Add that the origin of the mistake is seen, the instant the words are inspected as they must have stood in an uncial copy: [Greek: SADDOUKAIOIOILEGONTES] and really nothing more requires to be said.

The second [Greek: OI] was safe to be dropped in a collocation of letters like that.

It might also have been anticipated, that there would be found copyists to be confused by the antecedent [Greek: KAI].

Accordingly the Peshitto, Lewis, and Curetonian render the place 'et dicentes;' shewing that they mistook [Greek: KAI OI LEGONTES] for a separate phrase.
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The termination [Greek: TO] (in certain tenses of the verb), when followed by the neuter article, naturally leads to confusion; sometimes to uncertainty.