Matthew 8

Matthew 8:9

:TEXT: “I also am a man under authority”

C K L W X Delta Theta Pi f1 f13 33 565 700 892 1010 Byz Lect some lat earlier vg syr(c,s,p,h) cop(south)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “I also am a man set under authority”

S B most lat later vg syr(pal) cop(north)

ASVnCOMMENTS: The phrase “set under authority” is found in the parallel account in Luke 7:8, from which it seems to have been added here by a few copyists.

Matthew 8:10

:TEXT: “I have found so great a faith with no one in Israel”

B W f1(omit “in Israel”) 892 some lat syr(c,pal) cop

ASVn RSVn NASV NIV TEV RANK: BNOTES: “not even in Israel have I found so great a faith”

S C K L X Delta Theta Pi f13 33 565 700 1010 1241 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(s,p,h)

KJV ASV RSV : The words “not even” are found in the parallel passage in Luke 7:9, from which they seem to have been taken to replace the original “with no one” in this place.

Matthew 8:18

:TEXT: “when Jesus saw a crowd around him”

B most cop(south)

NASV NIV TEV RANK: DNOTES: “when Jesus saw crowds around him”

S* f1 cop(north)

: “when Jesus saw large crowds around him”

Sc C K L X Delta Theta Pi f13 33 565 700 892 1010 Byz Lect lat vg syr(p,h,pal)

KJV ASV RSV NOTES: “when Jesus saw a large crowd around him”

W some lat syr(c,s)

It is most likely that the simple “crowd” was amplified by copyists to emphasize the size of the crowd around Jesus.

Matthew 8:28

:TEXT: “to the country of the Gadarenes”

S* B C(text) Delta Theta 1010 syr(s,p,h)

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “to the country of the Gergesenes”

Sc C(margin) K L W X Pi f1 f13 565 700 892 Byz Lect syr(pal) cop(north)

KJV RSVn NIVnNOTES: “to the country of the Gerasenes”

lat vg cop(south)

RSVn NIVn

Gadara, Gerasa, and Gergesa were all cities of the region called Decapolis, so each reading would refer to the same country. It seems most likely that “Gadarenes” was original here, while “Gerasenes” was original in Mark 5:1 and in Luke 8:26; Luke 8:37. The reading “Gergesenes” seems to have been proposed by Origen, and added to manuscripts under his influence.