The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text

Chapter X — Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional

IV Omission

[We have now to consider the largest of all classes of corrupt variations from the genuine Text258—the omission of words and clauses and sentences,—a truly fertile province of inquiry. Omissions are much in favour with a particular school of critics; though a habit of admitting them whether in ancient or modern times cannot but be symptomatic of a tendency to scepticism.]