157 The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles 13 προσ λθεν B* D P74 rell ‖ προ- B2 ) 3 pc lat. The same variant was noted in v. 10 above. Here, both B03* and D05 share προσ ρχομαι. (παιδ σκη) πακο σαι (-ο ουσα )*) ν ματι δη B )2 rell c syp.h | παντ σαι ν. . P ‖ ν. . πακο σαι D d r. 74 The order of words in )01*, where a participle follows the noun it relates to, is perhaps easier than that in B03 (or P74) where the name of the servant is separated from the noun by an infinitive, as if her task of answering the door was of foremost importance. The order of D05, where the name of the servant follows the noun, accords more importance to her identity. 14 κα (ε σδραμο σα δ ) D* d p ‖ om. B Ds.m. P74 ) rell. The particle before the participle could be considered to be adverbial, reinforcing Rhoda’s action of running back into the house; but it is also possible to view κα as the connecting word and δ as underlining the contrast between Rhoda’s action and what she would have been expected to do, namely, open the door to Peter. There is no need to consider the initial κα as an error, for κα ... δ is found elsewhere in the New Testa- ment, especially with the force of the second explanation above (cf. e.g. Mt. 16:18; Jn 6:51 B03; Acts 6:15 D05; 13:6 D05; 22:29 [D05 lac.]; 1 Jn 1:3)31. τ ν (Π τρον) B DC P74 ) rell ‖ om. D*. The absence of the article in D05 is explained by the fact that the observation is made from the point of view of Rhoda speaking to the as- sembled disciples – the mention of Peter is totally unexpected and is sig- nalled as such by the omission of the article. It is typical of D05 to respect the point of view of the speaker rather than the narrator or the hearer (cf. comments on the absence of the article before κ ριο in 12:11 above). 15 (ο δ ) πρ α τ ν ε παν B (DC) P74 ) A E H L P Ψ 1739 M d | ε πον πρ. α τ ν P45vid 33. 2344 gig p r vg; Chr ‖ λεγον α τ D* gig p vg syp. The two constructions (πρ + acc. or the dat. alone) used by Luke to introduce the addressee after a verb of speaking give rise to a number of variants32. Typically, πρ + accusative is used at the onset of a conversa- tion, and the dative alone when the conversation is already underway. Here 31 See C.F.D.Moule, An Idiom-Book of New Testament Greek (Cambridge 21959) 165; G.B. Winer, A Treatise on the Grammar of New Testament Greek (trans. W.F. Moulton; Edinburgh 1882) 553. 32 For an analysis of the question, see Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, 176–82, esp. 178.