Acts 4:6

Acts 4:6 VIwa,nnhj {A}

Both John and Alexander are unknown. Codex Bezae, in substituting Jonathan for John, agrees with information given by Josephus, who says that Jonathan, son of Annas, was appointed high priest in A.D. 36 in succession to Caiaphas (Antiquities XVIII.iv:3).

Either the reading of Bezae is a correction of Luke, in accord with what may be historical fact, or scribes substituted the familiar name VIwa,nnhj for the less familiar VIwna,qaj. A majority of the Committee was impressed by the former possibility, when considered in the light of the preponderance of external evidence.