Conceivably, spelling variations may have historical significance, and if linguists develop a sound theory of the use of the article and the role of word order in Greek discourse, some of these exegetically “negligible” variants may become more important. For now, however, we may pass them by without comment, even in an exegesis paper, and even if they have strong textual support. Some variant readings making little or no exegetical difference in a given textual problem could nevertheless require