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.).

Text und Textwert #12 results:

1    παν πονηρον ρημα καθ υμων
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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
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

4    παν πονηρον ρημα
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 3

5    παν ρημα καθ υμων
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 6

6    παν πονηρον ρημα κατ εμου
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

Matt 5:1 προσηλθον

There is little reason to follow the primarily Egyptian orthographical preference of the few manuscripts that read προσηλθαν (ℵ* B* pc), just as Weiss (85) writes regarding ηλθον in its simple and compound forms, that "the ending in -αν is found only 9 times in B, sporadically in ℵ, D, L, only 6 times where 2 of them agree and 2 times where all three agree, so it is very improbable that this writing convention goes back to the most ancient text.” See also Matt 2:5 ειπον and Matt 7:13 εισελθετε.

Matt 4:23 περιηγεν ολην την Γαλιλαιαν ο Ιησους

In one of many places where the text of NA27/UBS4 relies on but a single Greek manuscript, the expression found in most witnesses seemed peculiar to some who thought to simplify it in various ways: περιηγεν ο Ιησους ολην την Γαλιλαιαν (ℵ1 D f1 33 892 1424 l 844 l 2211 pc lat; Eus); περιηγεν ο Ιησους εν ολη τη Γαλιλαια ([ℵ*] C* sy-s.p.h bo); περιηγεν εν ολη τη Γαλιλαια (B [k] sy-c sa mae1). Bloomfield (GNT, 1:26; Annotations, 4) suggests that critics "stumbled at the construction with accus[ative] . . . from their not being aware that the accus[ative] is governed by the prepos[ition] in composition, and accordingly supplied εν," at the same time changing the following words to conform to εν with the dative. Burgon (Causes, 51–2) astutely suggests that the -εν of περιηγεν was carelessly reduplicated and consequently brought about the phrase's change to the dative case. The same could have happened if -εν itself was accidentally mistaken for the preposition (resulting in περιηγ εν ολη etc.), and then -εν added by a subsequent scribe to repair what appeared to be an obvious homoeoteleuton error. Yet, as in 9:35 and 23:15, Matthew's custom is simply περιαγω + the accusative (without a preposition). The transposition of ο Ιησους from its original position to its more common place just following the verb was only natural, especially as such is the position in an extremely similar verse at 9:35 (so Burgon, who incidentally also notes the addition of ο Ιησους by ℵ after περιηγεν in that passage's parallel place of Mark 6:6). Cf. also John 7:28 where a nearly identical variation occurs: the consensus reading, εκραξεν ουν εν τω ιερω διδασκων ο Ιησους, is altered to (1) εκραξεν ουν ο Ιησους εν τω ιερω διδασκων (ℵ D N Ψ f1 565 l 844 l 2211 it), and (2) εκραξεν ουν εν τω ιερω διδασκων (i.e., without ο Ιησους) (Δ f13 al). It is highly unlikely that so many witnesses would have altered the position of ο Ιησους from its normal Koine position behind the verb to the place where it rests in most manuscripts, if the former were indeed its original location. The omission of ο Ιησους, as occurs in a few manuscripts in John 7:28, is characteristic of a minority of manuscripts anywhere in the manuscript tradition given the proclivity of early scribes to omit more than to add. Yet here the omission in a single Greek witness may also have been aided by scribal harmonization to Mark 1:39 and Luke 4:44, where the proper name is absent.

Text und Textwert #10 results:

1    περιηγεν ολην την γαλιλαιαν ο ιησους
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1347

1B    περιηγεν ολην την γαλιλαν ο ιησους
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

2    περιηγεν εν ολη τη γαλιλαια
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

3    περιηγεν ο ιησους ολην την γαλιλαιαν
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 115

3B    περιηγεν ο ιησους την γαλιλαιαν
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

4    περιηγεν εν ολη τη γαλιλαια ο ιησους
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

5    περιηγεν ο ιησους εν ολη τη γαλιλαια
04* 279
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 2

6    περιηγεν ο ιησους εν τη γαλιλαια
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

7    περιηγεν την γαλιλαιαν ολην ο ιησους
2516
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

7B    περιηγεν την γαλιλαιαν ο ιησους ολην
544
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

8    περιηγεν ολην την γαλιλαιαν
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NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 7

9    περιηγεν την γαλιλαιαν ο ιησους
36 709* 1780 2585
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 4

10    περιηγεν ο ιησους
191 1455S 1590
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 3

11    περιηγεν καθ ολης της γαλιλαιας ο ιησους
1058 1204 2315 2693S
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 4

12 περιηγεν
664
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

Matt 4:16 ειδεν φως μεγα

Indicative of the atticistic alterations found elsewhere in the same major witnesses (cf., e.g., Matt 3:4 αυτου ην and Matt 4:9 ταυτα παντα σοι), a few witnesses alter the word order to φως ειδεν μεγα in an attempt to improve the style (ℵ B C W Σ f1.13 33 892 1241 it vg-pt; Or-pt Eus Chr Cyr). The normal Koine word order is intrinsically characteristic of Matthew's style, and the many more noticeable verbal dissimilarities of the passage with the LXX make harmonization to the word order there highly unlikely. The alteration was no doubt encouraged by a critical and poetic attempt to align the position of φως here with the position of φως later in the verse (φως ειδεν μεγα . . . φως ανετειλεν αυτοις). Furthermore, the word order found in most witnesses is early and diverse (D E K L M P S U V Γ Δ k vg-pt; Hipp Or-pt).

Matt 4:13, 15 Νεφθαλειμ

     There is little reason to follow the orthographical preference of the few relatively minor witnesses that read Νεφθαλιμ (M V Ω 047 213 565 566 655 713 bo).

Matt 4:13 Καπερναουμ

     Some manuscripts and versions (ℵ B D W* Z 0233 33 pc lat co) show preference for the spelling Καφαρναουμ, which admittedly is more similar to the Hebrew (כפר נחום). Matthäi (56) claims that Origen imported Καφαρναουμ into the text, and that Jerome followed Origen; furthermore: "Each changed particular names elsewhere according to his own judgment." This particular spelling variation may date to the very origin of the major text-types or early editions of the New Testament, since the same variation occurs everywhere (Matt 8:5; 11:23; 17:24; Mark 1:21; 2:1; 9:33; Luke 4:23, 31; 7:1; 10:15; John 2:12; 4:46; 6:17, 24, 59). While it is possible that scribes would have updated the text to reflect that name more familiar to them, it is hard to account for the fact that so many manuscripts from everywhere have Καπερναουμ. Consequently, Καφαρναουμ may reflect a critical attempt to restore a more orthographically Semitic pronunciation, a change that would have occurred very early since that spelling was used by Josephus in the first century and the Latin version depends on such a spelling (Capharnaum). Subsequently, some later occurrences of Καφαρναουμ may reflect assimilation to the predominant influence of the Latin version, or to esteemed fathers (like Origen) who frequently commented on such minutiae. The reading of most manuscripts is not without significant and diverse support (including C E K L M P S U V Wc Γ Δ Σ f1.13 [Θ: Καπαρναουμ]; Eus) and therefore cannot easily be ignored. See also Matt 8:5 Καπερναουμ.

Matt 4:13 Ναζαρετ

There is little reason to follow the primarily Egyptian orthographical preference of the few witnesses that read Ναζαρα (ℵ1 B* Z 33 k mae1; Or-pt), which was also the preference of a lone manuscript in 2:23 (P70vid). Indicative of a limited orthographical preference in conjunction with assimilation toward two popular versions (vg co), most of the manuscripts that read Ναζαρεθ here (ℵ* D E K M S U V W Θ Ω 0233 f1.13 al vg co) also read Ναζαρεθ not only in 2:23 (C K M N S W Γ Π Σ Ω 0250 f13 al lat vg [Δ f1: Ναζαραθ]) against the consensus Ναζαρετ (including ℵ B D L 33) but also in Mark 1:9 (D E F H K M U V W Θ Π f1.13 al vg co) against the consensus Ναζαρετ (including ℵ B L Γ Δ Φ a b d f; Or [Σ: Ναζαρατ]).
     Tony Pope through private email correspondence suggests the likelihood that "either it was the felt need in Greek to avoid having foreign words that end in various consonants (Greek words end only in a few possible consonants - Smyth §133), or there was a local language form of the name that influenced the orthography here." Given (1) the general unreliability of a minority of scribes in cases of orthography even in the space of two chapters, (2) the internal probability that Matthew would not have spelled "Nazareth" three different ways in as many passages (2:23; 4:13; 21:11), and (3) the chance that the spelling Ναζαρα could have come about in a minority of witnesses due to scribal attraction to the last syllable of other place names such as Ιεροσολυμα (2:1, 3; 3:5; 5:35), Ιουδα (2:6 bis), Ιουδαια (3:5), Γαλιλαια (4:15, 23), etc., in the end a preliminary preference for the majority reading Ναζαρετ is not indiscriminate.