Acts 6:10,11

Acts 6:10-11

A Western expansion, in slightly different forms, appears in D E vg^vmss syr^hmg cop^G67 and the Bohemian (Old Czech) version. The Bezan form, which according to Harris displays traces of Montanist interest in the Paraclete, ¹⁵² is as follows: oi[tinej ouvk i;scuon avntisth/nai th|/ sofi,a| th|/ ou;sh| evn auvtw|/ kai. tw|/ pneu,mati tw|/ a`gi,w| w|- evla,lei( dia. to. evle,gcesqai auvtou.j evpV auvtou/ meta. pa,shj parrhsi,aj) mh. duna,menoi ou=ÉnË avntofqalmei/n th|/ avlhqei,a| (“who could not withstand the wisdom that was in him and the holy Spirit with which he spoke, because they were confuted by him with all boldness. Being unable therefore to confront the truth,…).

The word avntofqalmei/n is used in Wsd 12.14, a passage that may have influenced the Western reviser of Acts 5:39.

¹⁵² J. Rendel Harris, Codex Bezae, p. 150.