Matthew 15:4 ei=pen {B}

The presence of th.n evntolh.n tou/ qeou/ in ver. Matthew 15:3 probably prompted copyists to change the statement, “For God said …” to “For God commanded, saying …,” whereas, if the reading evnetei,lato le,gwn had been original, it is difficult to account for the substitution of the more colorless ei=pen (in Mark 7:10, where the text is firm, the subject of ei=pen is Mwu?sh/j).

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Old Testament