102 Timo Flink ) P66 P75 Ws f1 f13 Byz B C b e Θ 24/34 23/34 22/34 11/18 21/34 22/34 20/34 18/34 19/34 22/34 14/34 18/34 71% 68% 65% 61% 62% 65% 59% 53% 56% 65% 41% 53% When singular readings in P106 are removed from the comparison, the results look like this: ) P66 P75 Ws f1 f13 Byz B C b e Θ 24/30 23/30 22/30 11/17 21/30 22/30 20/30 18/30 19/30 22/30 14/30 18/30 80% 77% 73% 65% 70% 73% 67% 60% 63% 73% 47% 60% This study demonstrates that P106 is closest to the early B-text rep- resentatives P66 and P75. The affinities with ) are not as common. This papyrus is not a representative of the A-, C- or D-text for the portion of the text it contains. It is a witness to the early B-text (Alexandrian). This has repercussions for the textual variant in John 1,34 (see below). Evaluation of Variant Readings The number of different textual variants now amounts to eight for John 1,34. The external evidence can be listed as follows (excluding P5 and dividing P75 with its original and corrected reading): P66 P75c )2 A B C L Ws ∆ Θ Ψ 083 (1) υ ς το θεο 0141 0233vid f1 f13 Byz 33 579 732c 1071 1424 pm aur c f l g r1 vg syrp,h,pal-mss copbo arm eth geo slav Origen Asterius Chrysostom Cyril John-Damascus, Augustine3/4 P106vid )* 77 187 218 228 1784 b e (2) κλεκτ ς το θεο ff2* syrs,c Ambrose Augustine1/4 43 a bc ff2c vgmss syrpal-mss copsa (3) υ ς κλεκτ ς το θεο P75* (4) υ ς κλεκτ ς (5) χριστ ς υ ς το θεο 2680 syrpal-ms (6) μονογεν ς υ ς το θεο 732* (7) omit τι … το θεου (8) omit v. 34 altogether 2718 43 There are some variations within the Latin witnesses: electus filius dei (a), dei filius electus (bc), filius electus dei (ff2c). The word order is not an issue, since it derives from the translation process. So D.C. Parker, The Living Text of the Gospels (Cambridge 1997) 15.