4/52 37, 38, where it is explained that it was the sight of so many acts of Divine Power, the chiefest of all being the raising of Lazarus, which moved the crowds to yield the memorable testimony recorded by St.Luke in ver. But Tischendorf and Lachmann, who on the authority of D and four later uncials read [Greek: hoti] instead of [Greek: hote], import into the Gospel quite another meaning. According to their way of exhibiting the text, St.John is made to say that 'the multitude which was with Jesus, testified _that_ He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead': which is not only an entirely different statement, but also the introduction of a highly improbable circumstance. |