Acts 20:15

Acts 20:15 th|/ de, (2) {B}

The information contained in the longer text is, as Ramsay points out, “in itself highly probable, for the promontory of Trogyllian or Trogylia projects far out between Samos and Miletus, and the little coasting vessel would naturally touch there, perhaps becalmed, or for some other reason.” ³⁶⁶ Whether the words were present originally and later accidentally fell out of some texts (or were stricken out deliberately in the interests of the rhythm of the sentence, as Weiss supposed), or whether they were inserted by the Western reviser who thought that the run from Samos to Miletus was too long, it is difficult to decide. Chiefly because of superior external attestation, a majority of the Committee preferred the shorter text.

³⁶⁶ W. M. Ramsay, The Church in the Roman Empire, p. 155.