A Textual Commentary On The Greek NT

Matthew 18:29

Although it is possible that the phrase eivj tou.j po,daj auvtou/ (C² E F H K M S U V G D P most minuscules, followed by the Textus Receptus) was accidentally omitted in transcription, the eye of the scribe passing from auvtou/ to auvtou/, the Committee preferred the shorter text (a B C* D G L Q 1 71 124 700 892 1396 1424 1573 1579 1582, most of the Old Latin, vg syr^{c, s, pal} cop^{sa, bo} eth geo) and regarded the longer reading as a natural expansion introduced by scribes in order to explain pesw,n.

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Matthew 18:29

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