The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles 129 ced by the people in the past, at the time of Paul and Barnabas’ earlier visit, in fact. This is the only occurrence of the pluperfect of the verb πιστεύω in the New Testament. The perfect in D05 draws attention more to their present state, resulting from their previous action of believing (for the definition of the perfect aspect as expressing a state, see Young, Intermediate New Testament Greek, pp. 126–29). The form is often used by John (Jn 3.18; 6.69; 8.31; 11.27; 16.27; 20.29) and by Luke (Acts 15.5; 16.34; 18.27; 19.18; 21.20, 25). 14.24 καὶ διελθόντεϛ B P74 ) rell || δι. δέ D, regressi autem d b co.— εἰϛ (τὴν Πισιδίαν) ) || om. B D d P74 A rell.— (ἦλθον) εἰϛ τὴν Παμφυλίαν B P74 ) C E 81. (1175). 2344 || εἰϛ Π. D A H L P Ψ 049. 056. 614. 1739 M. With the connective δέ, D05 once more views the move out of Pisidia and on into Pamphylia as a new development in the narrative whereas B03, with καί, regards it as part of the same unit. This makes the B03 reading of τε at 14.21 suspect (see above), for it means that the last con- junction δέ in this sequence is at 14.20, with the result that all the stages between Paul going back into Lystra and his arrival with Barnabas in Antioch (14.27) are grouped together as one development and there is no paragraph break (see Levinsohn, Discourse Features, p. 31 on the function of δέ to signal a new development in a story). The preposition εἰϛ before Pisidia in )01 suggests that Antioch is not viewed as belonging to the province. 14.25 ἐν (+ τῇ P74) Πέργῃ B D, apud Pergen d P74 )2 C E Ψ 33. 1739 M || εἰϛ τὴν (— τὴν A) Πέργην )* A 81. The first hand of )01 views the town of Perga as the people of the pla- ce, to whom (εἰϛ) Paul and Barnabas speak, rather than the place within which (ἐν) they speak. (τὸν λόγον) τοῦ κυρίου ) A C Ψ 33. 81. 88. 181. 326. 614. (— τοῦ 927). 1270. 1409. 1837. 2147. 2344. 2412 al it vg syp.h** | τ. θεοῦ P74 E gig boms || om. B D d H P L 049. 056. 1739 M vgms co (aeth); Chr. With the qualification τοῦ κυρίου, )01 specifies that the word is the gospel. The occurrence of τὸν λόγον without any qualification is rare in Luke-ActsLuke–Acts (cf. Lk. 1.2; Acts 4.4; 8.4; 10.36, 44; 11.19; 16.6 AT; 17.11). It suggests that Paul and Barnabas did not just announce the gospel to Jews who already knew the ‘word of God’, but spoke to Gentiles, too, who knew neither the word of God nor the word of the Lord. On their previous visit, no mention is made of any preaching in the city.