Did John the Baptist Say: "After Me Comes Air"?

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Quote from the featured video: "𝘐𝘯 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 1:30, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, '𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯,' 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘹 𝘓, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, '𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘳.' 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 '𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯' 𝘢𝘯𝘥 '𝘢𝘪𝘳' 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳."

In Codex L, a careless 8th-century scribe made John the Baptist say "After me comes air" instead of "After me comes a man"—a one-letter difference in Greek! Dr. Daniel Wallace shows how scholars easily spot such obvious copying errors. This manuscript mistake would make Jesus into "air" rather than human, but it's clearly just a scribal blunder that no one takes seriously.

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𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲: https://www.biblicaltraining.org/learn/foundations/nt313-introduction-to-textual-criticism/nt313-02-historical-process
See 29:26+ in the featured video.

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