Matthew 17:22

Matthew 17:22 sustrefome,nwn {B}

It is probable that the reading sustrefome,nwn (taken to mean “were gathering together”) would strike copyists as strange, and therefore would be changed into what seemed more appropriate (avnastrefome,nwn, “were staying”). The verb sustre,fein, which occurs only twice in the New Testament, apparently means here “while they were crowding (around Jesus).”