178) and by Polycrates[199] (Bp.

of Ephesus A.D.

196); by Origen[200] and by Ephraim Syrus[201]: by Epiphanius[202] and by Palladius[203]: by Gregory of Nazianzus[204] and by his namesake of Nyssa[205]: by pseudo-Eusebius[206], by pseudo-Caesarius[207], and by pseudo-Chrysostom[208].

The only wonder is, that in spite of such influences all the MSS.

in the world except about twenty-six have retained the true reading.
Instructive in the meantime it is to note the fate which this word has experienced at the hands of some Critics.