Mark 6:33

Mark 6:33 evkei/ kai. proh/lqon auvtou,j {B}

Amid the wide variety of readings, it is obvious that the Textus Receptus, which follows E F G H and many minuscules, is conflate, ¹³ being made up of evkei/ kai. proh/lqon auvtou,j and sunh/lqon pro.j auvto,n, each of which is witnessed separately. Of the two component readings, the former is supported by a B 892 al as well as, indirectly, by L D Q 1241 al (prosh/lqon and proh/lqon are easily confused palaeographically). It is probable that proh/lqon was altered to either prosh/lqon or sunh/lqon by copyists who thought it unlikely that the crowd on the land could have outstripped the boat (it is beside the point to observe, as Lagrange does, that the wind may have been contrary). Thus, both external evidence and internal considerations converge in making it probable that the reading with proh/lqon is the original.

¹³ For a lengthy discussion of this conflate reading, see Westcott and Hort, Introduction, pp. 95—99.