1st Thessalonians 3:2 (h.a/t.)

1st Thessalonians 3:2 (Traditional Text)

- homoioarcton/teleuton




...and sent Timothy,
our brother
and minister of God,
and our fellow laborer
in the gospel of Christ,
to establish you
and encourage you
concerning your faith,...


Booboo # 1:

και επεμψαμεν τιμοθεον
τον αδελφον ημων
και διακονον του θεου
και συνεργον ημων
εν τω ευαγγελιω του ΧΣ
εις το στηριξαι υμας
και παρακαλεσαι υμας
περι της πιστεως υμων

Booboo # 2:

και επεμψαμεν τιμοθεον
τον αδελφον ημων
και διακονον του θεου
και συνεργον ημων
εν τω ευαγγελιω του ΧΣ
εις το στηριξαι υμας
και παρακαλεσαι υμας
περι της πιστεως υμων

Booboo # 3:

............και επεμψαμεν τιμοθεον
τον αδελφον ημων και διακονον
του θεου και συνεργον ημων
εν τω ευαγγελιω τουXριστου
εις το στηριξαι υμας και παρακαλ
εσαι υμας περι της πιστεως υμων...

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Full Text: D(corr) K 88 104 181 326 330 436 451 614 629mg 630 1877 1894 1985 2127 2492 2495 Byz Maj (Majority of continuous MSS), Syr-P/H Chrysostom (Theodoret) John-Damascus (w.o.r) G, it-f/g, Syr-Pal.vid

#1 minus (και συνεργον ημων): א A P Ψ 81 629* 1241 1739 1881 vg Syr-H Cop-Sa/Bo Goth Aeth. Basil Pelagius Theodore Euthalius

#2 minus (και διακονον του θεου): B 1962
(and + του θεου after συνεργον): D* 33 it-d/e/mon* Ambrosiaster Pelagius Pseudo-Jerome

#3 minus (του θεου και συνεργον ημων): it-z, Cassiodorus

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An examination of the surrounding text shows this as another hotbed ripe for haplography errors, and the errors indeed came, as well as the amateurish attempts to repair the text afterwards.

The different layouts over the years, caused by change in line-length contributed to the variations in an old theme: homoioArcton/Teleuton omissions.

The cases, although unusually dense, are self-explanatory, but hardly less dense than the Hort following B, and the UBS-2 text following Codex Bezae!

This has to be a case of UBS-2 choosing the worst possible variant on the principle of

"prefer the stupidest reading to outsmart the early editors",

a doubtful strategy at best...

...'modern' versions were left to fend for themselves, with the expected random results.