Mark 5:1

Mark 5:1 Gerashnw/n {C}

Of the several variant readings, a majority of the Committee preferred Gerashnw/n on the basis of (a) superior external evidence (early representatives of both the Alexandrian and Western types of text), and (b) the probability that Gadarhnw/n is a scribal assimilation to the prevailing text of Matthew ( Matthew 8:28), and that Gergeshnw/n is a correction, perhaps originally proposed by Origen (see the comment on Mt 8.28). The reading of W (Gergusth,nwn) reflects a scribal idiosyncrasy.