Acts 24:6-8

Acts 24:6-8 evkrath,samen( {B}

In the opinion of some scholars (e.g. Blass, Clark, Lagrange, Lake and Cadbury), the Western reading, which passed into the Textus Receptus, is necessary to the sense of the verses, for the aorist evkrath,samen seems to require some sequel. On the other hand, however, the abruptness of evkrath,samen may have prompted a desire for addition and completeness, and it is difficult to account for the omission of the disputed words if they were original. One of the effects of the addition is to change the reference of ou- in ver. Acts 24:8 from Paul to Lysias, but whether this is to be interpreted as favoring or opposing the addition is disputed.

A majority of the Committee judged that, all things considered, the passage should not be admitted into the text.