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3JOH. 5-7]
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 123
in these places Harkl. in like manner writes * S ^ for the more
obvious V 7 )
(or sometimes r^^)j which both versions employ everywhere
else.
6. All our copies read l-i-O (
= irdcrr)s Trjs or 0X775 rfjs)
before ,_L
= ( eKKA^o-i'as), with no Gr. support. Harkl. inserts the word with # .
In this case the asterisk necessarily refers to text of Philox., which is
the sole authority for the insertion.
J6. All editions except the American, but including the Polyglots, with
five of the least trustworthy codices (7, 8, 10, 15, 17), and Etzel, omit
(homoeot. in Syr. text) Aj( )O]^D> (
= TrpoTrc/x^as) after AJ") r^i \*.?
( = KdAws 770161$).
All our early copies, and most of the later, retain
the words, as also Arab. The evidence of Harkl. is to the same
effect, but given in an unusual form. He represents -rrpoTre/x^as by a
different Syr. verb, writing (Q^LO) in his text, but in marg. adds
as explanation the jOVSoj of our version, and subjoins the Gr. (irpo-
Trei/rcu [s/c]), with the rendering Ajf 5 r
Lo iO r
b>. In this case it
seems impossible to question
that Philox. is
the source whence Harkl.
derives the alternative rendering in his note, which thus confirms the
reading of our earlier against our later copies. It is to be added that
this is one of the instances in which Harkl. has altered Philox. for the
better. For )OV-^O properly =