A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I.

ἰστέον ὅτι τὸ κατὰ Λουκᾶν εὐαγγέλιον ὑπηγορεύθη ὑπὸ Παύλου ἐν ῥώμηι; ἅτε δὲ ἱερατικοῦ χαρακτῆρος ὑπάρχοντος ἀπὸ Ζαχαρίου τοῦ ἱερέως θυμιῶντος ἤρξατο. The reader will desire no more of this.

8. The oldest manuscript known to be accompanied by a catena (or continuous commentary by different authors) is the palimpsest Codex Zacynthius (Ξ of Tregelles), an uncial of the eighth century. Such books are not common, but there is a very full commentary in minute letters, surrounding the large text in a noble copy of the Gospels, of the twelfth century, which belonged to the late Sir Thomas Phillipps (Middle Hill 13975, since removed to Cheltenham), yet uncollated; another of St. Paul’s Epistles (No. 27) belongs to the University Library at Cambridge (Ff. 1. 30). The Apocalypse is often attended with the exposition of Andreas (p. 64), or of Arethas, also Archbishop of the Cappadocian Caesarea in the tenth century, or (what is more usual) with a sort of epitome of the two (e.g. Parham No. 17), above, below, and in the margin beside the text, in much smaller characters. In cursive manuscripts only the subject (ὑπόθεσις), especially that written by Oecumenius in the tenth century, sometimes stands as a Prologue before each book, but not so often before the Gospels or Apocalypse as the Acts and Epistles. Before the Acts we occasionally meet with Euthalius’ Chronology of St. Paul’s Travels, or another Ἀποδημία Παύλου. The Leicester manuscript contains between the Pauline Epistles and the Acts (1) An Exposition of the Creed and statement of the errors condemned by the seven general Councils, ending with the second at Nice. (2) Lives of the Apostles, followed by an exact description of the limits of the five Patriarchates. The Christ Church copy Wake 12 also has after the Apocalypse some seven or eight pages of a Treatise Περὶ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ οἰκουμενικῶν ζ συνόδων, including some notice περὶ τοπικῶν συνόδων. Similar treatises may be more frequent in manuscripts of the Greek Testament than we are at present aware of.

Vatican τίτλοι κεφάλαια στίχοι ῥήματα Modern MS. Older Ammon chap Sections Matthew 170 68 355 2560 2522 28 Mark 62 48 236 1616 1675 16 Luke 152 83 342 2740 3803 24 John 80 18 232 2024 1938 21

Vatican Vatican Euthal. στίχοι(83) Modern Modern MS. Older MS. Later κεφ λ. chapters verses Sections Sections Acts 36 69 40 2524 28 1007 James 9 5 6 242 5 108 1 Peter 8 3 8 236 5 105 2 Peter desunt 2 4 154 3 61 1 John 14 3 7 274 5 105 2 John 1 2 2 30 1 13 3 John 2 desunt 3 32 1 15 Jude 2 desunt 4 68 1 25

In Vatican MS. older sections, there are 93 sections in Rom. 1, 2 Corinth. Gal. Eph. Coloss. 1, 2 Thess. to Hebr. ix. 14.

Vatican MS. Euthal. κεφ στίχοι Modern Modern Later λ. chapters verses Sections Romans 8 19 920 16 433 1 10 9 870 16 437 Corinth 2 9 11 590 13 256 Corinth Galat 3 12 293 6 149 Ephes 3 10 312 6 155 Philipp 2 7 208 4 104 Coloss 3 10 208 4 95 1 Thess 2 7 193 5 89 2 Thess 2 6 106 3 47 1 Tim 18 230 6 113 2 Tim 9 172 4 83 Titus 6 3 46 Philem 2 38 1 25 Hebrews 5 to ch. 22 703 13 303 ix. 11 Apocalypse 72 1800 22 405