Matthew 19:17

17	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; εἷς ἐστὶν ὁ ἀγαθός· εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, τήρει / τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς. Nestle-Aland 28th
	And he said unto him, Why call you me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments. (KJV)

#	Greek	MAC & POS	Definition
3588	ὁ, ἡ, τό	T-APF	the
1161	δέ	CONJ	but, and, now, (a connective or adversative particle)
2036	εἶπον	V-2AAI-3S	ἔπω épō, ep´-o; a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from G2046, G4483, and G5346); to speak or say (by word or writing):—answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare G3004.
846	αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό	P-DSM	(1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third person pronoun) (3) the same
5101	τίς, τί	I-ASN	who? which? what?
3165	μέ	P-1AS	I, me, my
2065	ἐρωτάω	V-PAI-2S	to ask, question
4012	περί	PREP	about, concerning, around (denotes place, cause or subject)
18	ἀγαθός, ή, όν	A-NSM	good
1520	εἷς, μία, ἕν	A-NSM	one
2076	ἐστί	V-PXI-3S	are, belong, call, come, consist
1487	εἰ	COND	forasmuch as, if, that
2309	θέλω	V-PAI-2S	to will, wish
1519	εἰς	PREP	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered, of place, time, purpose, result)
2222	ζωή, ῆς, ἡ	N-ASF	life
1525	εἰσέρχομαι	V-2AAN	to go in (to), enter
5083	τηρέω	V-AAM-2S	to watch over, to guard
1785	ἐντολή, ῆς, ἡ	N-APF	an injunction, order, command

version	verse
Berean Greek NT 2016	Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ “Τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; εἷς ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαθός· εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, τήρησον* τὰς ἐντολάς.”
SBL Greek NT 2010	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; εἷς ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαθός· εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.
Nestle Greek NT 1904	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; εἷς ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαθός· εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, τήρει τὰς ἐντολάς.
Westcott & Hort 1881	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; εἷς ἐστὶν ὁ ἀγαθός· εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, τήρει τὰς ἐντολάς.
Nestle-Aland 27th	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; εἷς ἐστὶν ὁ ἀγαθός· εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, τήρει / τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.
Nestle-Aland 28th	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; εἷς ἐστὶν ὁ ἀγαθός· εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, τήρει / τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.
RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005	Ὁ δὲ εἴπεν αὐτῷ, Tί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; Οὐδεὶς ἀγαθός, εἰ μὴ εἷς, ὁ θεός. Εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωήν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.
Greek Orthodox Church 1904	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ Θεὸς. εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.
Tiechendorf 8th Edition 1872	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; εἷς ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαθός. εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.
Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθός, εἰ μὴ εἷς, ὁ Θεός. εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.
Sthephanus Textus Receptus 1550	ὁ δὲ εἰπεν αὐτῷ Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθον οὐδεὶς ἀγαθός· εἰ μὴ εἷς ὅ Θεός. εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς
Beza Greek NT 1598	Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς, ὅ Θεός. εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.

And he said to him, “Why do you call me good? None is good except one, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Matt 19:17 [Textus Receptus (Elzevir) (1624)]69
Ὁ δὲ εἰπεν αὐτῷ· Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθον; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθός, εἰ μὴ εἷς, ὅ Θεός. εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς.

MSS: G, K, S, W, Y (f38v-39r|78-79), Ω, 7, 8 (f50rc1-2), 13 (f26rc1), 43, 44 (f52v-53r), 157, 201, 438, 490 (f39rc2), 500, 501, 502, 556, ℓ339? (f66rc2-vc1)

Matt 19:17 [Codex Sinaiticus (א or 01) (4th century)]q75f3vc2
Ο δε ειπεν αυτω τι με ερωτας περι του αγαθου εις εστιν ο αγαθος ει δε θελις εις την ζωην εισελθιν τηρησον τας εντολας :

Matt 19:17 [Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 (B03) (4th century)]15bc3
ο δε ειπεν αυτω τι με ερωτας περι του αγαθου ^εις εστιν ο αγαθος ει δε θελεις εις την ζωην εισελθειν τηρει τας εντολας

Matt 19:17 [Codex Ephraemi Syri Rescriptus (C04) (5th century)]34
Ο δε ειπεν αυτω· τι με λεγεις αγαθον· ουδεις αγαθος ει μη εις ο ΘC· ει δε θελεις εις την ζωην εισελθειν τηρησον τας εντολας·

Matt 19:17 [Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis (D05) (5th century)]63v
Ο δε ειπεν αυτω τι με ερωτας περι αγαθου εις εστιν αγαθος· ει δε θελεις εις την ζωην ελθειν τηρει τας εντολας·

Matt 19:17 [Codex Seidelianus I (Harley MS5684) (G011) (9th century)]34rc1
ὁ δὲ ἐἰπεν αὐΤῶ· τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν· οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς· εἰ μη εἷς ὁ ΘC· εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθείν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν· τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς·

Matt 19:17 [Codex Washingtonianus (W032) (5th century)]70
ο δε ειπεν αυτω τι με λεγεις αγαθον ουδεις αγαθος ει μη εις ο ΘC ει δε θελεις εισελθειν εις την ζωην τηρησον τας εντολας

Matt 19:17 [Codex Sangallensis 48 (Δ037) (9th century)]78
Ο δε ειπεν αυτω· Τι με αγαθον ουδεις αγαθος ειμη εις ο ΘC. Ει δε θελεις εις ελθειν. ~~Τηρησον~~ εις την ζωην: Τηρησον τας εντολας.

Matt 12:42 [Minuscule 700 (Egerton MS 2610) (11th century)]59v
ὁ δὲ εἰπεν αὐτῷ· τί με ἐρωτᾶς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ· εἷς ἐστιν ἀγαθός· εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωὴν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς·

MSS: 22 (f38r), 700

Matt 19:17 [Peshitta]
ܗܽܘ ܕ݁ܶܝܢ ܐܶܡܰܪ ܠܶܗ ܡܳܢܳܐ ܩܳܪܶܐ ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ ܠܺܝ ܛܳܒ݂ܳܐ ܠܰܝܬ݁ ܛܳܒ݂ܳܐ ܐܶܠܳܐ ܐܶܢ ܚܰܕ݂ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ ܐܶܢ ܕ݁ܶܝܢ ܨܳܒ݂ܶܐ ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ ܕ݁ܬ݂ܶܥܽܘܠ ܠܚܰܝܶܐ ܛܰܪ ܦ݁ܽܘܩܕ݁ܳܢܶܐ܂

Matt 19:17 [Vulgate]
qui dixit ei quid me interrogas de bono unus est bonus Deus si autem vis ad vitam ingredi serva mandata

#	Manucript	Date	Location
1	GA_01	4th Century	London, British Library
2	GA_032	4th–5th Century	Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
3	GA_P71	4th Century	Oxford, United Kingdom, Ashmolean Museum
4	GA_05	5th Century	Cambridge, University Library
5	GA_019	8th Century	Paris, France, Bibliotheque Nationale
6	GA_034	9th Century	Cambridge, England, University Library
7	GA_037	9th Century	Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Switzerland
8	GA_1424	9th–10th Century	Kosinitza Monastery, Drama, Greece (Formerly: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago)
9	GA_Lect_425	9th-10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
10	GA_0211	9th Century	Tbilisi, National Centre of Manuscripts
11	GA_017	9th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
12	GA_09	10th Century	Utrecht, Netherlands, University Library
13	GA_2414	10th Century	Zagora, Greece, Public Historical Library of Zagora
14	GA_773	10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
15	GA_2907	10th Century	UK, private collection
16	GA_34	10th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
17	GA_1417	10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
18	GA_106	11th–12th Century	Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
19	GA_124	11th Century	Austrian National Library, Vienna
20	GA_230	11th Century	The Royal Library of El Escorial, Escorial
21	GA_2370	11th Century	Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
22	GA_2437	11th-12th Century	Rio de Janeiro, Biblioteca Nacional
23	GA_473_Lambeth22	11th Century	London, United Kingdom, Lambeth Palace Library
24	GA_804	11th Century	Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens
25	GA_798	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
26	GA_796	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
27	GA_788	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
28	GA_774	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
29	GA_200	11th Century	Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
30	GA_1691	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
31	GA_1413	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
32	GA_Lect_434	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
33	GA_346_KC	12th Century	Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
34	GA_800	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
35	GA_897	12th Century	University of Edinburgh
36	GA_793	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
37	GA_787	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
38	GA_782	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
39	GA_779	12th-13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
40	GA_778	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
41	GA_777	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
42	GA_770	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
43	GA_760	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
44	GA_543	12th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
45	GA_1	12th Century	Basel, University Library
46	GA_1692	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
47	GA_1418	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
48	GA_1416	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
49	GA_1415	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
50	GA_1689_Prague	13th Century	Prague, Czech Republic, Academy of Sciences Library
51	GA_775	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
52	GA_759	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
53	GA_544	13th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
54	GA_260_BNF	13th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
55	GA_2525	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
56	GA_2374_Walters	13th-14th Century	Baltimore, Maryland, Walters Art Museum
57	GA_1697	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
58	GA_1690	13th-14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
59	GA_13	13th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
60	GA_811	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
61	GA_784	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
62	GA_772	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
63	GA_764	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
64	GA_761	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
65	GA_762	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
66	GA_758	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
67	GA_545	15th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
68	GA_69	15th Century	Leicester, Leicestershire [England] Record Office

(1) ο δε : א, B, C, D, G, K, L, S, W, Y, Δ, Ω, 1, 4, 7, 8, 13, 43, 44, 157, 201, 438, 490, 500, 501, 502, 556, 700, 892, 1582, ℓ339, ℓ1086,
(2) ADD ιησους : E, M, 33

(3) λεγεις αγαθον ουδεις αγαθος ει μη εις ο θεος : C, E, G, K, M, S, W, Y, Ω, 7, 8, 13, 33, 43, 44, 157, 201, 438, 490, 500, 501, 502, 556, 1582c, ℓ339?, Majority, Peshitta
(4) λεγεις αγαθον ουδεις αγαθος ει μι εις ο θεος : 4, ℓ1086,
(5) αγαθον ουδεις αγαθος ει μη εις ο θεος : Δ
(6) ερωτας περι του αγαθου εις εστιν ο αγαθος : א, B¹, L, 1, 1582*?
(7) ερωτας περι του αγαθου εις εστιν αγαθος : 22, 700
(8) ερωτας περι του αγαθου εστιν ο αγαθος : B*
(9) ερωτας περι αγαθου εις εστιν αγαθος : D
(10) ερωτας περι του αγαθουδεις εστιν ο αγαθος : 892*?
(11) ερωτας περι του αγαθου ουδεις εστιν ο αγαθος : 892^cmg

(12) θελεις : B, C, D, E, G, K, L, M, S, W, Y, Δ, Ω, 1, 4, 7, 8, 13, 33, 43, 44, 157, 201, 438, 490, 500, 501, 502, 556, 700, 892, 1582, ℓ339
(13) θελις : א
(14) θελης : ℓ1086

(15) εισελθειν εις την ζωην : E¹, G, K, M, S, W, Y, Δ¹, Ω, 1, 4, 7, 8, 13, 22, 43, 44, 157, 201, 438, 490, 500, 501, 502, 556, 700, 1582, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(16) εις την ζωην εισελθειν : B, C, 33, 892
(17) εις την ζωην εισελθιν : א
(18) ει την ζωην εισελθειν : L
(19) εις την ζωην ελθειν : D
(20) εις ελθειν τηρησον εις την ζωην : Δ*
(21) εισθειν εις την ζωην : E*

(22) τηρησον : א, C, E, G, K, L, M, S, W, Y, Δ, Ω, 1, 4, 7, 8, 13, 22, 33, 43, 44, 157, 201, 438, 490, 500, 501, 502, 556, 700, 892, 1582, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Majority
(23) τηρει : B, D

(a) Matt. xix. 17. τί με λέγεις ἀγαθον; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθός, εἰ μὴ εἷς. This is the reading of the common text supported by the mass of the more recent copies ; other authorities, however, differ widely, and the form which they give to the passage is, τι με ερωτας περι του αγαθου; εις εστιν ο αγαθος. The evidence respecting this passage (and also as to the words ὅ θεός? which the common text subjoins) requires to be stated distributively ; because the vouchers for the different readings in the respective parts are not precisely the same.
1.τί με λέγεις ἀγαθον; ; This is supported by the greater number of MSS., in accordance with the Peshito Syriac and the text of the Harclean Syriac and the Thebaic (alias Sahidic) versions (the latter as found in the Oxford fragments) ; also by the Codex Brixianus, one of the Latin MSS. published by Blanchini.
Τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; The Vulgate, all the Old Latin copies except Cod. Brix. the Syriac brought into notice by Mr. Cureton ; the Jerusalem Syriac (this Lectionary does read thus, I made a special note of the place myself: the passage was imperfectly examined by Adler) ; the margin of the Harclean Syriac ; the Memphitic (alias Coptic), the Armenian, and the Æthiopic; the MSS. B D L, 1, 22 ; Matthaei’s x., in addition to the common reading.

2. οὐδεὶς ἀγαθός, εἰ μὴ εἷς. So most MSS., three copies of the Old Latin, the Peshito and Harclean Syriac, and the Thebaic.
εἷς ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαθός. The Latin Vulgate ; the oldest and best copies of the Old Latin ; the Curetonian Syriac, and the Jerusalem Syriac Lectionary ; the Memphitic, the Armenian, and the Æthiopic. B D L, 1, 22.
ὁ θεός is then added by most MSS.; by the Vulgate and most copies of the Old Latin ; the Curetonian, Peshito, and Harclean Syriac ; the Memphitic and the Thebaic : while it is not inserted in the Latin Codices Vercellensis and Sangermanensis 1, the Jerusalem Syriac, the Armenian, and the Æthiopic B D L, 1, 22.
The reading which is opposed to the common text has the express testimony of Origen* in its favour ; so that here we have distinct evidence of its early existence ; we find this statement confirmed by several of the best and earliest versions ; and, in accordance with these united witnesses, certain MSS., few in number (but two amongst them being some of the most ancient), up hold the same reading.
The bearing of this passage on the question of the value of ancient testimony will be best understood by citing what Mr. Scrivener, an opposer of the principle of recurring to the ancient MSS., as such, says on the passage in his “Supplement to the Authorised English Version.”
Matt. xix. 17. “Griesbach and Lachmann here admit into the text an important variation, which, both from its extent and obvious bearing, cannot have originated in accidental causes. Instead of τί με λέγεις ἀγαθον ; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθός, εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός, ‘Why callest thou me good ? there is none good but one, that is God’ : they read, τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ; εἷς ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαθός, ‘Why askest thou me concerning what is good? He who is good is One.’ I fear it is but too evident that this text was mangled by some over-zealous scribe, who was displeased with the doctrine of the Son’s inferiority which seemed to be implied in it ; and who did not perceive that His subordination to the Father in the economy of grace, is perfectly consistent with His equality in respect to the Divine nature and essence. The received text is found in Mark x. 18 ; Luke xviii. 19; with no variety in the manuscripts worthy of notice ; and even in this place Griesbach’s reading is contained only in five copies (B D L, 1, 22), and partially in a sixth (Matthaei’s x.). Now, all these documents (except perhaps one) being Alexandrine, and B alone being of first-rate importance, every rule of sober criticism calls for the rejection of Griesbach’s correction, especially since it is clear in what sources of mistaken feeling it took its rise. It is supported, however, by the Italic, Vulg. and the Coptic versions (with the slight addition of Deus), and in part by the Sahidic, Æthiopic, and one or two of less weight. Syr. agrees with the Textus Receptus ; but the language of Origen (torn. iij. p. 664) may show at how early a period Griesbach’s variation had become current : ὁ μὲν οὖν Ματθαῖος ὡς περὶ ἀγαθοῦ ἔργου ἐρωτηθέντος τοῦ σωτῆρος ἐν τῷ τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω; ὁ δὲ Μάρκος καὶ Λουκᾶς φασὶ τὸν σωτῆρα εἰρηκέναι, τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν ; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς, ὅ θεός. The process whereby Griesbach and Lachmann persuaded themselves of the genuineness of their new text is visible enough. The Codices B D, the Italic, Origen, and the Vulgate, constitute a clear majority of the authorities admitted by the latter. The former, conceiving that the joint evidence of Codices B L, 1, Origen, the Sahidic, and Coptic, is decisive of the testimony of his Egyptian family ; while the Codex D, the Italic, and Vulgate represent that of the western recension ; infers that their joint influence will more than counterbalance Syr., Chrysostom, and the whole mass of corrupt Byzantine documents of every kind : although numerically they exceed, in the proportion of about ninety to one, the vouchers for both his other classes united. Thus it is only by denying the premises assumed by these critics, that we can avoid subscribing to their perilous conclusions.
“On this passage I willingly join issue with Mr. Scrivener ; and I do it all the more cheerfully, because I know that I am discussing the question, not with some sciolist who thinks that he shows his acuteness in argument, but with a scholar who maintains his views honestly, and straightforwardly, and who so writes that all may know exactly what he means, whether they agree with him or not.
But I not only join issue with Mr. Scrivener as to the reading of this one passage, but I rely on it as supplying an argument on the whole question as to the comparative authority of the mass of MSS., and that of the few which are in accordance with ancient testimony. On the one hand, let it be remembered, that we have the distinct evidence of Origen, in full accordance with which are (i.) the best copies of the Old Latin, (ij.) the Vulgate, (iij.) the Curetonian Syriac, (iv.) the Jerusalem Syriac, (v.) the Memphitic, (vj.) the Armenian, (vij.) the Æthiopic. On the other hand there is no testimony of the same kind to place against that of Origen ; and as to versions there are (i.) the Peshito Syriac (as it has come down to us), (ij.) the Harclean Syriac in part, (iij.) the Thebaic, and (iv.) revised copies of the Old Latin. It is utterly unimportant, in the present inquiry, to ask what the versions of the seventh century and onward, such as the Arabic, Sclavonic, and Persic, may read.
To recur, then, to Mr. Scrivener’s arguments ; I do not uphold Griesbach’s recensions, nor do I now discuss Lachmann’s principles ; but here there is, on the one hand, a reading of the text older than the time of Origen, and, on the other, a reading of a different complexion. It is in vain to speak of the text having been mangled by an over-zealous scribe, unless proof presumptive at least is given ; for if there were an alteration from design, it must have become diffused in some marvellous manner. For the reading mentioned by Origen is that not only, in its essential features, of the Vulgate, but of the Old Latin version, in all copies except the re-cast Cod. Brixianus, and of all the ancient versions, except the Peshito and Harclean Syriac, and the Thebaic (as found in the Oxford fragments) ; this reading must thus have been diffused widely in all the regions of early Christianity. Mr. Scrivener does indeed (“Collation of the Gospels,” page xv.) express surprise that Griesbach “infers, that the joint influence” of the MSS. and versions which support this wide-spread reading “will more than counterbalance the venerable Peshito Syriac,* and the whole mass of Byzantine documents of every kind ;” — I should have thought that no such importance could have attached to the Peshito Syriac, as to outweigh the counter-testimony of so many other versions : now, however, we may put in the opposite scale the Curetonian Syriac, (a version far more worthy of the epithet of “venerable” than that which is called the Peshito as it has come down to us), and which (as we might have expected) accords with the other most ancient witnesses in upholding the wide-spread reading. Whether ” every rule of sober criticism” will require us to discard this attested reading, must, I suppose, depend on what we consider such rules to be. Might I not well ask for some proof that the other reading existed, in the time of Origen, in copies of St. Matthew’s Gospel?
And as to the source of the reading existing in the mass of MSS., need we feel any difficulty in seeking it out? For it is that which is found in the two other synoptical Gospels ; and every one who knows MSS. minutely, must be aware how habitually copyists inserted in one Gospel the readings of another, so as to bring them (perhaps unconsciously) into closer verbal agreement. We do not know of a single MS. or version that has not suffered more or less in this manner ; we have to make the same complaint as was made by Jerome well nigh 1500 years ago. In a case like this, where we have the direct testimony of Origen, confirmed by good MSS., and upheld by versions widely diffused, we need not hesitate to maintain the authority of that reading, which is not exactly the same as that of Mark and Luke. How naturally copyists sought verbal conformity, may be seen in this passage; for C, 33, and some of the other MSS. which commonly exhibit the same class of text as B L, etc., here accord with the later MSS. in giving the reading rightly found in Mark and Luke.
Mr. Scrivener is quite right in saying that the reading of B D L “cannot have originated in accidental causes;” — the rival reading may, however, have so originated, and the notion that it did so is one of the highest probability. Indeed, if a designed alteration, for doctrinal purposes, had taken place in Matthew, how could Mark and Luke escape from a similar injury? But the mass of the MSS., “in the proportion of about ninety to one,” oppose what I have proved to be the ancient and wide spread reading of this passage : — what does this teach ? Why, that the mass of recent documents possess no determining voice, in a question as to what we should receive as genuine readings. We are able to take the few documents whose evidence is proved to be trustworthy, and safely discard from present consideration the eighty-nine ninetieths, or whatever else their numerical pro portion may be. I do not see anything “perilous” in the “conclusions” to which such a passage as this leads ; on the contrary, it presents us with a safe line of evidence, connecting our good MSS. with the former part of the third century of our era. I should feel that I did indeed put the text of the New Testament in peril, if I adopted the authority of the mass of MSS. which is proved to be at variance with what was read by the Christians of the third century at least. (S. P. Tregelles, An Account of the Printed Text of the Greek New Testament, pp. 133-138)

(b) Where there is the united evidence of the oldest MSS., versions, and citations, criticism has no place, for the reading is not in question.
In passages where testimonies differ, an express statement that the reading was so and so, is of very great value. Thus the express testimony of Origen, that τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; is not the reading of Matt. xix. 17, would have very great weight alone ; for it is decisive of the fact that this was not the reading of the third century ; so that this sentence would be suspicious even if it were not rejected as it is by the best MSS. and versions ; which, with Origen, read τί με ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ; (see the evidence in full in the preceding Section, p. 133). Such passages might be multiplied greatly, in which express testimony accords with the conclusion to which other evidence would have led.
(S. P. Tregelles, An Account of the Printed Text of the Greek New Testament, p. 187)

New Testament See Old Testament

Matthew 7:14 (1)

1 (fragment) εἰς τὴν ζωὴν | 1519 3588 2222

Matthew 12:3 (2)

2 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
3 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Matthew 12:11 (3)

4 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
5 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846
6 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101

Matthew 13:52 (2)

7 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
8 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Matthew 14:18 (1)

9 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Matthew 14:29 (1)

10 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Matthew 15:16 (1)

11 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Matthew 15:27 (1)

12 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Matthew 17:4 (5)

Matthew 18:8 (2)

18 (fragment) εἰς τὴν ζωὴν | 1519 3588 2222
19 (random) ἐστιν, εἰσελθεῖν,, ζωὴν | 2076 1525 2222

Matthew 18:9 (3)

20 (fragment) εἰς τὴν ζωὴν | 1519 3588 2222
21 (fragment) τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν, | 3588 2222 1525
22 (random) ἐστιν, εἰσελθεῖν,, ζωὴν | 2076 1525 2222

Matthew 19:11 (2)

23 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
24 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Matthew 19:16 (5)

Matthew 20:15 (1)

30 (random) ἐστιν, θέλεις, ἀγαθός· | 2076 2309 18

Matthew 20:21 (4)

31 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
32 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846
33 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101
34 (random) εἶπεν, θέλεις, εἷς | 2036 2309 1520

Matthew 21:24 (1)

35 (random) εἶπεν, ἐρωτᾷς, εἷς | 2036 2065 1520

Matthew 26:10 (1)

36 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101

Matthew 26:18 (1)

37 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Matthew 27:21 (1)

38 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101

Mark 4:40 (1)

39 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101

Mark 5:34 (2)

40 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
41 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Mark 6:24 (1)

42 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Mark 6:22 (1)

43 (random) εἶπεν, θέλεις, εἰσελθεῖν, | 2036 2309 1525

Mark 7:6 (2)

44 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
45 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Mark 8:27 (1)

46 (fragment) αὐτῷ Τί με | 846 5101 3165

Mark 9:21 (1)

47 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Mark 9:45 (2)

48 (fragment) εἰς τὴν ζωὴν | 1519 3588 2222
49 (random) ἐστιν, εἰσελθεῖν,, ζωὴν | 2076 1525 2222

Mark 9:43 (2)

50 (fragment) εἰς τὴν ζωὴν | 1519 3588 2222
51 (random) ἐστιν, εἰσελθεῖν,, ζωὴν | 2076 1525 2222

Mark 10:17 (1)

52 (random) ζωὴν, ἀγαθός·, εἷς | 2222 18 1520

Mark 10:18 (3)

53 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101
54 (fragment) αὐτῷ Τί με | 846 5101 3165
55 (random) εἶπεν, ἀγαθός·, εἷς | 2036 18 1520

Mark 10:3 (1)

56 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101

Mark 10:36 (3)

57 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
58 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846
59 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101

Mark 12:32 (1)

60 (random) εἶπεν, ἐστιν, εἷς | 2036 2076 1520

Mark 12:28 (1)

61 (random) ἐστιν, , εἷς | 2076 1785 1520

Mark 12:15 (2)

62 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101
63 (fragment) αὐτῷ Τί με | 846 5101 3165

Mark 14:20 (2)

64 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
65 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Mark 14:14 (1)

66 (random) εἶπεν, ἐστιν, εἰσελθεῖν, | 2036 2076 1525

Luke 3:13 (1)

67 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 4:43 (1)

68 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 7:43 (2)

69 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
70 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 8:10 (1)

71 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 8:30 (2)

72 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
73 (random) εἶπεν, ἐστιν, εἰσελθεῖν, | 2036 2076 1525

Luke 8:48 (2)

74 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
75 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 8:52 (1)

76 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 9:59 (1)

77 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 9:33 (1)

78 (random) εἶπεν, ἐστιν, εἷς | 2036 2076 1520

Luke 10:29 (1)

79 (random) εἶπεν, ἐστιν, θέλεις | 2036 2076 2309

Luke 10:41 (1)

80 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 10:42 (1)

81 (random) ἐστιν, ἀγαθός·, εἷς | 2076 18 1520

Luke 10:37 (1)

82 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 10:26 (1)

83 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 11:46 (1)

84 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 12:15 (1)

85 (random) εἶπεν, ἐστιν, ζωὴν | 2036 2076 2222

Luke 12:14 (2)

86 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
87 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 13:23 (1)

88 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 14:16 (2)

89 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
90 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 14:18 (1)

91 (random) εἶπεν, ἐρωτᾷς, εἷς | 2036 2065 1520

Luke 15:27 (2)

92 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
93 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 15:31 (2)

94 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
95 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 16:2 (1)

96 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101

Luke 16:25 (1)

97 (random) εἶπεν, ζωὴν, ἀγαθός· | 2036 2222 18

Luke 16:30 (1)

98 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 16:7 (1)

99 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 16:6 (2)

100 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
101 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 17:37 (2)

102 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
103 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 18:19 (1)

104 (random) εἶπεν, ἀγαθός·, εἷς | 2036 18 1520

Luke 18:27 (1)

105 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 18:29 (2)

106 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
107 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 18:41 (1)

108 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 18:21 (1)

109 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 20:25 (1)

110 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 21:8 (1)

111 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 22:38 (2)

112 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
113 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 22:34 (1)

114 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Luke 22:48 (1)

115 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 22:33 (2)

116 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
117 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 22:46 (1)

118 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101

Luke 22:10 (2)

119 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
120 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 22:25 (2)

121 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
122 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Luke 24:38 (1)

123 (fragment) εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί | 2036 846 5101

John 4:32 (2)

124 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
125 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

John 5:24 (1)

126 (fragment) εἰς τὴν ζωὴν | 1519 3588 2222

John 5:12 (1)

127 (random) εἶπεν, ἐρωτᾷς, ἐστιν | 2036 2065 2076

John 7:9 (1)

128 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

John 8:11 (1)

129 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

John 9:15 (2)

130 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
131 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

John 9:17 (1)

132 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

John 12:50 (1)

133 (random) ἐστιν, ζωὴν, | 2076 2222 1785

John 14:21 (1)

134 (random) ἐστιν, τὰς, | 2076 5083 1785

John 15:20 (1)

135 (random) εἶπεν, ἐστιν, τὰς | 2036 2076 5083

John 16:19 (1)

136 (random) εἶπεν, ἐρωτᾷς, θέλεις | 2036 2065 2309

John 18:21 (1)

137 (fragment) Τί με ἐρωτᾷς | 5101 3165 2065

John 20:25 (2)

138 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
139 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

John 21:6 (2)

140 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036
141 (fragment) δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ | 1161 2036 846

Acts 5:8 (1)

142 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Acts 8:31 (1)

143 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Acts 9:10 (1)

144 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Acts 22:14 (1)

145 (fragment) ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | 3588 1161 2036

Romans 7:18 (1)

146 (random) ἐστιν, θέλεις, ἀγαθός· | 2076 2309 18

Romans 9:22 (1)

147 (fragment) εἰ δὲ θέλεις | 1487 1161 2309

James 4:12 (1)

148 (fragment) εἷς ἐστιν ὁ | 1520 2076 3588

Revelation 12:17 (1)

149 (fragment) τὰς ἐντολάς. | 5083 3588 1785

Revelation 14:12 (2)

150 (fragment) τὰς ἐντολάς. | 5083 3588 1785
151 (random) ἐστιν, τὰς, | 2076 5083 1785

Revelation 17:10 (1)

152 (fragment) εἷς ἐστιν ὁ | 1520 2076 3588

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