[πολλὰ] after ἀκούειν is omitted in אBDKL.

8. ἐξ ἱκανῶν χρόνων. Meyer from the reading ἱκανοῦ χρόνου in some MSS. thinks that the original reading was only ἐξ ἱκανοῦ, like ἐκ πλείστου, ἐξ ὀλίγου, &c.

τι σημεῖον ἰδεῖν. Luke 9:7-9, Herod seems to have deteriorated. He had encouraged the visits of the Baptist on less frivolous grounds than these. It must have been a deep aggravation of Christ’s sufferings to be led bound, amid coarse attendants, through the densely crowded streets.

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