Note 269 — CRITICAL NOTES ON VARIOUS PASSAGES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

The Thesaurus Syriacus does not contain the word either in col. 1405 under חשמיתא, or in col. 2205 under מרא.

It may also be observed in passing, that the passage is one of those whose sense is entirely changed by the insertion or omission of the negative in this or that witness (see below on Gal. ii. 5). Instead of καὶ ἐκ μείζονος, Syr^cu reads καὶ μὴ ἐκ μείζονος. Moreover, it takes ζητεῖτε as imperative, a fact that Tischendorf has failed to notice.