Matthew 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old - By the ancients, τοις αρχαιοις, is omitted by nearly a hundred MSS., and some of them of the very greatest antiquity and authority; also by the Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Gothic, and Sclavonian versions; by four copies of the old Itala; and by Origen, Cyril, Theophylact, Euthymius, and Hilary. On this authority Wetstein and Griesbach have left it out of the text.

Matthew 5:27

27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: