MATTHEW 10:3 Qaddai/oj {B} Although it is easy to explain the origin of the conflate readings “Thaddaeus who was called Lebbaeus” and “Lebbaeus who was called Thaddaeus,” it is more difficult to decide whether Qaddai/oj or Lebbai/oj is the original reading. On the basis, however, of the agreement o... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 10:4 VIskariw,thj The textual problems of the name Iscariot are connected with its meaning. According to most scholars VIskariw,thj $VIskariw,q% is derived from the Hebrew tAYrIq. vyai, “a man from Kerioth.” In support of this derivation is the variant reading avpo. Karuw,tou ( John 6:71 a*... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 10:8 nekrou.j evgei,rete The clause nekrou.j evgei,rete involves five variant readings. (1) The words are absent from a considerable number of (mostly later) witnesses, including C3 L X Y G Q P, about one hundred fifty minuscule manuscripts, syrp, pal copsa arm eth2 mss geo1, B Eusebius Bas... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 10:23 e`te,ran {C} Although it is possible that the additional clause (perhaps in the form preserved in D, a;llhn eva.n de. evn th|/ avllh|/ diw,kousin u`ma/j( feu,gete eivj th.n a;llhn, “… and if in the other they persecute you, flee to the next”) may have dropped out accidentally because... [ Continue Reading ]