ᾄδουσιν ὡς. Tisch[469] omits ὡς with אB2P.

[469] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited.

καινήν. א adds και ην, ην being in the first hand above the line.

τέσσαρες. א* has μίαν, reading Αʹ for Δʹ; C omits.

3. ᾄδουσιν ὡς ᾠδήν. The ὡς is perhaps mechanically inserted from the former clauses, it is not found in Revelation 5:9. Naturally we should suppose the subject of ᾄδουσιν to be the harpers whom St John seems to hear without seeing: yet how can they be angels when we are told that only the ransomed of earth can learn the new song? If the hundred forty and four thousand are heard singing the new song in heaven and seen drawn up in battle array on Mount Sion (on the ruins of the holy city? see on Revelation 12:1-6), the vision at this point becomes very like a dream.

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