MATTHEW 8:10 parV ouvdeni. tosau,thn pi,stin evn tw|/ VIsrah.l eu-ron {B} The reading ouvde. evn tw|/ VIsrah.l tosau,thn pi,stin eu-ron, besides being clearer and easier than the text, is doubtless an assimilation to the parallel in Luke 7:9. The other two readings probably arose through inadverte... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 8:18 o;clon {C} After repeated discussions a majority of the Committee finally decided that, despite its slender attestation, the reading of B and copsa is to be preferred, and that the other readings are to be explained as amplifications made in order to emphasize the size of the crowd ar... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 8:21 tw/n maqhtw/n @auvtou/# {C} Although the support of a B 33 ita copsa for the omission of auvtou/ would usually be regarded as exceptionally strong evidence, in this case a majority of the Committee was impressed by the possibility that auvtou/ may have been deleted in order to prevent... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 8:25 proselqo,ntej {B} Although it could be argued that the shorter reading of a B 892 is the result of Alexandrian pruning of the text of superfluous details (Jesus’ disciples are mentioned in ver. Matthew 8:23), the agreement of Western witnesses (ita, c, k, l vg Jerome) makes it probabl... [ Continue Reading ]
MATTHEW 8:28 Gadarhnw/n {C} The healing of the demoniacs is recounted by all three Synoptic Gospels, and in each account there are three principal variant readings referring to the place at which the miracle occurred: Gadarhnw/n( Gerashnw/n, and Gergeshnw/n. The evidence of the chief witnesses for... [ Continue Reading ]