The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles 183 renuntiaverunt d.— (ὅσα) ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν μετ’ αὐτῶν B P74 ) A C E H L P Ψ 049. 056. 33. 945. 1739 M vg || ἐπ. ὁ θ. μ. αὐ. D, fecit deus cum illis d P45 614. 618. 2147. 2412 gig | ἐπ. μ. αὐ. ὁ θ. 81. 323. B03 reads the finite form of the verb ἀναγγέλω (cf. 14:27), linked with the connective τε, to create a clause that is distinct from the previous one describing the reception of the travellers from Antioch by the church in Ierousalem. D05, in contrast, has the verb ἀπαγγέλλω (cf. 4:23; 11:2 D05) in the form of a participle, which is dependent on the main clause describing the handing over of the travellers from Antioch to the church in Ierousalem. The variant of the final clause concerns the place of the verb ἐποίησεν in relation to the subject ὁ θεός. In both B03 and D05, the word order is the reverse of what each text reads at 14:27. This time, it is D05 that juxtaposes ὁ θεός and μετ’ αὐτῶν, underlining thereby the aspect of collaboration. The placing of ὁ θεός before the verb in B03 underlines, in comparison, the role of God. 15:5 ἐξανέστησαν δέ B P45vid.74 ) rell || οἱ δὲ παραγγείλαντες αὐτοῖς ἀναβαίνειν πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐξαν. D, qui autem praeceperunt eis ascendere ad presbyteros surrexerunt d (syhmg).— τινὲς τῶν (– τῶν 1646) ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῶν Φαρισαίων πεπιστευκότες λέγοντες B P74 ) rell || λέγοντές τινες ἀπὸ τ. αἱρ. τ. Φ. πεπ. D P45vid (syhmg). The variants here concern the identity of those in Ierousalem who insist on circumcision for the Gentiles. B03 introduces them without further ado as ‘some people from among the party of the Pharisees who had believed’, that is some of the Pharisees who were Jesus-believers. D05 begins by identifying them as the people who had gone to Antioch; and adds the further description in an emphatic position, after the participle λέγοντες. The description differs slightly from the B03 text: they are ‘certain people from the party of the Pharisees who had believed’. The genitive article τῶν in B03 has the effect of underlining their identity as Pharisees, an emphasis that is expressed more forcefully through the word order in D05. (παραγγέλειν) τε B ) rell, (praecipiendum)que d || δέ D. The particle δέ in D05 is a marker of intensity (B-D-R, §557.1c; cf. 14:23), stronger than τε though even this confers importance on the second of the two infinitives. 15:6 (συνήχθησάν) τε B P45.74 C Ψ 33. 81. 1175. 1505. 2344. 2495 pc vg || δέ D, autem d ) A E H L P 049. 056. 1739 M gig vgIM sy | om. 0173. 326.— (οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ) οἱ πρεσβύτεροι B P45.74 ) rell || πρεσβ. D.