Matt 5:13 βληθηναι εξω και

There is little reason to reject exactly what one would expect to find in Matthew, namely, "the more Semitizing paratactic construction" (Metzger, 13), in favor of the hypotactic construction βληθεν εξω that appears in only a few witnesses (p86* ℵ B C f1 33 205 892 pc; Origen). The latter expression has "every appearance of being a correction of style by the Alexandrian Grammarians" (Bloomfield, GNT, 1:32; so also Meyer, 110; Whitney, 1:63). Alternatively, the extremely common scribal itacism representing -αι as -ε (as, e.g., in Codex Alexandrinus [A/02]) would have resulted in βληθηνεεξω, which then quite naturally could have been corrected to βληθεν εξω with the following και then being deemed unnecessary. In any case, there is greater likelihood that a worse Greek expression would be changed into a better Greek expression than vice versa. The broad consensus reading has sufficient early and widespread support in D W Θ Σ f13, etc.

Matt 5:11 ρημα

Although three old Greek manuscripts (ℵ B D) omit ρημα after πονηρον, as do several versions (lat sy-s.c sa bo) and Tertullian, the preponderance of the external evidence in favor of ρημα is corroborated by the following internal considerations: (1) its Hebraistic character is internally consistent with Matthew; (2) its Hebraistic, unclassical, and seemingly superfluous character, especially as the expression πονηρον ρημα is not found in the rest of the NT, is expected to have occasioned its omission in some witnesses (so Bloomfield, GNT, 1:31); (3) especially applicable to the versions, it "could be left out without harming the sense" and so "was neglected by a hurrying scribe" (Griesbach, 1:44; cf. also Meyer, 110); and (4) its position following the syllable ρον (of πονηρον) could have contributed to its omission (Meyer, 110). In addition, the suspicion of contamination from the versions is greatly increased when a small minority of Greek manuscripts omits a single word in unison with parts of the three major early versions. Not insignificantly, OL q/13 (6th/7th cent.), the Syriac Peshitta and Harklean, and the oldest Coptic witness (mae-1) include ρημα (in addition to C W Θ Σ f1.13, etc.).

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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1441

1B    παν ρημα πονηρον καθ υμων
1223
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

1C    παν ρημα πονηρον καθ ημων
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

1D    παν πονηρον ρημα καθ ημων
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 36

1E    παν πονηρον ρημα καθη υμων
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

2    παν πονηρον καθ υμων
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 2

3    καθ υμων παν πονηρον
05
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

4    παν πονηρον ρημα
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 3

5    παν ρημα καθ υμων
58 61 444 809* 1533C 2284
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 6

6    παν πονηρον ρημα κατ εμου
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1