John 6:15

John 6:15 avnecw,rhsen {A}

While it is possible that avnecw,rhsen (a word frequently used by Matthew but which occurs nowhere else in John) may have been substituted by copyists for feu,gei (because flight would seem to be unbecoming for Jesus), a majority of the Committee was impressed by the ancient and widespread testimony supporting avnecw,rhsen. It regarded feu,gei as a typical Western reading introduced in several witnesses to enliven the narrative. (Syr^c conflates both readings, “he left them and fled again …”)