Matius 12:47

12:47 ¹  Someone ²  told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting ³  to speak to you.”

Matius 26:25

26:25 Then ⁴  Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus ⁵  replied, “You have said it yourself.”

[12:47]  ¹ tc A few ancient mss and versions lack this verse (א* B L Γ pc ff¹ k sy^s,c sa). The witness of א and B is especially strong, but internal considerations override this external evidence. Both v. 46 and 47 end with the word λαλῆσαι (“to speak”), so early scribes probably omitted the verse through homoioteleuton. The following verses make little sense without v. 47; its omission is too hard a reading. Thus v. 47 was most likely part of the original text.

[12:47]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:47]  ³ tn Grk “seeking.”

[26:25]  ⁴ tn Grk “answering, Judas.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to reflect the sequence of events in the narrative.

[26:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.