Chapter IV (p. 24 fwd) in A.C. Clark's book, The Primitive Text of the Gospels and Acts (1914) is not only loaded with a startlingly large list of rarely mentioned h.t. errors, (critics who push the WH text rarely call attention to the faults of /B), but he shows how investigation into the column-width of the master-copy provides additional confirmation and insight into the h.t. process.
Clark explains:
"[Sinaiticus] is written in four columns with 48 lines per page and an average of 13-14 letters to the line. [this column-width is important for what follows] ...
The internal evidence shows that א is derived from an ancestor with an average of 10-12 letters per line.
Examples:
Luke 11:1 διδαξον ημας προσευχεσθαι, καθως και Ιωαννης εδιδαξε τους μαθητας αυτου. omit και Ιωαννης (10 letters) - א .
The words are necessary to the sense, since John has not been mentioned previously.
John 19:23 και εποιησαν τεσσαρα μερη εκαστω στρατιωτη μερος και τον χιτωνα ην δε ο χιτων αρραφος ... omit και τον χιτωνα (12 letters) - א .
Sometimes we have multiples of the same unit in immediate proximity, e.g.;
Mark 13:8
εγερθησεται γαρ
εθνος επι εθνος
και βασιλεια
επι βασιλεια- (ν)
εσονται σεισμοι
κατα τοπους και
εσονται λιμοι
και ταραχαι αρ
χαι ωδινων ταυ-
τα...
(1) omit επι βασιλεια- (11 letters) - א .
(2) omit κατα τοπους και εσονται λιμοι (22 letters) - א .
(homoeoteleuton).'Clark gives over a dozen more examples, all multiples of similar line-lengths:
Jn 12:31 - omit νυν ο αρχων του κοσμου τουτου (24 letters) - א
Jn 3:20-21 - omit ουκ ... το φως και (22 letters) - א
Jn 3:20-21 - omit ο δε ...τα εργα αυτου (57 letters) - א
The omissions [above] are due to the coincidence of h.t. with line division. We may assign to this ancestor such short omissions as:
(10 letters, h.t. ) Matt. 23:35 - omit [...Ζαχαριου] υυ Βαραχιου - א
(12 letters, h.t. ) Mk 12:25 - omit ουτε γαμουσιν - א
(13 letters, h.t. ) Lk 12:18 - omit [...α μου] και τα αγαθα μου - א
"There is however, the possibility that there is a larger unit representing an intermediate ancestor. We must therefore, take into consideration omissions of 14-19 letters. The cases I have noticed are:
(14 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt 28:3
(15 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt. 16:9
Luke 6:14
(16 letters, h.t. - א ) Jn 1;25
Jn 8:20
(17 letters, h.t. - א ) Jn 17:17
(18 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt. 27:56
Mark 10:33
(19 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt 7:27
(20 letters, h.t. - א ) Mk 12:30
(21 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt 19:18
Luke 8:47
(22 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt 27:52
Luke 16:16
John 3:20
(24 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt. 25:43
Mark 6:4
John 12:31
(27 letters, h.t. - א ) Luke 12:37
(28 letters, h.t. - א ) John 6:55
(29 letters, h.t. - א ) John 4:45
John 16:17
(30 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt 5:45
John 4:4
(32 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt 13:39
John 5:26
(33 letters, h.t. - א ) John 6:39
(35 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt. 10:39
(42 letters, h.t. - א ) Luke 17:9
(43 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt. 9:15
John 15:10
(44 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt. 15:18-19
(45 letters, h.t. - א ) Luke 12:52
(47 letters, h.t. - א ) Mark 6:8
(54 letters, h.t. - א ) Luke 10:32
Luke 14:15
(57 letters, h.t. - א ) John 3:21
(60 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt. 5:19
(61 letters, h.t. - א ) Mark 6:28
(64 letters, h.t. - א ) Luke 17:35
(71 letters, h.t. - א ) Matt. 26:62-63
John 16:15
(84 letters, h.t. - א ) Mark 10:35-37
(92 letters, h.t. - א ) Mark 1:32-34
(101 lett., h.t. - א ) John 20:5
(192 lett., h.t. - א ) John 19:20
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