The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XV) 139 also found in Saul/Paul’s own account of his experience at 22:6, though again with the vl ἀπό, notably in D05. 4 (ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν) cum magna mentis alienatione (h) p t mae; Amb (dum stupefactus stabat Ephrkc) (retroversion: ἐκστάσει μεγάλῃ: cf. Mk 5.42) || om. B P74 ℵ A rell. Witnesses of the ‘Western’ text comment on Saul’s state of mind as he falls to the ground. Such observations of the psychological state of characters is characteristic of the extant text of D05 (see on 9:6 below). Σαοὺλ Σαούλ B ℵ A C E* rell || Σαῦλε Σαῦλε Ec 917 lat sa mae; Ir. The Greek form of Saul’s name, read by some witnesses, is also found in the Bezan text of Paul’s own account of his conversion at 22:7; cf. 22:13 d05. See 9:17 below for the same variant. (διώκειϛ) σκληρόν σοι πρὸϛ κέντρα λακτίζειν E 431 e vgAcM syp.h** mae aethpt; Chr Jer Aug || om. B P74 ℵ A rell. The majority of the versions, as well as E08 and occasional minuscules, attest the inclusion of a proverbial saying in this first account of Jesus’ appearance to Saul, though some leave it to the end of 9:5 (see below). The majority of Greek MSS, in contrast, mention it only in the last account spoken by Saul/Paul himself, at 26:14. A comment in syhmg notes that the Greek does not have this phrase here but at 26:14.2 5 (κύριε) ὁ δέ B P45.74 A C 1175. 1646. 1739. 1891 | ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ℵ 81. 614. 927. 945. 1241. 2412 || ὁ δὲ κύριοϛ πρὸϛ αὐτόν E Ψ 323. 440 p vgΘ | ὁ δὲ κύριοϛ εἶπεν H L P 049. 056. 1 69 M h sa mae. Whilst there is no doubt about the identity of the speaker in the AT, some MSS spell out that it is the Lord who answers Saul. Ἰησοῦϛ B P74 ℵ rell || Ἰη. ὁ Ναζωραῖοϛ A C E 104. 467. 917. 1838 pc it vgΘMSU syp.h** bopt aeth; EusEm Aug Hil Amb | ‘Ιη. Χριστόϛ Irlat. The qualification of Jesus as the ‘Nazorean’3 contributes to establishing a parallel between this passage and the episode concerning the blind man Cf. M.E. Boismard – A. Lamouille, Le texte occidentale des Actes des Apôtres: Recon- 2 stitution et Réhabilitation. I. Introduction et textes; II. Apparat critique (Paris 1984) II, 62. On Luke’s use of Ναζωραῖοϛ, see J. Rius-Camps – J. Read-Heimerdinger, The 3 Message of Acts in Codex Bezae. A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition, I. Acts 1.1–5.42 Jerusalem (London – New York 2004) 184, n. 28; J. Rius-Camps, ““Nazareno” y “Nazoreo”, con especial atención al Códice Bezae”, en R. Pierri (ed.), Grammatica Intellec- tio Scripturae: Saggi filogici di Greco biblico (forthcoming).