Acts 9:42

Acts 9:42 th/j

The word th/j is absent from î⁵³ B C* but present in apparently all other Greek witnesses. Should the acknowledged excellence of codex Vaticanus and the early age of î⁵³ (third century) be regarded as decisive in adopting the shorter text, or should the reading of the overwhelming mass of manuscripts be preferred? Since Luke always uses the definite article after kaqV o[lhj ( Luke 4:14; Luke 23:5; Acts 9:31; Acts 10:37), and in view of a certain tendency on the part of the scribe of Vaticanus occasionally to omit the article, the Committee regarded its absence from the three witnesses as accidental.