Matthew 20:30

Matthew 20:30 VEle,hson h`ma/j( @ku,rie(# {C}

Influenced by the recollection of similar passages elsewhere, copyists have introduced many variations. Since the parallels in Mark 10:47 and Luke 18:38 both contain VIhsou/, it is probable that the Matthean readings involving this word are secondary. Although it can be argued that the shortest reading (evle,hson h`ma/j( ui`e. Daui,d) is original and all the other readings are scribal expansions, it is more likely that copyists, influenced by Matthew’s earlier account of the healing of the blind men, produced by assimilation an exact parallel to Matthew 9:27. Furthermore, it appears that readings with ui`e, reflect a more elegant Greek style than the more Semitic usage of the nominative (cf. Blass-Debrunner-Funk, § 147 (3)). As the least unsatisfactory resolution of all the diverse problems a majority of the Committee decided to adopt the reading of î^45vid C W D 1 28 al, but, in view of the variation in position of ku,rie, to enclose this word within square brackets.