[The Gospels in the Second Century by William Sanday]@TWC D-Link bookThe Gospels in the Second Century CHAPTER VI 61/74
The true reading is probably that which appears in this MS.
along with B, C, L, [Greek: Delta symbol], [Greek: tois idiois mathaetais].
We have however already seen the leaning of the Clementines for Western readings. When we compare the synopsis of St.Mark and St.Matthew together we should be inclined to set this down as a very decided instance of quotation from the former.
The only circumstance that detracts from the certainty of this conclusion is that a quotation had been made just before which is certainly not from our canonical Gospels, [Greek: ta mustaeria emoi kai tois huiois tou oikou mou phulaxate].
This is rightly noted in 'Supernatural Religion.' All that we can say is that it is a drawback--it is just a makeweight in the opposite scale, as suggesting that the second quotation may be also from an apocryphal Gospel; but it does not by any means serve to counterbalance the presumption that the quotation is canonical.
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