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Matthew 14:3

Matthew 14:3 Fili,ppou {A}

According to Josephus (see his Antiquities, XVIII.v:4) the first husband of Herodias was named Herod (being the son of Herod the Great and Mariamne, Simon’s daughter), whereas it was [Herod] Philip the tetrarch ( Luke 3:1) who married Salome, the daughter of Herodias. In Mark 6:17 all manuscripts except two name Philip as Herodias’s first husband (î⁴⁵ and ms. 47 omit the name Philip). It appears, therefore, that either Josephus failed to give the full name of Herodias’s first husband (Herod Philip), or Mark confused Herodias’s husband and son-in-law. In Luke 3:19 several witnesses (including A C K W 33 565 syr^p cop^{sa^pt, bo}) insert Fili,ppou before tou/ avdelfou/ auvtou/, though it is absent from the better witnesses (including a B D L G D L X Old Latin Vulgate Gothic).

It appears, therefore, that in Matthew 14:3 Matthew followed the original text of Mark and read Fili,ppou, whereas several Western witnesses were assimilated to the shorter text of Luke 3:19 and thus brought Matthew’s account into harmony with that of Josephus.

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