The fact is that to make this reading satisfactory, another alteration is required.

[Greek: Katharizon panta ta bromata] ought either to be transferred to the 20th verse or to the beginning of the 18th.

Then all would be clear enough, though destitute of a balance of authority: as it is now proposed to read, the passage would have absolutely no parallel in the simple and transparent sentences of St.Mark.We must therefore be guided by the balance of evidence, and that is turned by the cursive testimony.] Sec.

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Another minute but interesting indication of the accuracy and fidelity with which the cursive copies were made, is supplied by the constancy with which they witness to the preposition [Greek: en] (_not the numeral_ [Greek: hen]) in St.Mark iv.8.Our Lord says that the seed which 'fell into the good ground' 'yielded by ([Greek: en]) thirty, and by ([Greek: en]) sixty, and by ([Greek: en]) an hundred.' Tischendorf notes that besides all the uncials which are furnished with accents and breathings (viz.

EFGHKMUV[Symbol: Pi]) 'nearly 100 cursives' exhibit [Greek: en] here and in ver.20.But this is to misrepresent the case.
All the cursives may be declared to exhibit [Greek: en], e.g.