158 Josep Rius-Camp and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger in B03, the use of the preposition can be explained by the fact that this is the first time that the disciples address Rhoda. It is unusual, however, for a preposition to be used for a conversation between two speakers that does not continue (see next variant below). In D05, in contrast, the dative case is an indication that the disciples were not intending to engage with Rhoda in the conversation she had initiated, as their disparaging com- ment implies. When her insistence forces them to take notice of her, they then address her in a more direct manner (see next variant below). (ο δ ) λεγον P45.74 ) A H L P 049. 056. 33. 1739 M | λ. τι Ψ | ε παν B ‖ λ. πρ α τ ν· Τυχ ν D (dixerunt ad eam: Forsitan d) syp (mae). D05 specifies the addressee of the disciples’ comment about the person knocking at the door as Rhoda. On the use of the preposition, see variant above. In B03, where the disciples have previously engaged in conversation with Rhoda, their comment would now seem to be addressed to no-one in particular but is made as a suggestion among themselves. τυχ ν is read only here and as a variant at Lk. 20:13 D05 in the whole of the New Testament. στιν α το B P74 A | γγ. στ. α . ) P45vid ‖ γγ. α . στ. γγελ D d ) E H L P Ψ 049. 056. 33. 1739 M. 2 The word order of D05 may well have arisen because of the presence of τυχ ν at the beginning of the disciples’ sentence according to that text (see previous variant above). 16 ( δ ) Π τρο B P45.74 ) rell ‖ om. D d 2344 p r aeth; Chr. Peter is mentioned by name in B03. The reference to him by the simple pronoun in D05 is an indication that the spotlight has been on Peter throughout this incident. νο ξαντε B Ds.m. P45.74 ) rell (cum aperuisset d) ‖ ξ- D*. D05 uses the compound verb which is the more difficult reading (there is no other use of it in the New Testament), but it may be translated ‘opened up’ as if the house were securely locked up as, indeed, it may well have been in the middle of the night. ε δον (-αν B A) B P74 ) rell, viderunt d ‖ κα (- Ds.m.) δ ντε D* bo (aeth); Chr (BarS). B03, having started the sentence with a participle (see previous vari- ant), continues with two finite verbs conjoined with κα . D05, in contrast, has a series of two participles conjoined with κα and followed by a finite verb ( ξ στησαν) preceded by an adverbial κα . The main notion of