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TVU 23
6. Difficult variant:
Minority reading:
NA 27 Matthew 3:14 o` de. VIwa,nnhj diekw,luen auvto.n le,gwn\ evgw. crei,an
e;cw u`po. sou/ baptisqh/nai( kai. su. e;rch| pro,j meÈ
NA 27 Matthew 3:15 avpokriqei.j de. o` VIhsou/j ei=pen pro.j auvto,n\ a;fej
a;rti( ou[twj ga.r pre,pon evsti.n h`mi/n plhrw/sai pa/san dikaiosu,nhnÅ
to,te avfi,hsin auvto,nÅ
ei=pen auvtw/| P96(6 th CE), B, 118, f13, L844, L2211, pc, Lat?,
WH, NA 25 , Weiss, Bois
txt P64(200 CE), 01, C, D S , L, P, W, 0233, f1, 33, 579, 892,
Maj, L1043, WH mg
ei=pen 0250, sa ms , bo ms
ei=pen pro.j auvtoi/j K (P has a lacuna)
Lacuna: D, Q
B: no umlaut
Compare context:
NA 27 Matthew 3:7 ivdw.n de. pollou.j tw/n Farisai,wn kai. Saddoukai,wn
evrcome,nouj evpi. to. ba,ptisma auvtou/ ei=pen auvtoi/j\ gennh,mata evcidnw/n(
ti,j u`pe,deixen u`mi/n fugei/n avpo. th/j mellou,shj ovrgh/jÈ
The txt reading is unusual for Mt:
ei=pen auvtw/| 15 times
ei=pen auvt* 47 times
ei=pen pro.j only here
This is already noted by Weiss (Comm. Mt): "pro.j auvto,n is completely against
the evangelist's usage".
It is possible that the pro.j auvto,n is a conformation to the preceding pro,j me.
ei=pen pro.j is a typical Lukan form, it appears 36 times in Lk and ei=pen auvt*
appears 55 times.
The problem here is that the support for ei=pen auvtw/| is incoherent. Without B
it would be clearly secondary.