Acts 8:9

Acts 8:9 me,gan

Struck by the syntax of the expression le,gwn ei=nai, tina e`auto.n me,gan, several scholars have proposed emendations. Valckenaer, van de Sande Bakhuyzen, and Blass ¹⁷⁷ regard me,gan as an interpolation. Bowyer, Mangey, van Manen, and (tentatively) Lake and Cadbury prefer to read ma,gon. In view, however, of ver. Acts 8:10, which may illustrate what Lake and Cadbury thought was Luke’s tendency to repeat a word soon after he has used it, it seems best to retain me,gan. ¹⁷⁸

¹⁷⁷ Besides Blass’s edition of Acts (in loc.), see Blass-Debrunner-Funk, § 301, 1.

¹⁷⁸ The Beginnings of Christianity, vol. IV, p. 91.