WORKSHEET FOR TEXTUAL VARIANT ANALYSIS 

PASSAGE: 	APPARATUS USED: 

CLASSIFICATION OF WITNESSES 
Variant 
Readings	Alexandrian
(Aland I-II)	Western
(Aland IV)	Unclassified
(Aland III)	Byzantine
(Aland V)	

EVALUATION OF EXTERNAL EVIDENCE 

1. 	Date. 

2. 	Geographical Distribution. 

3. 	Textual Relationships. 

Summary of the External Evidence 

EVALUATION OF THE INTERNAL EVIDENCE 

1. 	Transcriptional Probabilities, i.e. what scribes likely did when copying the N.T. 

	(1) 	Shorter/Longer Reading. 

	(2) 	Reading Different from Parallel. 

	(3) 	More Difficult Reading. 

	(4) 	Reading Which Best Explains Origin of Other(s). 

2.	Intrinsic Probabilities, i.e. what the author himself likely wrote. 

Summary of Internal Evidence 

CONCLUSION