Introduction to the textual criticism of the Greek New Testament THEOLOGICAL TRANSLATION LIBRARY VOL. XIII. NESTLE’S INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXTUAL CRITICISM OF THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXTUAL CRITICISM OF THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT BY EBERHARD NESTLE, PH. AND TH.D. MAULBRONN _TRANSLATED FROM THE SECOND EDITION_ (_With Corrections and Additions by the Author_) BY WILLIAM EDIE, B.D. KING EDWARD AND EDITED WITH A PREFACE BY ALLAN MENZIES, D.D. PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY AND BIBLICAL CRITICISM IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS WILLIAMS AND NORGATE 14 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON 20 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH AND 7 BROAD STREET, OXFORD NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS 1901 PRINTED BY NEILL AND COMPANY LIMITED BELLEVUE, EDINBURGH EDITOR’S PREFACE. Professor Eberhard Nestle of Maulbronn is one of the distinguished company of philologists who have in recent years directed their attention to the study of the New Testament. He is by no means a stranger in this country. Readers of the _Expositor_ and the _Expository Times_ are familiar with his name, and are accustomed to receive from him original and independent discussions of New Testament textual problems. He is consulted by scholars both in this country and on the Continent on questions of Aramaic and Syriac scholarship, and has contributed, in the way of criticism and careful proof reading, to many important publications of English scholars, such as Professor Swete’s edition of the Septuagint,[1] the publications of Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Gibson (_The Sinaitic Palimpsest_, etc.), and the _Gospel of the Twelve Apostles_ recently published by Professor Rendel Harris.