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Mark 2
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mark.2.m2Abiathar
ἐπὶ Ἀβιαθὰρ ἀρχιερέως / omit
TEXTGRAMMARTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence
Does Jesus locate the event ‘when Abiathar was high priest’?
The phrase is strongly attested but historically difficult because 1 Samuel names Ahimelech in the episode. Some witnesses omit it; English also must decide whether epi means ‘in the time of’ or ‘in the passage about.’
Why this default
The phrase is retained because it has strong early support and its historical difficulty gives copyists a clear motive to omit or alter it. Its precise relation to the scriptural episode remains open in English.
Evidence
ExternalInclude: א, A, B, C, L and broad early support; omit: D, W and part of the Old Latin tradition.
InternalThe apparent tension with 1 Samuel’s naming of Ahimelech makes omission easier to explain than independent addition of the difficult name.
Project defaultin the time of Abiathar the high priest
Project default · Greek phrase retained
Witnessesἐπὶ Ἀβιαθὰρ ἀρχιερέως · א, A, B, C, L, broad supportAlternativein the passage about Abiathar the high priest
Literary-reference reading
WitnessesSame Greek reading · literary-reference construalAlternativewhen he was in need and hungry
Ancient shorter reading
Witnessesomit phrase · D, W and Old Latin supportAlternative[in the time of Abiathar the high priest]
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