John 3:25-26

3:25 Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew ¹  concerning ceremonial washing. ²  3:26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, ³  about whom you testified – see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”

[3:25]  ¹ tc Was this dispute between the Baptist’s disciples and an individual Judean (᾿Ιουδαίου, Ioudaiou) or representatives of the Jewish authorities (᾿Ιουδαίων, Ioudaiwn)? There is good external support for the plural ᾿Ιουδαίων (Ì⁶⁶ א* Θ Ë^1,13 565 al latt), but the external evidence for the singular ᾿Ιουδαίου is slightly stronger ({Ì⁷⁵ א² A B L Ψ 33 1241 the majority of Byzantine minuscules and others}).

[3:25]  ² tn Or “ceremonial cleansing,” or “purification.”

[3:26]  ³ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.