Mr. Thompson also refers to an article by Mr. Kenyon in The Classical Review, March, 1893, p. 110, where the Egyptian puzzle is noticed, to one by Wilcken in “Hermes,” xxviii. p. 230, and one by Viereck in “Philologus,” lii. p. 219, and generally to the interesting and valuable Introduction to the British Museum upon Greek Papyri.
Appendix D. On The ῥηματα.
The following ingenious and probably sound explanation of what has been long a crux to Textual Critics, comes from a Lecture by Mr. Rendel Harris, “On the Origin of the Ferrar Group,” delivered at Mansfield College, Oxford, on Nov. 6, 1893, and since published (C. J. Clay and Sons), and courteously sent to the editor by the accomplished author. The explanation is given in Mr. Harris' own words (pp. 7-10): but the whole of his pamphlet should be consulted by those who are interested in this study.
“In Scrivener's Introduction to the New Testament (ed. 3, p. 65) we are told that ‘besides the division of the text into στίχοι or lines, we find in the Gospels alone another division into ῥήματα or ῥήσεις, “sentences,” differing but little from the στίχοι in number. Of these last the precise [pg 382] numbers vary in different copies, though not considerably, &c.’ And on p. 66 we find the following statistical statement:
“Matthew has 2522 ῥήματα
Mark, 1675
Luke, 3803
John, 1938
“These figures are derived from MSS. of the Gospels, in which we frequently find the attestation given both of the ῥήματα and the στίχοι: e.g. Cod. Ev. 173 gives for