It should be noticed however that he too distinctly says that Joseph was of the tribe of Judah (Dial.

78) and that his family came from Bethlehem, which looks very much like an unobliterated trace of the same inconsistency.

It is also noticeable that in the narrative of the Baptism one of the best MSS.

of the Old Latin (a, Codex Vercellensis) has, in the form of an addition to Matt.

iii.
15, 'et cum baptizaretur lumen ingens circumfulsit de aqua ita ut timerent omnes qui advenerant,' and there is a very similar addition in g1 (Codex San-Germanensis).