Dr. Hort appears to advance no special arguments on his side, relying apparently upon the obvious repetition. In the first part of the verse, St. John describes the case of the man: in the second he reports for our Lord's judgement the grounds of the prohibition which the Apostles gave him. Is it so certain that the original text of the passage contained only the description, and omitted the reason of the prohibition as it was given to the non-follower of our Lord? To me it seems that the simplicity of St. Mark's style is best preserved by the inclusion of both. The Apostles did not curtly forbid the man: they treated him with reasonableness, and in the same spirit St. John reported to his Master all that occurred. Besides this, the evidence on the Traditional side is too strong to admit of it not being the genuine reading. (4) St. Mark ix. 49. 'For ([Symbol: alpha]) every one shall be salted with fire, ([Symbol: beta]) and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.' The authorities are-- [Symbol: alpha]. [Symbol: Aleph]BL[Symbol: Delta], fifteen Cursives, some MSS. of the Bohairic, some of the Armenian, and the Lewis. [Symbol: beta]. D, six copies of the Old Latin, three MSS. of the Vulgate. Chromatius of Aquileia (Galland. viii. 338). Trad. Text. AC[Symbol: Phi][Symbol: Sigma]N and twelve more Uncials, all Cursives except fifteen, two Old Latin, Vulgate, Peshitto, Harkleian, some MSS. of Ethiopic and Armenian, Gothic, Victor of Antioch (Cramer's Cat. i. 368), Theophylact (i. 221). This evidence must surely be conclusive of the genuineness of the Traditional reading. But now for Dr. Hort. 'A reminiscence of Lev. vii. 13 ... has created [Symbol: beta] out of [Symbol: alpha].' But why should not the reminiscence have been our Lord's? The passage appears like a quotation, or an adaptation, of some authoritative saying. He positively advances no other argument than the one just quoted, beyond stating two points in which the alteration might be easily effected. (5) St. Luke ix. 10. 'He took (His Apostles) and withdrew privately [Symbol: alpha]. Into a city called Bethsaida [Greek: (eis polin kaloumenen] B.). [Symbol: beta]. Into a desert place ([Greek: eis topon eremon]), or Into a desert place called Bethsaida, or of Bethsaida. Trad. Text. Into a desert place belonging to a city called Bethsaida.' The evidence for these readings respectively is-- [Symbol: alpha]. BLX[Symbol: Xi], with one correction of [Symbol: Aleph] (C^{a}), one Cursive, the Bohairic and Sahidic. D reads [Greek: komen]. [Symbol: beta]. The first and later readings (C^{b}) of [Symbol: Aleph], four Cursives?, Curetonian, some variant Old Latin ([Symbol: beta]^{2}), Peshitto also variant ([Symbol: beta]^{3}).