Matthew 8:18

Footnotes

1. 32 Codex B and some Sahidic read simply ὄχλον (ochlon, “crowd”), the reading that follows; the first hand of א, as well as f1 and a few others, has ὄχλους (ochlous, “crowds”); other witnesses read πολὺν ὄχλον (polun ochlon, “a large crowd”). But the reading most likely to be original seems to be πολλούς ὄχλους (pollous ochlous). It is found in א2 C L Θ 0233 f13 33 𝔐 lat; it is judged to be superior on internal grounds (the possibility of accidental omission of πολλούς/πολύν in isolated witnesses) and, to a lesser extent, external grounds (geographically widespread, various texttypes). For reasons of English style, however, this phrase has been translated as “a large crowd.”
2. 33 The phrase “of the lake” is not in the Greek text but is clearly implied; it has been supplied here for clarity.