Original Scribal Errors
What about copyists' or scribal errors in the basic text families?
Sometimes multiple copies were produced by one individual reading
the Scripture from a "master" document and a group of
scribes writing down what they heard. Obviously this lead to variations
of spellings, punctuation, capitalization and the like. Sometimes
marginal notes might be incorporated into the text even though
they could either be textual corrections or simply thoughts of
a scribe. Sometimes a scribe would inadvertently add what he thought
he was hearing based on his knowledge of similar passages. In
checking such work another person might later add what he thought
it should say.
By comparing various copies the correct rendition is more likely
found. The additional passages found in the Byzantine-derived
KJV do not alter the theology or create a contradiction with other
portions of Scripture.
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