The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles 161 The verb used by B03, παχθ ναι, literally means ‘led away’ and is some- times used in the sense of ‘led to execution’ (cf. Lk. 23:26). ποκτανθ ναι in D05 is more explicit and is found frequently in the active in Luke-Acts as throughout the New Testament (though only once in the passive, cf. Lk. 9:22). 20 ( ν) δ B P74 ) rell ‖ γ ρ D d syp aeth; Cass. D05 links Herod’s visit to Caesarea to his dispute with the Tyrians and the Sidonians. B03, on the other hand, makes the comment in anticipa- tion of what is to follow (cf. notes on 12:9 above). μοθυμαδ ν δ B P74 ) rell, unanimiter autem d | κα μ. P45; Lcf | μ. τε Ψ 226c | μ. H* 945* ‖ ο δ μ. D 1828 gig p vg syhmg sa mae.– ξ μφοτ ρων τ ν π λεων (μερ ν 614. 2412) D d (614). 808. (2412 syhmg) mae ‖ om. B P74 ) rell. D05 makes a particular point of the fact that people came to Herod from both Tyre and Sidon. This will be important for the next part of the story in D05 when the Tyrians are mentioned alone. (παρ σαν) πρ α τ ν B P74 ) rell; Lcf ‖ πρ. τ ν βασιλ α D d mae. At the point at which the people come to him, the function of Herod as king is underlined in D05 by the mention of his role rather than ob- liquely, as in the next clause of B03 (see next variant below). ( π το κοιτ νο ) το βασιλ ω B P74 ) rell mae ‖ α το D (d) 440. 1758. Unlike D05, B03 has not already mentioned the role of Herod as king (see previous variant). (τρ φεσθαι) α τ ν τ ν χ ραν B P74 ) rell ‖ τ χ ρα α - D d 242. (1270) gig p vg sa mae; Lcf. D05 continues to treat the Tyrians and the Sidonians as two separate identities (cf. the first variant of this verse above). π (τ βασιλικ ) B P74 ) rell ‖ κ D P74 181. 242. 1898. The preposition π in B03 could be construed either as introduc- ing the agent of the passive verb τρ φεσθαι (which is possible in Koine Greek after a verb implying movement away from the agent)35, or it may simply indicate the source of the food supply. κ in D05 can only have this second meaning. 35 See Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, 183–84.