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 141

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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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141 The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XV) Saulâ€™s own account in 22:9, he comments that they saw the light but â€˜did not hear the voice of the one speaking to meâ€™. Again, as in 9:6, the differ- ence between the two passages suggests that this is not a case of scribal harmonisation despite apparent similarities. It is possible to understand the comment in this verse that the companions heard the voice as mean- ing Saulâ€™s voice, which explains the observation that they did not see anyone he was talking to. 8 á¼ Î³á½³ÏÎ¸Î· Î´á½² á½ (om. B P74 â„µ A C E 81. 1175. 1646) Î£Î±á¿¦Î»Î¿Ï› á¼€Ï€á½¸ Ï„á¿†Ï› Î³á¿†Ï› B P74 â„µ A rell || sed ait ad eos: Levate me de terra. Et cum levassent illum (retroversion: á½ Î´á½² Îµá¼¶Ï€ÎµÎ½ Ï€Ïá½¸Ï› Î±á½Ï„Î¿á½»Ï›Î‡ á¼˜Î³Îµá½·ÏÎ±Ï„á½³ Î¼Îµ á¼€Ï€á½¸ Ï„á¿†Ï› Î³á¿†Ï›. ÎºÎ±á½¶ á½¡Ï› á¼¤Î³ÎµÎ¹ÏÎ¿Î½ Î±á½Ï„á½¹Î½) h (p w) vgmss mae. In the early versions, Saul himself asks his companions to help him up which they do. In the Greek MSS, it is not specified who lifted him up from the ground â€“ though this could suggest a divine passive, á¼ Î³á½³ÏÎ¸Î· often is used with an active meaning.6 9 ÎºÎ±á½¶ á¼¦Î½ B P74 â„µ A rell || et sic mansit (retroversion: ÎºÎ±á½¶ Î¿á½•Ï„Ï‰Ï› á¼”Î¼ÎµÎ¹Î½ÎµÎ½) h; (Ephrk). The durative notion of the periphrastic imperfect in Greek (á¼¦Î½ â€¦ Î¼á½´ Î²Î»á½³Ï€Ï‰Î½) is expressed by the verb maneo in the Latin of h. Î¼á½´ (Î²Î»á½³Ï€Ï‰Î½) B P74 â„µ A rell || nihil (Î¼Î·Î´á½³Î½) h p. The pronoun â€˜nothingâ€™ insists on the previous comment that Saul â€˜saw nothingâ€™ by repeating it (cf. 9:8). 11 á¼ˆÎ½á½±ÏƒÏ„Î± B pc || á¼ˆÎ½Î±ÏƒÏ„á½±Ï› P74 â„µ A rell. In B03, two commands are given to Ananias, both in the aorist, whereas most other MSS give the first verb as an aorist participle. 12 á¼„Î½Î´ÏÎ± á¼Î½ á½Ïá½±Î¼Î±Ï„Î¹ B C 1175 boms | á¼Î½ á½Ï. á¼„Î½. E H L P 049. 056. 0142. 1. 33 M ar e syp.h mae; Chr | á¼Î½ á½Ï. Î¨ 88* pc || á¼„Î½Î´ÏÎ± P74 â„µ A 81. 629. 1646. 1877* pc lat sa bo aethpt. The absence of the mention of the vision in â„µ01 among others avoids stating the obvious but does not alter the sense. h omits the whole of 9:12. Ï„á½°Ï› Ï‡Îµá¿–ÏÎ±Ï› B â„µc E 88. 1646 pc || Ï‡Îµá¿–ÏÎ±Ï› P74vid â„µ* A C 81. 945. 1505. 1739. 1891. 2495 pc: cf. 19.6 | Ï‡Îµá¿–ÏÎ± H L P Î¨ 049. 056. 1. 33 M it vgmss sy. Cf. M. Zerwick, Biblical Greek (trans. rev. and ed. J. Smith; Rome 1963) Â§231: â€˜it may 6 simply mean â€œaroseâ€â€™.