Acts 4:33

Acts 4:33 th/j avnasta,sewj tou/ kuri,ou VIhsou/ {C}

Of the four major variant readings, that supported by î⁸ (fourth century) P Y 049 056 0142 it^gig syr^h cop^sa eth al best accounts for the origin of the others. In B the order of the last two phrases is reversed, perhaps in order to connect tou/ kuri,ou VIhsou/ with oi` avpo,stoloi (so Ropes); it should be noted, moreover, that Luke never joins “the apostles” as a fixed title with a genitive (Haenchen). The other two variant readings are characterized by the natural addition of Cristou/. Although agreeing that the sequence of VIhsou/ Cristou/ tou/ kuri,ou (in a A al) is unusual, the Committee disagreed with Tischendorf’s view (in loc.) that this reading could account for the rise of the other variant readings (what scribe would have eliminated Cristou/?).