The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles 109 [b] 4 But there was a split in the city 4 But the city gathering was di- gathering: some were adhering vided, and some were with the to the Jews while others to the Jews, others with the apostles. apostles, because of the word of God. [b’] 5 When an attack was made by 5 When an attack was made the Gentiles and the Jews with by both Gentiles and Jews with their rulers, to insult and to stone their rulers, to insult and stone them, 6 learning about it they them, 6 learning about it they managed to escape to the cities escaped to the cities of Lycaonia, of Lycaonia, to Lystra and Derbe Lystra and Derbe and the neigh- and the whole of the neighbour- bouring district, 7 and there ing district, 7a and there they they were evangelizing. were evangelizing. [a’] 7b The whole of the assembled crowd was moved at the teach- ing. Critical Apparatus The amount of variation from chapter 14 onwards displays a marked increase compared with the earlier part of the book. This is especially true of the variation in direct speech as opposed to narrative (for specific figures of analysis, see Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, pp. 6–21). 14.1 (εἰσελθεῖν) αὐτούϛ B P74 ) rell, eos d || αὐτόν D. With the singular, D05 directs particular attention on to Paul as the disciples go into the synagogue (cf. v. 3 D05, διὰ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ [Paul’s]), even though mention will be made subsequently of others (cf. v. 2a D05, ἐπήγαγον αὐτοῖϛ διωγμόν; v. 2b, κατὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν). B03 does not single Paul out in this way. (οὕτωϛ) πρὸϛ αὐτούϛ D, ad eos (πρ. αὐ. οὕτωϛ E syp mae) || om. B P74 ) rell. D05 commonly specifies the addressee where B03 leaves it implicit (Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, pp. 181–82). Here, αὐτούϛ is ambiguous, in that the last mentioned persons are ‘the Jews’ but the fol- lowing clause suggests that Greeks were also present in the audience. It may be the potential for confusion that caused the pronoun to be omitted in B03.