64 Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger τίϛ ἡ (– B) αἰτία B P45.74 ) rell ‖ τί θέλετε ἢ τίϛ ἡ αἰτία D, quid vultis quae causa d syh. D05 prefaces the specific question with a more general one, using ἤ to separate the two in a construction that is typically Hellenistic22. B03 omits the article. 22 (εἶπαν) πρὸϛ αὐτόν D d syp sa mae aeth ‖ om. B P74 ) rell. In the book of Acts, Luke more often than not specifies the addressee, with the use of πρόϛ + accusative pronoun being the typical construction to introduce the opening of a dialogue as a means of establishing the relationship between the speakers (see on 10:19 above). At three places, B03 mentions the addressee where D05 does not, against 20 times when D05 mentions them and B03 does not. Although it is superfluous in this verse to specify the addressee from the point of view of sense, it serves to build up the relationship between Peter and the representatives of Cornelius, which is important for the overall tone of the story. Conversely, its omission makes the narrative more distant and detached23. (Κορνήλιόϛ) τιϛ D (syp) ‖ om. B P74 ) rell d. D05 underlines with τιϛ that Cornelius is a representative of a type of people, not just an individual in his own right. This use of it by his servants shows that it is not a mark of disrespect24. 23 εἰσκαλεσάμενοϛ οὖν αὐτοὺϛ ἐξένισεν B P74 ) rell ‖ τότε εἰσαγαγὼν ὁ Πέτροϛ ἐξ. αὐ. D (p syp.h** sa mae) | tunc ergo ingressus Petrus hospitio excepit eos d. The verb εἰσκαλέομαι is a hapax in the New Testament, meaning to ‘invite to one’s house’25. It thus corresponds to the verb of D05. The connective τότε is used for the second time (cf. 10:21 above, and the notes given there), again stressing the readiness of Peter to act in accordance with what he observes God to be doing. The repetition of his name is superfluous from a sense point of view, but the mention of Πέτροϛ, now for the eighth time in either text of these last two scenes (10:5, 9, 13, 14 [om. d05], 17, 18, 19, 21, 23 [om. B03]), draws attention to the symbolic meaning of his name and the measures that are taken to break down his resistance to change. Delebecque, Les deux Actes, 72, 189. 22 See Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, 182. 23 Cf. Metzger, Commentary, 325, on 10.5. 24 B-A-G, εἰσκαλέομαι; cf. Delebecque, Les deux Actes, 257. 25