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Mark 1
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mark.1.m1Isaiah
ἐν τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ / ἐν τοῖς προφήταις
TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence
Does the citation begin ‘in Isaiah’ or ‘in the prophets’?
Mark prefaces John’s arrival with a composite prophetic citation that moves from a messenger preparing the way to a voice in the wilderness.
Why this default
Isaiah is the working default because the difficult attribution has strong early support and best explains the generalized alternative.
Evidence
ExternalIsaiah: א, B, L, Δ, 33; prophets: A, W and the later Byzantine tradition.
InternalBecause the opening quotation also echoes Malachi, copyists had an obvious reason to replace Isaiah with the broader ‘prophets.’
Project defaultin Isaiah the prophet
Project default · harder early reading
Witnessesἐν τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ · א, B, L, Δ, 33Alternativein the prophets
Widespread later reading
Witnessesἐν τοῖς προφήταις · A, W, family 13, Byzantine traditionAlternativein [Isaiah the prophet/the prophets]
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