366 Clarence Russell Williams, 



and then tlie scribe carelessly neglected to place in the text at the 

 close of V. 8 the sign which would direct attention to it. 



The fact that in cursive 300 at the end of Matthew (f. 89) is written 

 £/paor, xa\ avirspvYiOTj h. twv 'l£po(jo}.'Jij.oi,i; 7:a}vaio)V avTiYpa^f'^v and 

 after I\Iark zuoiyyOdow , Y.cc-ic Mapxov sypacpTj /.ai avT£[3}.Y,0'r( ojj.ou.j; £•/, 

 -7C0V £(7~0L(Ba'7[xsvwv, the second colophon (not the first) being found in 

 Cod. 20 and both appearing in codex 262 (Paris 53, Sd£l020), is of 

 interest, but need prove no more than that the exemplar, from which 

 these MSS were copied, had been "collated with the ancient and 

 approved copies at Jerusalem." (Martin, p. 420, cf. Burgon, p. 119.) 



The Svkiac Versions 



Summar\^ 



Sinaitic Syriac. 



In the Sinaitic Syriac (Ss) Mark ends at 16 : 8 followed b\- the usual 



subscription. 

 Text .... Early "Western," as read in Antioch about 1.50 A.D. 

 Date .... 150 A.D. (Others 200 A.D.). 

 Place .... Probably Syria. 



Inferences The earliest Syriac \-ersion agreed with SB in ending 

 Mark at v. 8. 



The Diatessaron of Tatian. 

 The Diatessaron of Tatian (T) included the Longer Conclusion, our 



earliest certain witness to it. 

 Text .... Early "Western," of the type current at Rome. 



Time 172 A.D. 



Place .... Probably issued at Edessa, but representing, in contents, 



the tradition of the church of Rome. 

 Inferences The Longer Conclusion seems to have been introduced into 



the East by Tatian, who brought it from Rome, where it 



had gained a recognized place in the official text before 



170 A.D. 



Ciiretonian Syriac. 

 The Curetonian Syriac (Sc) shows the Longer Conclusion. 

 Text .... Early "^^'estern" Greek text as read in Antioch about 



200 A.D. 

 Date .... 200-250 A.D. 



