Bible Encyclopedias
Ammonian Sections
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
are those numerical divisions of the text of the Greek Testament which were introduced by Ammonius of Alexandria into his Diatessaron, or harmony of the four gospels, and were retained in the margin of many of the early copies of the gospels as being useful for comparing the parallel accounts. (See NEW TESTAMENT).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Ammonian Sections'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/ammonian-sections.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.