Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The variant readings of the western text of the acts of the Apostles (XV) (Acts 9:1-30)» filologia-neotestamentaria, Vol. 16 (2003) 133-145 page 138

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Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The variant readings of the western text of the acts of the Apostles (XV) (Acts 9:1-30)», Vol. 16 (2003) 133-145

The present section deals with the events following the conversion of Saul (Acts 9:1-30). Since the Greek pages of Codex Bezae are missing from 8:29–10:14 and the Latin ones from 8:20b–10:4, we have noted in the Critical Apparatus the variants of other witnesses that differ from the Alexandrian text but at no time consider that a single text, equivalent in its uniformity to the Alexandrian one, can be reconstructed from these readings. The differences among the so-called ‘Western’ witnesses are considerable, and it is almost certain that there were readings of Codex Bezae that are represented by none of them and that cannot therefore be retrieved.

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138 Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger Critical Apparatus 1 á½…Ï„Î¹ á¼Î¼Ï€Î½á½³Ï‰Î½ B* | á¼Î¼Ï€. â„µ* pc co || á¼”Ï„Î¹ á¼Î¼Ï€. P74 â„µc A C rell. B03 is alone in explicitly attributing Saulâ€™s request for letters from the High Priest to his violent intentions against the disciples. Most other MSS link this incident back to the last mention of Saulâ€™s persecution of the disciples at 8:3, with the adverb â€˜stillâ€™. The first hand of â„µ01, however, connects the mention of Saulâ€™s hostility to nothing either before or after. Ï€Î±Ïá¾¿ Î±á½Ï„Î¿á¿¦ á¼Ï€Î¹ÏƒÏ„Î¿Î»á½±Ï› B P74 A C rell || á¼Ï€. Ï€Î±Ïá¾¿ Î±á½Ï„Î¿á¿¦ â„µ. All MSS except â„µ01 highlight the role of the High Priest by placing the prepositional phrase before the noun (á¼Ï€Î¹ÏƒÏ„Î¿Î»á½±Ï›) that depends on it. 2 Ï„á¿†Ï› á½Î´Î¿á¿¦ á½„Î½Ï„Î±Ï› B C E H L P Î¨ 049. 056. 1. 69 M | Ï„á¿†Ï› á½Î´Î¿á¿¦ 33. 522. 547*. 1175. 1891 pc; Theoph | á½„Î½Ï„Î±Ï› Ï„á¿†Ï› á½Î´Î¿á¿¦ P74 â„µ A 81. 88. 181. 242. 323. 453. 467. 915. 945. 1646. 1739. 1891. 2298 pc || Ï„á¿†Ï› á½Î´Î¿á¿¦ Ï„Î±á½»Ï„Î·Ï› 104. 181. 1838 lat syp.h aeth; Aug. The use of the demonstrative â€˜thisâ€™ confers a note of disdain on the refer- ence to the â€˜Wayâ€™, causing Saulâ€™s request to be viewed through his own eyes (cf. 22:4) as he mentions the movement of the Jesus-believers by the term by which they were becoming known (cf. 8:39; 18:26 D05; 19:9.23; 24:14.22). 3 á¼Î¾Î±á½·Ï†Î½Î·Ï› Ï„Îµ Î±á½Ï„á½¸Î½ Ï€ÎµÏÎ¹á½³ÏƒÏ„ÏÎ±ÏˆÎµÎ½ Ï†á¿¶Ï› B P74 â„µ (A) C 36. (69). 81. 181. 242. 453. 522. 945. 1646. 1175. 1739. 1891. 2298 vgD | ÎºÎ±á½¶ á¼Î¾Î±á½·Ï†Î½Î·Ï› Ï€ÎµÏÎ¹á½³ÏƒÏ„ÏÎ±ÏˆÎµÎ½ Î±á½Ï„á½¸Î½ Ï†á¿¶Ï› P45vid E H L P Î¨ 049. 056. 1. 104. 226. 330. 440. 547. 614. 618. 927. 1241. 1243. 1245. 1270. 1505. 1611. 1828. 1837. 2147. 2344. 2412. 1492. 2495. With the connective Ï„Îµ and the word order that places the object pro- noun before the verb, Saul is maintained in focus as the narrator intro- duces the new topic of the light. The alternative reading has the effect, in contrast, of directing attention to the light. á¼Îº (Ï„Î¿á¿¦ Î¿á½ÏÎ±Î½Î¿á¿¦) B P74 â„µ A C L 36. 81. 88. 181. 242. 255. 323. 453. 467. 522. 876. 945. 1175. 1505. 1646. 1739. 1765. 1891. 2298. 2495; Chr || á¼€Ï€á½¹ P45 E H P Î¨ 049. 056. 1. 33. 69. 104. 226. 330. 440. 547. 614. 618. 927. 1241. 1243. 1245. 1270. 1611. 1828. 1837. 1854. 2147. 2344. 2412. 1492. Most of the witnesses that maintained attention on Saul when the light was introduced (see variant above) also describe the light as emanating â€˜out ofâ€™ (á¼Îº) heaven, which is the usual preposition in Acts in relation to something coming from heaven (cf. 2:2; 11:5.9).1 The preposition á¼Îº is See J. Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text of Acts. A Contribution of Discourse 1 Analysis to Textual Criticism (Sheffield 2002) 192.