Mark 15:8

Mark 15:8 avnaba.j o` o;cloj {B}

The verbs avnaboa|/n and avnabh/nai were liable to be confused in manuscripts (cf. the Septuagint of 2 Samuel 23:9; 2 Kings 3:21; Hosea 8:9). There is no other occurrence of avnaboa|/n in Mark, but avnabai,nein occurs nine times. The external evidence in support of avnaba,j (a verb that is particularly appropriate if Pilate’s quarters were in the Tower of Antonia) is strong (a* B D 892 most of the Old Latin vg cop^{sa, bo} goth).

The insertion of o[loj in a few witnesses was made in the interest of dramatic heightening of the narrative.