Johannine Comma and Franz Anton Knittel

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New criticisms on the celebrated text, 1 John v. 7, a lect., tr. by W.A. Evanson

Lutheran Franz Anton Knittel (April 3, 1721 - December 10, 1792), defended a traditional point of view in theology and was against the modern textual criticism. He defended an authenticity of the Pericopa Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11), Comma Johanneum (1 John 5:7), and Testimonium Flavianum. According to him Erasmus in his Novum Instrumentum omne did not incorporate the Comma from Codex Montfortianus, because of grammar differences, but used Complutensian Polyglotta. According to him the Comma was known for Tertullian.^{(Knittel, Neue Kritiken über den berühmten Sprych: Drey sind, die da zeugen im Himmel, der Vater, das Wort, und der heilige Geist, und diese drei sind eins Braunschweig 1785)}

In 1829 the Franz Anton Knittel book New criticisms on the celebrated text, 1 John v. 7, a lect., tr. by W.A. Evanson was translated from German into English by William Alleyn Evanson.

And what says the venerable Greek bishop in reply? He says, “It is indifferent to me whether we say τρεις or τρια, in speaking of things of the neuter gender.¹¹¹ Yet, surely, the Linguists of his day would scarcely have conceded that point to him. Neither Gregory, nor any other Greek, as far as I know, confirms this rule by their style of writing. Neither can we attempt to call the τρεις μαρτυρουντες, a Hellenism: at least, St. John has distinctly shewn, that he cannot be liable to such an imputation in the present instance; nor, indeed, throughout his First Epistle.¹¹²

111. See Note 55.(see "Note 55" below)

New criticisms on the celebrated text, 1 John v. 7, a lect. footnote 55

112 For instance, in verse 6, John says, το Πνευμα εστιν το μαρτυρουντους. Dionysius Alexandrinus (in Eusebius) certifies that the First Epistle of John is free from solecisms. I do not remember having found such a construction in the Alexandrine Version.

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