Juckel's study

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The other five real "variants" are, in fact, the scribe's attempt to harmonize with other related synoptic passages. (4:8, 15:36, 19:7, 19:11 and 26:31) These, I agree, are a no-no and the scribe should have been skinned alive in the old Assyrian fashion.

You're right, a scribe shouldn't adjust verses like that, especially ones in the Holy Bible. If he wants to be creative, he can write a book (ex: Say a haramonized text).
I remember when I was a kid I was told to never write on or highlight or even touch the Bible with dirty hands.

So there you have it - 113 of 118 so-called "variants" are not real variants after all, at least not in the Greek sense of "variants!" The meaning, in the vast majority of the cases, remains unaltered so that the passage reads no differently..

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Paul, I added an extra point to the above quote at the end, Oh No, not another variant. <!-- s:biggrin: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/biggrin.gif" alt=":biggrin:" title="Big Grin" /><!-- s:biggrin: -->

poosh bashlomo,
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