I understand Codex Vaticanus reads "because of Thy will they were not, and were created" (Rev. 4:11.)
Is that really how the Greek text reads (and what exactly would that expression mean)?
timothy_p_mcmahon wrote:There's no negation. It's (literally) "for Your will they were, and were created."
You can see for yourself: http://codexsinaiticus.org/en/manuscript.aspx?book=59&chapter=4&lid=en&side=r&verse=11&zoomSlider=0
another oldt manuscript, B, reads, "They were not, and were created," were created out of nothing), that is, were existing, as contrasted with their previous non-existence.
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