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The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

CHAPTER VIII
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St.Mark's Gospel has been assimilated to St.Matthew's by the unauthorized insertion into clause (1) of [Greek: kai su] (which by the way is also found in M), and (in concert with the Gothic and Evann.
73, 131, 142*) by the entire suppression of clause (3).
6.Cod.L goes beyond all.

[True to the craze of omission], it further obliterates as well from St.Matthew's Gospel as from St.Mark's all trace of clause (4).
7.

[Symbol: Aleph] and B alone of Codexes, though in agreement with the Vulgate and the Egyptian version, do but eliminate the final clause (4) of St.Mark's Gospel.

But note, lastly, that-- 8.Cod.A, together with the Syriac versions, the Gothic, and the whole body of the cursives, recognizes none of these irregularities: but exhibits the commonly received text with entire fidelity.
On a survey of the premisses, will any candid person seriously contend that [Greek: kai he lalia sou homiazei] is no part of the genuine text of St.Mark xiv.

70?
The words are found in what are virtually the most ancient authorities extant: the Syriac versions (besides the Gothic and Cod.


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