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The auvtw/| sounds a bit unusual "the heavens were opened to him ", this probably
resulted in its omission. Note that some unremarkable Byzantine minuscules
support the omission, too.
Weiss thinks that the articles have been added to make the phrase more solemn.
The LXX prefers the anarthrous pneu/ma qeou/ (16 times). Isa 11:2 alone has
pneu/ma tou/ qeou/. In the NT both forms are equally present (7:8).
NA lists Irenaeus (Greek, POxy 405) as evidence for the omission of the
articles, but this is very doubtful. The reconstruction in POxy Vol. 4 p. 264 gives
it with the articles, but only the first t is visible:
oj) anew@cqhsan oi ouranoi
kai eiden t@o pna® tou qu® kata
bainon wj p@eristeran kai
ercomenon e@ij auton kai
The line length with the articles is a bit too much, without a bit too little.
[Note also the double Augment for hvnew,|cqhsan (indicative aorist passive 3rd
person plural) supported by B, pc. The same word appears in Mt 9:30 supported
by B, D, N, 33 and in 27:52 by C C , L, f1, 33, 579. In Jo 9:10 it is supported by
P66, P75, 01, B, C, D, L, N, W, Y, 579, 700; Byz is divided.]
Rating: 2? (NA probably original)
Brackets: Rating: 1? = remove brackets.