Matthew 11:27

Matthew 11:27 to.n ui`o.n … o` ui`o,j {A}

It is perhaps not surprising to find witnesses that modify the wording of this verse, chiefly by way of rearrangement. Following ouvdei.j evpignw,skei, several witnesses (including N Diatessaron^{(syr), arm} and a variety of church fathers, some with slight modifications ²¹) read “[no one knows] the Father except the Son, and no one knows the Son except the Father.” The transposition, which may have been occasioned by the presence of patro,j immediately preceding, results in an awkward sequence with the following, “and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

²¹ For a list of such modifications, see B. F. Westcott, A General Survey of the History of the Canon of the New Testament, 6th ed. (Cambridge and London, 1889), pp. 135 f.