Discovery BoxMatthew 14:27 
Context14:27 But immediately Jesus 1 spoke to them: 2 “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
Matthew 25:28
Context25:28 Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten. 3
Matthew 26:22
Context26:22 They 4 became greatly distressed 5 and each one began to say to him, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Matthew 26:72
Context26:72 He denied it again with an oath, “I do not know the man!”
1 tc Most witnesses have ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsous, “Jesus”), while a few lack the words (א* D 073 892 pc ff1 syc sa bo). Although such additions are often suspect (due to liturgical influences, piety, or for the sake of clarity), in this case it is likely that ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς dropped out accidentally. Apart from a few albeit important witnesses, as noted above, the rest of the tradition has either ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς αὐτοῖς (Jo Ihsous autois) or αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (autois Jo Ihsous). In uncial letters, with Jesus’ name as a nomen sacrum, this would have been written as autoisois_ or ois_autois. Thus homoioteleuton could explain the reason for the omission of Jesus’ name.
2 tn Grk “he said to them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.
3 tn Grk “the ten talents.”
4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
5 tn The participle λυπούμενοι (lupoumenoi) has been translated as a finite verb to make the sequence of events clear in English.
