Appendix V. The Sceptical Character Of B And . The sceptical character of the Vatican and Sinaitic MSS. affords a strong proof of the alliance between them and the Origenistic school. Instances found in these Codexes may be classed thus:— Note 1. The following instances are professedly taken from the Gospels. Only a few are added from elsewhere. Note 2. Other Uncials are also added, to indicate by specimens how far these two MSS. receive countenance or not from other sources, and also in part how far the same influence enter them.
I. Passages detracting from the Scriptural acknowledgement of the Divinity of our Lord:—
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¥1¿æ Ä¿æ ˜µ¿æ omitted—St. Mark i. 1 ( *). I §Á¹ÃÄx A ¥1x ... Ä¿æ ¶ö½Ä¿Â omitted—St. John vi. 69 ( *DL). š{Á¹µ omitted—St. Mark ix. 24 ( *DL). ¤¿æ šÅÁw¿Å 8·Ã¿æ omitted—St. Luke xxiv. 3 (D). ˜µ¿æ changed into šÅÁw¿Å—Acts xx. 28 (AC*DES). Omission of faith in CHRIST. µ0 ¼s—St. John vi. 47 ( “). Slur on efficacy of prayer through CHRIST: Insert ¼s—St. John xiv. 14 ( “”). Transfer ½ Ä÷ @½y¼±Äw ¼¿Å—St. John xxi. 23 ( *LXV”). Omission of µP¸sÉ in the cure—St. Mark vii. 35 ( d”) Cf. St. Mark ii. 12.
