Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XVII) (Acts 11:19–12:25).», Vol. 18 (2005) 135-166
The present section deals with the events concerning the conversion of Peter (Acts 9:31–11:18) whereby he at last comes to understand that the good news of Jesus is for Jews and Gentiles alike. Since the Greek pages of Codex Bezae are missing from 8:29 to 10:14 and the Latin ones from 8:20b to 10:4, we have noted in the Critical Apparatus the variants of other witnesses that differ from the Alexandrian text. From 10:4b (fol. 455a), the Latin text of Codex Bezae is available. The Greek text starts at 10:14b (fol. 455b).
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route as well as in the city itself. For further examples of the expression
διελθε ν ω , cf. Lk. 2:15; Acts 9:38.
23 ( ) κα D (gig) syp ‖ om. B P74 ) d rell.
κα in D05 has an adverbial force and ties in with the previous sentence
in D05 which had Barnabas ‘make his way’ to Antioch, causing the city
to be the final goal rather than the sole one. κα now brings the narrative
to the point when he arrived in Antioch itself at the end of his journey.
(Ï„ ν χ Ïιν) Ï„ ν το θεο B ) A pc ‖ το θεο D d P74 E H L P Ψ 049.
056. 614. 1739 M.
The repeated article in B03 underlines the fact that it was God whose
grace was displayed in the situation Barnabas found in Antioch. The ex-
pression is elsewhere read without the second article as in D05 (cf. 13:43;
14:26; 20:24). Metzger6 assigns the presence of the article to the wrong
MSS.
ν (Ï„ ÎºÏ…Ï ) B Ψ 181. 326 pc lat ‖ om. D P74 ) A rell (ad dominum d)
syp.h sams.
B03 makes the relationship explicit with the preposition ν, thereby
creating an expression used frequently by Paul, whereas D05 uses the
dative case alone.
24 ( τι) ν ν Ï Î³Î±Î¸ B D d P74 A rell ‖ ν. ν γ. ) 1175.
The reading of )01, while giving particular emphasis to γαθ , dis-
rupts the word order of the phrase as it is found applied to the patriarch
Joseph (T. Sim. 4:4).
(Ï€Ïοσετ θη …) Ï„ ÎºÏ…Ï D d P45.74 ) rell ‖ om. B*.
B03 is alone among the MSS in omitting Ï„ ÎºÏ…Ï which would seem
to be an accidental error.
[A’-A’] 11:25-26b Barnabas and Saul in Antioch
The now familiar pattern of the episodes in this sequence is repeated
for a final time, with first, the introduction of a new character, Saul, then
his arrival in Antioch and finally, the gathering of a large crowd.
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Commentary, 343.