A,OC ¦ πεσεται Me⅓,i⅓ ℵC ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς καὶ κρύψατε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου†του θρονου f35 Ma⅕,d,e,gpt,h,i⅔ A,C,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ τω θρονω Ma,b,f,gpt,i⅓ ℵ,HF (As far as the speakers are concerned, the One on the throne is leaning forward, taking an active interest in the proceedings [genitive].) καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς τοῦ Ἀρνίου· 17 ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ,‡αυτου rell ¦ αυτων Mhpt ℵC,NU καὶ τίς δύναται σταθῆναι;»

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