Josep Rius-Camp and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger 162 21 ( ρ δη ) D P74vid ) A E H L P Ψ 049. 056. 33 M ‖ om. B P45vid 88. 945. 1175. 1739 pc. The article with Herod in D05 is in keeping with the fact that, once brought back on stage without the article at 12:19, he is the main char- acter in this part of the narrative and that the others are introduced in relation to him. The omission of the article in B03 gives Herod special prominence (cf. 12:6). κα (καθ σα ) D d P74 A E H L P Ψ 049. 056. 33. 1739 M gig syh ‖ om. B ) 81. 1175 pc p vg; Lcf. B03 leaves unconnected two participles ( νδυσ μενο – καθ σα ) which D05 conjoins with κα , thereby conferring a certain note of drama on the description of the scene. καταλλαγ ντο δ α το το Τυρ οι D, cum ingratiasset cum Tyrios d (pc w) vgΘ (syh**) mae; Ephr ‖ om. B P74 ) rell. The importance of the Tyrians is crucial for the symbolical significance of this scene according to its articulation in D05, that is, the assimilation of Herod with the Prince of Tyre as the arch enemy of the Jewish people. The genitive absolute clause may, however, be thought to create a gram- matical problem for the finite clause that follows it is also connected with δ (the Latin of d05 has no connective in the participial clause, which is thereby connected with the previous finite verb rather than the following one). It may be that a sentence has dropped out of D05 after the genitive clause, but as it stands the text can be taken as a particularly strong aside on the part of the narrator who wishes his audience to take careful note of the fact that Herod was now at peace with the Tyrians, before going on with the story. The reason for this aside is purely theological, to establish Herod’s role as the Prince of Tyre. 22 θεο φων B DH P74 ) A E Ψ 33. 81. 614. 927. 945. 1175. 1270. 1611. 1739. 1891. 344 mae | φ. θ. H L P 049. 056 M ‖ θ. φωνα D* d gig p vg syp; Lcf. The singular φων in B03 could mean ‘the voice’ but also the ‘proc- lamation’ (i.e. what the voice utters). The plural in D05 tends to suggest this meaning36. νθρ που B D d P74 )2 A E H L P Ψ 049. 056. 1739 M mae ‖ νθρ πων )* syp. 36 Cf. B-A-G, φων , 2c.