MATTHEW 16:2-3 @ovyi,aj genome,nhj … ouv du,nasqe*# {C} The external evidence for the absence of these words is impressive, including a *B ¦13 157 _al_ syrc, s copsa, bomss arm Origen and, according to Jerome, most manuscripts known to him (though he included the passage in the Vulgate). The questi... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 16:12 tw/n a;rtwn {C} In view of the use of the expression “the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees” in verses Matthew 16:6 and Matthew 16:11, it was perhaps natural that a few witnesses should repeat one or both of the words “Pharisees” “Sadducees” after zu,mhj in ver. Matthew 16:12. Alt... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 16:13 Ti,na le,gousin oi` a;nqrwpoi ei=nai {B} Both the variety of positions of me in the witnesses that include it and the fact that in the parallel passages the word is firm indicate that it was originally absent from Matthew’s account.... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 16:20 o` Cristo,j {B} To the shorter reading, which is supported by widely diversified ancient witnesses (a* B L D Q ¦1 ¦13 28 565 700 1010 1424 it syrc, p copsa Origen _al_), inattentive scribes added VIhsou/j either before o` Cristo,j (a2 C W lat syrh _al_) or after o` Cristo,j (Dgr itc).... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 16:27 th.n pra/xin {B} The reading th.n pra/xin, which is supported by the weight of diversified witnesses, focuses attention on a person’s work or course of life considered as a whole. The scribes of a scattering of Greek witnesses (a* ¦1 28 1424 _al_), supported by several early versions... [ Continue Reading ]