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Originally Posted by Esaias
In opposition to the allegation, I submit (perhaps again) the following pertinent facts:
1. All authorities agree that the text is quoted by Cyprian in the mid 3rd century.
2. All authorities agree that Jerome not only cites the text but complains that some copyists are intentionally omitting the verse from their copies.
3. All authorities agree that Tertullian in the 2nd century refers to the verse in question.
These three points alone, which as far as I have seen are not disputed by anyone, seem to me to be conclusive as to the antiquity of the verse.
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While all three textual statements are in fact true, they are disputed in various ways by heavenly witnesses contras.
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Originally Posted by Esaias
Was there not a claim made that without the Comma the grammar of the text is damaged?
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This is in fact an extremely powerful evidence of authenticity. Here is an earlier reference, the world-class Greek scholar Eugenius Bulgaris wrote on this in 1780 and his analysis stands strong today.
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Originally Posted by Steven Avery
the heavenly witnesses verse left its trace in the solecism of the Greek text without the verse.
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Steven Avery
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