Mark 14:66-72 - Revision of the Textus Receptus

The gospel according to Mark

Chapter 14

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66. και οντος του πετρου εν τη αυλη κατω ερχεται μια των παιδισκων του αρχιερεως And as Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came,

67. και ιδουσα τον πετρον θερμαινομενον εμβλεψασα αυτω λεγει και συ μετα του ναζαρηνου [1] ιησου ησθα and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus!”

68. ο δε ηρνησατο λεγων ουκ οιδα ουδε επισταμαι[2] τι συ λεγεις και εξηλθεν εξω εις το προαυλιον και αλεκτωρ εφωνησεν But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” And he went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed[3].

69. και η παιδισκη ιδουσα αυτον παλιν ηρξατο λεγειν τοις παρεστηκοσιν[4] οτι ουτος εξ αυτων εστιν And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to those who stood by, “This is one of them.”

70. ο δε παλιν ηρνειτο και μετα μικρον παλιν οι παρεστωτες ελεγον τω πετρω αληθως εξ αυτων ει και γαρ γαλιλαιος ει και η λαλια σου ομοιαζει But he denied it again. And after a little while those who stood by said again to Peter, “You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech is alike[5].”

71. ο δε ηρξατο αναθεματιζειν και ομνυειν[6] οτι ουκ οιδα τον ανθρωπον τουτον ον λεγετε But he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”

72. και [7] εκ δευτερου αλεκτωρ εφωνησεν και ανεμνησθη ο πετρος το ρημα ο[8] ειπεν αυτω ο ιησους οτι πριν αλεκτορα φωνησαι δις απαρνηση με τρις και επιβαλων εκλαιεν And the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the words that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And when he thought about that, he wept.

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[1] NA-Text adds the definite article “του” before the proper noun “Jesus” and places them at the end of the verse. The vulgate of Stuttgart follows the Byzantine word order by placing the verb at the end of the sentence.

[2] NA-Text reads “ουτε οιδα ουτε επισταμαι”. Same meaning.

[3] NA-Text omit “and the rooster crowed”, which was caused either by a parableptic error (και αλεκτωρ εφωνησεν και, thus missing “and the rooster crowed”) or a scribal assumption that this statement should be only in verse 72.

[4] NA-Text reads “παρεστωσιν”. Same verbal tense and declination with a different spelling.

[5] NA-Text and Vg-St omit “and your speech is alike”. The omission is supported by codices א, B, C, D, L, Ψ, 0276, family of manuscripts ƒ¹, minuscules 565, 700 and 1342, the old Latin codices, the Sahidic Coptic, the Georgian version and Eusebius. The Bohairic Coptic version is divided. The inclusion is supported by codices A, K, M, N, Δ, Θ, Π, Σ, family of manuscripts ƒ¹³, minuscules 28, 33, 157, 579, 1071 and 1424, the Byzantine manuscripts, the old Latin codex it^q, the Peshitta, the Harklean Syriac, the Gothic version and Theophylact. This clause was likely skipped by parablepsis (“ει και η λαλια σου ομοιαζει”, thus missing “and your speech is alike”). This tendency to miss clauses by parablepsis in this verse can be seen also in codex W (ει και γαρ γαλιλαιος ει και η λαλια σου ομοιαζει, thus missing “for you are a Galilean, and your speech is alike”). It is worth noting that the Greek text of the Complutensian Polyglot, which is Byzantine, included this clause, whereas the Latin text in the parallel column omitted it, following the vulgate.

[6] NA-Text, PT, WPF³⁵ and M-Text read “ομνυναι” (aorist instead of present), which is supported by codices B, L, Γ, minuscules 700, 892 and 1010 and the Byzantine mauscripts. The TR is supported by codices א, A, C, K, N, W, Δ, Θ, Ψ, both families of manuscripts ƒ¹ and ƒ¹³, minuscules 28, 33, 565, 1241 and 1424. Codex D reads “λεγειν”, which is also present. The verbal tense in the TR is supported by all text-types and must be retained in the Greek text.

[7] NA-Text and Vg-St add “ευθυς” (immediately, Latin equivalent: “statim”). The inclusion is supported by codices א, B, C*, D, L, W, Θ, 0250, family of manuscripts ƒ¹³, minuscules 565 and 700, old Latin, the Peshitta and some manuscripts of the Sahidic and Boharic Coptic versions. The omission is supported by codices A, C², Ψ, family of manuscripts ƒ¹, the Byzantine manuscripts, the Syriac Sinaiticus, the Harklean Syriac and the Coptic versions. The omission could be explained by harmonization to the parallel passage in Matthew 26:75 or addition inspired by a typical Markan transition plus the next verse starting with the same “And immediately”. Natural addition is stronger than harmonization because the wording is slightly different in Matthew with a different spelling of the aorist “remembered” that was not transferred to Mark. This is not a safe correction to the text.

[8] NA-Text reads “το ρημα ως”, which is supported by codices א, A, B, C, L, Δ, Ψ, 0250, minuscules 33 and 892. M-Text, WPF³⁵, PT and Vg-St read “το ρημα ο” (Latin equivalent: “verbi quod”), which are supported by codices D, Θ and the Byzantine manuscripts. The TR is supported by codices M, W, family of manuscripts ƒ¹³, minuscule 700 and Theophylact. The text has been adjusted following the M-Text.

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Notes:

1. Text in red letters are places where the original reading in the Textus Receptus has been revised and corrected;

2. The English translation used as a reference is the WEB brought to conformity as literal as possible to the Textus Receptus. The end product though is not the WEB or a revised WEB and it should not be called WEB. The content of this post is freely available to everyone and it is not supposed to be copyrighted;

3. TR: Textus Receptus. This text is not copyrighted;

4. NA-Text: Nestle-Aland text commonly known as critical text;

5. M-Text: Majority Text;

6. Vg-St: Vulgate of Stuttgart;  

7. WPF³⁵: Wilbur Pickering-family 35;

8. PT: Patriarchal Text, also known as Patriarchal Greek New Testament, published by the ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

9. The creator of the variant apparatus available in the VarApp kindly gave me permission to freely use the information contained in the material he put together.

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