Acts 9:2

Acts 9:2 th/j o`dou/ o;ntaj

There are six variant readings: th/j o`dou/ o;ntaj (B C E H L P many minuscules), o;ntaj th/j o`dou/ (î⁷⁴ a A 81 88 242 323 467 915 1739 2298), th/j o`dou/ tau,thj o;ntaj (181 1838 al), o;ntaj th/j o`dou/ tau,thj (104), th/j o`dou/ (33 429* 522 1175 1827 1891 cop<sup>sa, bo</sup>), th/j o`dou/ tau,thj (it^e vg). It is clear that tau,thj was introduced at various positions by scribes who wished thereby to relieve the peculiarity of the term h` o`do,j, used here for the first time in reference to Christianity. The choice between the reading of B C al and of î⁷⁴ a A 81 1739 seems to depend upon which order would have appeared more difficult and therefore more likely to be altered to an easier sequence. It is probable that scribes, in order to prevent the reader from taking o;ntaj chiefly with what follows (“being both men and women”), moved the participle nearer tina,j.