The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles 155 the D05 text, a tension between Paul and Silas will become apparent in chapter 17, at which point the double article is used (cf. 17:4.10.14; see Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, pp. 136–137). 16:21 (καταγγέλλουσιν) ἔθη B P74 ‫ א‬Ds.m. rell || τὰ (– 2412*) ἔθνη D*, gentes d 2412*. τὰ ἔθνη in D05 may be a scribal error. On the other hand, it could be considered as an accusative of the persons addressed by the verb καταγγέλλω, as often happens with the verb εὐαγγελίζομαι (Acts 5:42; 8:35; 11:20; 13:32; 14:25 D05). The translation follows this option. (ἔξεστιν) ἡμῖν παραδέχεσθαι οὐδὲ ποιεῖν ῾Ρωμαίοις οὖσιν B P74 ‫ א‬rell, nobis recipere nec facere Romani cum simus d || ἡμᾶς -δέξασθαι οὔτε π. ῾Ρω. ὑπάρχουσιν D. ἡμᾶς in D05 could be taken as the subject of the aorist infinitive παραδέξασθαι, in which case the dative phrase ῾Ρωμαίοις ὑπάρχουσιν is not in apposition to it but directly dependent on οὐκ ἔξεστιν. The aorist infinitive in D05 contrasts with the following present in- finitive ποιεῖν, read by both texts: receiving the things that are being announced is viewed as a single act, whereas doing them is viewed as progressive. With the present infinitive of the two verbs, B03 does not make the distinction. The distinction between οὐδέ and οὔτε is in general terms the same as between δέ (disjunction) and τε (continuity), though in view of the many vll it is apparently not respected (Winer, Grammar, pp. 611–612, 615–616). Here, the negation is continued from οὐκ ἔξεστιν, with the two infinitives being connected with the second negative particle. If the value of the forms is being recognized, then B03 views the two actions as distinct, whereas D05 views them as belonging together: ‘οὐδέ and μηδέ add negation to negation, whilst οὔτε and μήτε divide a single negation into parts’ (p. 612; cf. 17:29 D05). The vl ὑπάρχω for εἶναι occurs frequently in D05 in Luke’s work, the former stating more strongly the existence of what is affirmed (cf. ὑπάρχω for γίνομαι 16:29 below). 16:22 (καὶ) συνεπέστη ὁ ὄχλος κατ’ αὐτῶν B P74 ‫ א‬rell || πολὺς (+ D d gig syp sa aeth; Lcf) ὄχλος συνεπέστησαν κ. αὐ. κράζοντες D, multa turba supervenerunt adversus eos clamantes d. By presenting the crowd with the anarthrous article, B03 continues, as before with the owners (cf. 16:19 above), to portray the participants in this scene as already present when the slave girl was shouting out (cf. 16:17). D05, again in line with 16:19, brings the crowd on stage only at this point