:TEXT: "they were sawn in two, they died from murder"
: p46 1241 syr(p) cop(south)
: RSV NASVn NIV NEB TEV
RANK: DNOTES: "they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they died from murder"
: p13vid \ A Dc K \ Psi? ("burned") \ 104 614 630 1739 1881 \ Byz Lect lat most vg \ syr(pal) cop(north)
: KJV ASV RSVn NASV : "they were tempted, they were tempted, they died from murder"
: D* some vg (have only one "they were tempted")
: The evidence and translations listed above in braces gives "they were tempted" before "they were sawn in two." Two manuscripts read "they were burned" instead of "they were sawn in two" (the words are only one letter different). The Greek word for "they were sawn in two" is , while the Greek word for "they were tempted" is . It is easy to see how one of them could have been accidently omitted through a mistake of the eye. On the other hand, it is also possible that the rare word "they were sawn in two" was accidently read by copyists as the common word "they were tempted" and thus was accidently added to the list when copyists saw it twice.