Acts 11:23

Acts 11:23 @th,n#

The definite article th,n after ca,rin, which is read by î⁷⁴ D E H L P and almost all minuscules, is absent from a A B 927. On the one hand, since the usual construction is h` ca,rij tou/ qeou/, the article after ca,rin appears to have a special force, suggesting that Barnabas rejoiced because he recognized that the grace was obviously that of God (th.n tou/ qeou/). Scribes, not observing this nuance, may have dropped the article as unnecessary. On the other hand, it can be argued that th.n is a pedantic insertion made by Alexandrian scribes. In view of the balance of probabilities a majority of the Committee thought it best to retain the word but to enclose it within square brackets.