Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The variant readings of the western text of the acts of the apostles (XIII)» filologia-neotestamentaria, Vol. 15 (2002) 111-132 page 132

Vol 15 (2002)

Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The variant readings of the western text of the acts of the apostles (XIII)», Vol. 15 (2002) 111-132

Josep Rius-Camps continues his series of notes on the readings of Codex Bezae in the text of Acts, in collaboration with Jenny Read-Heimerdinger. The present section deals with the events following Stephen’s death, namely the persecution of the Jesus-believers and the ministry of Philip.
Having undertaken a joint project to publish in English a commentary comparing the message of the Bezan text of Acts with that of the Alexandrian tradition, adopting as a basis the commentary in Catalan of Josep Rius-Camps, we will continue the series of notes on the Acts of the Apostles in both our names using the format of the English publication (of which the first volume on Acts 1–5 has recently appeared).

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132 Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger its inclusion contradicts the narrative a few verses earlier, which implies that the Spirit came only through the hands of the apostlesâ€™36. (Ï„á½¸Î½ Î¦á½·Î»Î¹Ï€Ï€Î¿Î½) + á¼€Ï€á¾¿ Î±á½Ï„Î¿á¿¦ p y syhmg mae; Augb â€– om. B ) rell. Several of the witnesses to the longer text (cf. previous vl) also specify that Philip was taken away from the eunuch, using a construction found in the LXX at Deut. 28:31; Job 24:9; Bar. 4:26 which has a certain sugges- tion of violence. (á¼Ï€Î¿ÏÎµá½»ÎµÏ„Î¿ Î³á½°Ï) Î±á½Ï„Î¿á¿¦ Ï„á½´Î½ á½Î´á½¹Î½ B â€¦ Ï„. á½Î´. sa; Irlat â€– Ï„. á½Î´. Î±á½Ï„Î¿á¿¦ P74 ) rell. B03 is alone in drawing attention to the noun by pre-positioning the non-emphatic possessive adjective. The intention is possibly to suggest the metaphorical meaning of â€˜the Wayâ€™, the Christian path (cf. 9:2). A similar effect is achieved by the omission of the pronoun altogether in some versions. Josep RIUS-CAMPS Apartat 41 E-08110 Montcada I Reixac (SPAIN) Jenny READ-HEIMERDINGER Ystrad Isaf Betws Garmon Caernarfon North Wales LL54 7YY (UNITED KINGDOM) 36 â€˜The Holy Spirit in the Western Text of Actsâ€™, in New Testament Textual Criticism (E.J. Epp and G.D. Fee, eds.; Clarendon: Oxford, 1981), pp. 166-67.