I have this reference in my notes:
From Biblical Criticism p. 57-58
crochet - semi-circles Grantley Estienne marked off part of v. 7 between obelos and metobelos ================= For now this thread will take from four posts on the NT Textual Criticism forum on Facebook. Later it can be augmented with primary source and analysis. Facebook Stephanus...
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Franciscus Lucas Brugensis pointed out in his notes on the text (1580) that none of the manuscripts in Paris contained the comma, and that the semicircular metobelos marking the end of the comma in Estienne’s editio regia had clearly been put in the wrong place, but his comments were ignored.6 It was not until later that the absence of v. 7 from Estienne’s manuscripts was demonstrated definitively by Simon (1689), Le Long (1720) and Marsh (1795).
6 Lucas Brugensis 1580, 462: ‘Inter omnes Parisiensium Graecos codices, ne vnus esc qui dissideat; nisi, quod, scptcm, duntaxat to in caelo confodiant: si tamcn semicirculus, lectionis dcsignans terminum, suo loco sit collocatus.’ Cf. Bludau 1903a, 284.
Estienne based his great 1550 editio regia on Erasmus’ fifth edition, and gave variants (though in an unsystematic and incomplete way) from the Complutensian edition and fourteen manuscripts in Paris.4 Estienne marked off part of v. 7 between obelos and metobelos (thus: 'Grk’) to show that these words were not present in the seven manuscripts of the Catholic Epistles at his disposal. Nevertheless, his failure to register in the critical apparatus that the rest of the comma was not found in any of the manuscripts in the royal library in Paris subsequently led many later scholars to assume that it was. These included a number of editors, beginning with his son Robert Estienne the Younger, who produced an edition in 1569; Theodore de Beze, who produced several editions between 1556 and 1598; Christophe Plantin, who published Montanos Antwerp Polyglot in 1571/1572;5 Erasmus Schmidt and Zacharias Gerganos, who produced the Wittenberg edition of 1622, intended for distribution in the Greek east; the Leiden Elzeviers, who published three editions in 1624, 1633 and 1641; and John Mill (1707). Franciscus Lucas Brugensis pointed out in his notes on the text (1580) that none of the manuscripts in Paris contained the comma, and that the semicircular metobelos marking the end of the comma in Estienne’s editio regia had clearly been put in the wrong place, but his comments were ignored.6 It was not until later that the absence of v. 7 from Estienne’s manuscripts was demonstrated definitively by Simon (1689), Le Long (1720) and Marsh (1795).
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Translation of what Phil provided a link to above:
"To these, the Syriac codices and not a few Greek ones agree. The corrector (Epanorthotes) notes that these same things are absent from the Greek books and ancient Latin ones. Many of the ancient Fathers among the Latins support this, including Augustine in Book 3, Chapter 22 of
Against Maximinus, Leo in Epistle 10, Chapter 5, and Bede, narrating this scripture. Among the Greeks, Cyril in Book 14, Chapter 5 of
Thesaurus, and Oecumenius, writing on this passage. And of these—both the authors and the codices—most also remove 'on earth.' The manuscript of Saint Andrew postpones the testimony of those who are in heaven to the testimony of those who testify on earth, which is an indication of an addition. Furthermore, Jerome, in his preface to the Catholic Epistles, complains that the testimony of the Father, the Word, and the Spirit was omitted by unfaithful translators. This supports the majority of Latin books, which read it as we initially proposed. The Greek Complutensian edition, and those derived from it, along with others—not a few—that we have seen, agree with these. Among all the Greek codices of Paris, there is not one that disagrees; except that seven, at least, associate it only with 'in heaven,' if, however, a semicircle marking the end of the reading is placed in its proper position. To this is added the reading of Hyginus, a pope consecrated by Saint Peter, which is found in his first epistle."
I like to dabble with languages and translations, with very mixed results I'm sure.
