Codex VATICANUS and the THREE HEAVENLY WITNESSES. The weird TRIPLE dots at 1 John 5:7.

In today's video we're taking a look at Codex Vaticanus and the Three Heavenly Witness passage. In 1 John 5:7-8, which is a disputed passage, has a set of triple dots called distigmai in the margin. Are these referencing the Comma Joanneum or something else? Is Vaticanus a good witness for this passage?


~~~ RESOURCES ~~~

Codex Vaticanus online (1 John 5.7-8):
https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.g...

Philip Payne mentions the triple distigmai and briefly discusses them in this volume: https://www.linguistsoftware.com/vati...


~~~ CONTENTS ~~~

0:00 Introduction
0:41 A page from Codex Vaticanus and the Greek
1:22 The issus with the Comma
2:54 the switcharoo of these three are one or agree?
4:16 The three dots in this distigmai
4:55 a bunch of other distigmai
5:36 What does codex Vaticanus say about the Comma?
6:10 Who marked this passage?
7:45 The Scribe who reinked the codex added the dots?
8:40 Is there a third scribe who added them later?
9:32 Why three dots?
10:52 Who inked the dots?
11:47 The quality of the ink on this page of Codex Vaticanus
14:11 What about the color of the ink?
14:51 Lets get the snipping tool!
16:34 Compare the color with the arabic numeral page number
17:32 The shortfall of our color comparison
18:22 The possability of objectifying the color
19:25 The right handed scribe!
21:10 What are those splotches?!?
21:54 There are other textual variants here other than the Comman
24:40 Conclusion

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