Matthew 11:19

Matthew 11:19 avpo. tw/n e;rgwn {B}

The Committee regarded the reading te,knwn (widely supported by B² C D K L X D Q P and most minuscules) as having originated in scribal harmonization with the Lukan parallel ( Luke 7:35). ²⁰ The readings with pa,ntwn represent further assimilation to the passage in Luke.

²⁰ Some scholars (e.g., Lagarde, Abhandlungen der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Philol.-hist. Kl., XXXV (1888), p. 128 Anm., Zahn, Klostermann) have thought that the Matthean e;rgwn and the Lukan te,knwn arose from the ambiguity of the unpointed Aramaic hydb[, which may be pronounced ¹b¹deh, “her works,” or aëbdeh, “her servants.” Others (e.g., Eb. Nestle and Lagrange), however, point out that it is still to be shown that te,knon (rather than pai/j) is ever used as the equivalent of aD"b.[;.