ACTS 28:1 Meli,th {A} The reading Melith,nh (B* _al_) probably arose through dittography of some of the letters in Meli,th h` nh/soj in _scriptio continua_. The reading Mutilh,nh, presupposed by several Latin witnesses, is a translational or transcriptional error, occasioned perhaps by the recolle... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS 28:13 perielo,ntej {C} Although it is possible that the reading perielo,ntej is simply a scribal mistake (q having fallen out before o), a majority of the Committee preferred to follow a* B Y copsa, (bo), taking the word to be a technical nautical term of uncertain meaning (it may be a shorter... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS 28:16 evpetra,ph tw|/ Pau,lw| {A} The Western text expands evpetra,ph tw|/ Pau,lw| into o` e`kato,ntarcoj pare,dwke tou.j desmi,ouj tw|/ stratopeda,rcw|( tw|/ de. Pau,lw| evpetra,ph (“the centurion delivered the prisoners to the stratopedarch [captain of the guard]; but Paul was allowed …”).... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS 28:18 oi[tinej After oi[tinej the Western text (614 2147 Syrh with *) adds polla, (“when they had examined me _concerning many things_ [or, after a _long_ examination]”).... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS 28:19 tw/n VIoudai,wn Once again the Western text (represented by 614 syrh with * and other witnesses) expands the text, adding after tw/n VIoudai,wn the words kai. evpikrazo,ntwn( Ai=re to.n evcqro.n h`mw/n (“and crying out, ‘Away with our enemy!’”). At the close of the verse the same author... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS 28:25 u`mw/n {B} External attestation (î74 a A B Y 33 81 1739 itp, s copsa, bo geo _al_) as well as internal considerations (the tone and contents of the speech, conveying censure and rejection) led the Committee to prefer the second person pronoun.... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS 28:29 _omit verse_ {A} The Western expansion (represented by 383 614 itgig, p vgmss syrh with *) was adopted by the Byzantine text and lies behind the AV rendering, “And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.” The addition was probably made... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS 28:31 avkwlu,twj) {A} The artistic literary cadence of the concluding phrase of the book of Acts and the powerful note of triumph expressed by avkwlu,twj are greatly weakened by the pious Western addition after avkwlu,twj, found with variations 379 in itp vgmss syrhtxt Ephraem (as reconstruct... [ Continue Reading ]