Matthew 12:15

Matthew 12:15 @o;cloi# polloi, {C}

While it is possible that through homoeoteleuton o;cloi may have accidentally fallen out, it is slightly more probable that scribes, influenced by the familiar phrase “many crowds” or “great crowds” (e.g. Matthew 4:25; Matthew 8:1; Matthew 13:2; Matthew 15:30; Matthew 19:2), strengthened the simple polloi, (a reading that is supported by early Alexandrian and Western witnesses) by adding o;cloi, either before or after polloi,.