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This paper addresses the issue of a double manuscript tradition, evidence for which is found in most of St John Chrysostom’s exegetical works. One of these recensions has been traditionally viewed as a deliberate revision of the other – deemed more ancient – one. It is suggested that the second recension represents an undertaking by a single person or scriptorium that affected all these works. The lack of modern critical editions of most of Chrysostom’s exegetical works hinders the task of identifying the homilies involved and complicates any further investigation of the two recensions. Nonetheless, by utilizing the critical apparatuses in the existing editions, it is still possible to draw valuable conclusions both regarding the works involved and, less accurately, regarding the nature of the revisions. This paper is primarily concerned with studying the interventions of the reviser(s) and determining whether they follow a pattern across John’s exegetical works (in which case it would be possible to attribute them to the same source). Ultimately, the aim is to investigate the purpose and aims of such a project.