Abstract The resolution of text-critical problems is important not only for textual critics but for interpreters of the biblical text as well. Ehrman examines three well-known textual problems (Mk 1:41; Lk 22:43–44; Heb 2:9) and asks how the variant readings affect the portrait of Jesus painted by the respective authors. Establishing what the authors actually wrote, he concludes, can have a profound impact on the meaning of entire books and their portrayal of Jesus.
Bart D. Ehrman (Sat,) studied this question.