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The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

CHAPTER XII
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It is found in thirteen uncials with B at their head: in Cosmas[393], Hesychius[394], Theophylact[395].

But the decisive consideration is that the great body of the cursives have faithfully retained the uncongenial Hebraism, and accordingly imply the transmission of it all down the ages: a phenomenon which will not escape the unprejudiced reader.

Neither will he overlook the fact that the three 'old uncials' (for A and C are not available here) advocate as many different readings: the two wrong readings being respectively countenanced by our two most ancient authorities, viz.

the Peshitto version and the Italic.

It only remains to point out that Tischendorf blinded by his partiality for [Symbol: Aleph] contends here for the mutilated text, and Westcott and Hort are disposed to do the same.
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