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Bruce
Metzger was a contributor to Aland et al’s Greek Translation of
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the
New Testament. This Greek translation, gives an estimate of
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the
certainty of the translation. In the 4th edition p.3, the letters
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mean:
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A -
“indicates that the text is certain”
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B -
“indicates that the text is almost certain”
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C -
“indicates that the Committee had difficulty in deciding which
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variant
to place in the text.”
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D -
“which occurs only rarely, indicates that the Committee had great
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difficulty
in arriving at a decision.”
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Note
that the 3rd edition on p.xii-xiii, has slightly different meanings.
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A -
“virtually certain”
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B -
“some degree of doubt”
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C -
“considerable degree of doubt”
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D -
“very high degree of doubt”
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