Luke 18:11

Luke 18:11 pro.j e`auto.n tau/ta {C}

External evidence (î⁷⁵ B Q Y ¦¹ 892 Origen) favors the reading tau/ta pro.j e`auto,n, but internally the more difficult sequence seems to be pro.j e`auto.n tau/ta. The latter was ameliorated to read kaqV e`auto.n tau/ta (D it<sup>d</sup> geo<sup>2</sup>), “[standing] by himself …” Because of the difficulty of construing pro.j e`auto,n (especially when the words stood next to staqei,j), ¹⁵ several witnesses (a* ù¹⁷⁶¹ it^{b, c, ff2, it, l, q, r1} cop^{sa, ach} eth geo¹ Diatessaron^{n, t}) omit the phrase entirely.

¹⁵ According to C. C. Torrey, Our Translated Gospels, p. 79, and M. Black, Aramaic Approach, 3rd ed., p. 103, the words pro.j e`auto,n immediately after staqei,j are to be understood as the Aramaic ethic dative, meaning, “The Pharisee, taking his stand, prayed. …”