124 Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger The periphrastic construction underlines the fact of Simon’s attach- ment to Philip, which is doubly emphasised by the insertion of the ad- verbial καί in D05. 8:14 Ἱεροσολύμοις B P74 ) rell ‖ ᾿Ιερουσαλήμ D d. These variants must be considered against the mention of Jerusalem in 8:1 where, in both texts, the church was referred to as being in Hierosoluma (v. 1b). D05 then had a second contrasting reference to Ierousalem (v. 1d) where the apostles were said to have remained. B03 takes up the earlier Hellenistic spelling which, if done deliberately, causes the apostles to be seen as having distanced themselves from the Jewish institution since this is the first time in Acts that they are associated with the Hellenistic form of the name. D05’s reading is consistent with the earlier comment in v. 1d whereby the apostles continue to be represented as in some way attached to the Jewish religious centre. According to this text, their separation will not take place until later when links have been created with the disciples in Samaria (cf. 8:15 and 8:25), making it impossible to continue in favour with Ierousalem. 8:16 ἐπ᾿ οὐδενί B ) DD? rell ‖ ἐπὶ οὐδένα D* d. There is a slight difference in meaning between the dative of B03, ‘on’ (answering the question ‘where?’) and the accusative of D05 ‘upon’ (answering the question ‘to where?’). Within the New Testament, the construction ἐπιπίπτω ἐπί + acc. is found at Jn 13:25 vl; Lk. 1:12; 15:20; Acts 10:44 (ἔπεσεν D05); 11:15 (ἔπεσεν D05); 19:17 (ἔπεσεν D05); 20:37; Rom. 15:3; Rev. 11:11; ἐπί + dat., apart from here at Acts 8:16 B03, is only found at 19:6 D05; 20:10 D05; ἐπιπίπτω is followed by the dative alone at Mk 3:10; Acts 20:10 B03. κυρίου Ἰησοῦ B P74 ) rell ‖ κυ. Ἰη. Χριστοῦ D d vgmss mae aeth. D05 always uses the full name and title of Jesus in a baptismal con- text15. 8:17 ἐπετίθεσαν (-θοσαν B) B P74 ) A (C) DA 81. 323. 440. 945. 1175. 1739. 1891 al ‖ -θουν D* P45 E H L P Ψ 049. 056. 1. 26 M. The variants are different forms of the imperfect of the same verb16. 15 Cf. Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, pp. 266, 271. 16 Cf. 3:2; 4:35: M. Zerwick and M. Grosvenor, A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament (Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1981), p. 357; M. Zerwick, Biblical Greek (trans., rev. and ed. J. Smith; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1963), §488.