I read with satisfaction that my own convictions were shared by Mill, Matthaei, Adler, Scholz, Vercellone.

I have also the learned Ceriani on my side.

I should have been just as confident had I stood alone:--such is the imperative strength of the evidence.
To begin then.

Tischendorf--( who may be taken as a fair sample of the assailants of this passage)--commences by stating roundly that the Pericope is omitted by [Symbol: Aleph]ABCLTX[Symbol: Delta], and about seventy cursives.

I will say at once, that no sincere inquirer after truth could so state the evidence.