The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles 177 Whereas in the B03 text the conditions imposed on the Gentiles by the people from Judaea are limited to circumcision in accordance with Mosaic custom, the D05 text singles out circumcision as one particular issue from the Mosaic code of conduct, which the Gentiles are required to follow in its entirety. The dative article before Moses in B03 has the effect of adding explanatory information to qualify the custom. The anarthrous name in D05 is the genitive; it is typical in stock expressions, such as ‘the custom of Moses’, to omit the article before the name (cf. τὸ ὄνομα Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ: 3:6; 4:10; 16:18; τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου: 1:22; 18:25; 19:3). 15:2 γενομένης δὲ στάσεως B ) C L Ψ 81. 927. 945. 1175. 1243. 2147 | γεν. οὖν στ. P74 A E H P 049. 056. 0294. 614 M, facta ergo seditione d || γεν. δὲ ἐκτάσεως D.— τῷ Βαρναβᾷ B P74 ) rell || Βαρναβᾷ D.— πρὸς αὐτούς B P74 ) rell, ad eos d || σὺν αὐτοῖς D sa mae. The B03 reading of στάσις (translated as seditio by d) is found elsewhere in Luke’s writings, always with the sense of ‘uprising, insurrection’ (cf. Lk. 23:19.25 B03; Acts 19:40; 23:7 [D05 lac.].10 [D05 lac.]; 24:5 [pl., D05 lac.]). The D05 reading of ἔκτασις means ‘mental tension’ (as at Acts 3:10 D05; see L-S-J, ἔκτασις, I, 3). The absence of the article before Barnabas causes him to be viewed as being in harmony with Paul, forming a united pair (Heimerdinger and Levinsohn, ‘The Use of the Article’, p. 29). The difference in preposition before the third person pronoun may well be occasioned by the difference in the noun (στάσις, ἔκτασις), πρός indicating an engagement between the two parties and σύν suggesting more of a conflict. ἔλεγεν γὰρ ὁ Παῦλος μένειν οὕτως καθὼς ἐπίστευσαν διϊσχυριζόμενος D (dicebat autem Paulus manere sic sicut crediderunt d b gig w vgθ) syhmg mae; (Ephr) || om. B P74 ) rell. The explanatory clause is absent from B03; the versional support for its presence in D05 is widespread. ἔταξαν ἀναβαίνειν Παῦλον καὶ Βαρναβᾶν καί τινας ἄλλους ἐξ αὐτῶν (ἐξ αὐ. ἄλ.)) B P74 ) rell (ar c dem) e (l) p (ro) aeth; Amph Chr Hier || οἱ δὲ ἐληλυθότες ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλὴμ παρήγγειλαν αὐτοῖς τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ Βαρ- ναβᾷ καί τισιν ἄλλοις ἀναβαίνειν D, qui autem venerunt ab Hierusalem statuerunt eis Paulo et Barnabae et quosdam alios (!) ascendere d gig ph w syhmg (mae).— (εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ) ὅπως κριθῶσιν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς (αὐτῶν DC) D, ut iudicent super eos d (following περὶ τοῦ ζητήματος τούτου, 257. 383. 614. 1799. 2147. 2412 pc syh**) || om. B P74 ) rell. According to B03, it was the church community in Antioch who took the decision to send Paul and Barnabas to Ierousalem, accompanied by