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misit eos praedicatum evangelium sacrum incorruptibile ad salutem 



aeternam. Amen. Amen." 



A study of Sanday's list leads to the inference that the only manu- 

 script of the twelve which can contain the Longer Conclusion is Cod. 

 Or. 507 (xv). 



However WH (II, Notes p. 38) states that the Shorter Conclusion 

 is found "in at least several Aethiopic MSS continuously with v. 8, 

 and followed continuously by vv. 9—20, without note or mark of any 

 kind (Dr. Wright)". Although we have consulted Wm. Wright's 

 " Catalogue of the Ethiopic MSS in the British Museum acquired since 

 the year 1847" London, 1877 we have found no further light on the 

 subject, nor reference to this fact. 



The Ethiopic Version therefore furnishes us with further evidence 

 for a form of the Gospel ending at v. 8, agreeing thus with »S, B 

 and Ss with all of which, as we have seen it has textual affinity. 



Certain MSS conclude the Gospel with the Shorter Ending alone. 

 There is nothing to forbid, and much to suggest that the Shorter 

 Ending was introduced into the text from Egypt. We have noted 

 that all the MSS are late, belonging to the seventeenth century, and 

 that they represent a revision of the text which seems to be dependent 

 on Alexandrian authorities. 



It also witnesses to the later text,— of which we have found illus- 

 trations in four Greek uncials and one cursive, as well as in the 

 Sahidic,— the text with the double ending. It therefore confirms 

 the conclusions derived from earlier evidence. 



If, as we hold, the Shorter Ending originated in Egypt, it would 

 be quite natural to find it in the Ethiopic Version, which might be 

 conformed, from period to period, to the current standard Alexandrian 

 text. This, as far as our evidence goes, is precisely what occurred. 

 It should be noted that the one MS cited by Sanday for the Longer 

 Conclusion, if our interpretation of his evidence is correct, antedates 

 by two centuries the MSS containing the Shorter Conclusion. This 

 however may be due to the form of text followed at this late date. Of 

 the influence of the Sahidic and the Bohairic Versions on the Ethiopic 

 our evidence does not give us sufficient information to draw con- 

 clusions, 



Ethiopic Version, Bibliography. 



For general discussions see the authorities quoted under Egyptian 

 Versions, to which may be added Charles on "Ethiopic Versions" in 

 Hastings D.B. Vol. I, pp. 791-793. 



For lists of MSS see Wm. Wright, Catalogue of the Ethiopic MSS 



