The electronic edition has been transcribed from a copy of the The Fourfold Gospel by J. W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton (Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing Company, 1914). The electronic text was released into the public domain in 1993 as note files for the Online Bible. Archives of the files are available at the Bible Foundation e-Texts Library.

      I have attempted to transmit the printed text as accurately and faithfully as possible. There has been no concern for normalizing the spelling, capitalization, and abbreviations. I have let stand, for instance, the authors' use of variants such as "offense" and "offence"; i. e. and "that is"; "viz." and "namely"; "comp." and "compare"; "synoptists" and "Synoptists." Pagination has been represented by enclosing the page number within brackets following the last complete word on the page of the printed text.

      I have offered corrections in some 173 places. These emendations are for (1) Scripture reference errors (e. g., Num. xxxii. for Num. xxx. 2; John iii. 9, 10 for III. John 9, 10); (2) missing element of paired punctuation (parentheses, brackets, and quotation marks); spelling when the word affects meaning (e. g. "beside" and "besides"); non-standard English ("an rule" rather than "a rule") typesetting or printing errors (e.g., "drachm" for "drachma"; "on thees ey" for "on the eyes"). These emendations are detailed in the critical apparatus.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
373 Wilson Street
Derry, PA 15627-9770
(724) 694-8602
stefanik@westol.com

Created 10 October 1997.
Updated 31 October 1998.