23) ending [Greek: kai pasan malakian en to lao] used to conclude the lesson for the second Sunday after Pentecost,--the latter (ix.

35) ending [Greek: kai pasan malakian] occupies the same position in the Gospel for the seventh Sunday.

It will not seem strange to any one who considers the matter, that [Greek: en to lao] has in consequence not only found its way into ix.

35, but has established itself there very firmly: and that from a very early time.

The spurious words are first met with in the Codex Sinaiticus[162].
But sometimes corruptions of this class are really perplexing.