On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:40:37 -0400 Theodore H Mann writes: > Greetings: > > On p.554 in Metzger's "A Textual Commentary on the Greek NT," > dealing with Col.1:14, the following statement is made: "The Textus > Receptus, following several secondary witnesses, interpolates from Eph. > 1:7.... " What is meant by "secondary witnesses," and to what documents is he > referring? Are any of these witnesses Greek manuscripts? Oh, probably nothing more than what he considers are not the primary witnesses, the primary witnesses being the reading of the oldest and/or shortest and/or those which best explain the readings of the others, especially when supported by differing textual families. Paul Dixon --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu