GA 2878 is a Gospels fragment from the 1100s that resides in the Dunham Bible Museum of Houston Baptist University. It survives as a single leaf containing text from Luke 23:7-25. Eusebian Canon/Section numbers in its margin show that it is no a lectionary. Its text is Byzantine, agreeing with the Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform or the Hodges-Pierpont Majority Text with three exceptions:
23:8 - After εξ ικανου, 2878 reads χρονων, agreeing with H M N W Π Ψ f1. The textual contest here is interesting:
P75 01* 03 T 579: ἐξ ἱκανῶν χρόνων θέλων ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν
02 Δ Byz: θέλων ἐξ ἱκανοῦ ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν
05: θέλων ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν ἐξ ἱκανῶν χρόνων
2878 H M N W Π f1: θέλων ἐξ ἱκανοῦ χρόνοῦ ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν
157: θέλων ἐξ ἱκανῶν χρόνων ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν
019: ἐξ ἱκανῶν χρόνων ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν
Internal probabilities favor the idea that both the Alexandrian and Western forms are later than the Byzantine reading, inasmuch as χρόνων or χρόνοῦ would be a natural augmentation of Luke’s statement, but there is no ready reason why it would be omitted if initially present (unless it was dropped via parablepsis, -ῶν –ων, in the entire Byzantine transmission-line and then re-entered).
23:12 - After εν αυτη, 2878 reads ωρα και ημερα (579 reads ωρα.) - a scribal expansion making the expression superfluously complete.
23:25 – After Απέλυσεν δε, 2878 reads αυτοις, a natural specification agreeing with M Π and the Textus Receptus.
It can be viewed at the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts.
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