This volume is intended to sit between these two options: Provide more information than one would find in a footnote in a modern Bible, but describe the available options in a way that allows the English reader to determine if the textual issue is something to be studied further—at which point resources available to the reader, such as those provided for the New Testament by Metzger, Omanson, and Comfort, may be consulted. If the reader has access to detailed technical commentaries that handle textual