Acts 2:41

Acts 2:41

The substitution in D of pisteu,santej for avpodexa,menoi was doubtless motivated by theological concern that faith in, and not merely reception of, the word preached by Peter is prerequisite to receiving baptism. The addition of avsme,nwj before avpodexa,menoi (“they that gladly received his word”) in E P 614 cop^G67 Augustine al, followed by the Textus Receptus, is an obvious accretion, deriving either from Acts 21:17 or from a feeling that such a description would be eminently appropriate for Peter’s hearers.