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Joh 5:16. Ἐδίωκοι) they attempted to thrust Him out [began to persecute].-καὶ ἐξήτουν αὐτὸι ἀποκτεῖναι) More modern copies have inserted this here from Joh 5:18.[104] The attempt to kill is opposed to persecution, properly so called.
[104] BCDL Vulg. and Memph. Versions omit it. A and Hilary, however, have it.-E. and T.
And so also the margin of Ed. 2 sets aside this clause more decidedly than the Ed. Maj., and the Germ. Vers. has altogether omitted it.-E. B.