Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XXIII) (Acts 16:1–40)» filologia-neotestamentaria, Vol. 24 (2011) 135-164 page 158

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Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XXIII) (Acts 16:1–40)», Vol. 24 (2011) 135-164

In Acts 16, Paul sets out again on his missionary journey but without Barnabas, Instead he is accompanied by Silas and Timothy, and in part by a group of companions referred to by Luke in the 1^st person. His itinerary follows the leading given by successive divine interventions designed to move him westwards, towards Rome. Most of the action takes place in Philippi, his first stopping place after leaving Asia where he had worked previously. On his arrival there, Paul first seeks out the Jewish community. However, a conflictual encounter with local people leads to his imprisonment, when the jailor provides him with the opportunity to speak about the gospel to Gentiles. Paul’s failure to make the most of this opportunity occasions implicit ciriticism from the narrator of Codex Bezae.

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158 Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger B03 does not express the connection between the participles (asyn- deton); the three successive occurrences of καί in D05 (cf. the previous variant) evoke a greater sense of panic. 16:28 (ἐφώνησεν δὲ) Παῦλος μεγάλῃ φωνῇ B pc | ὁ Π. μεγ. φ. 181. 431. 927 | ὁ Π. φ. μεγ. 36. 180. 629. 927 gig | μεγ. φ. Παῦ. P74 Ψ, magna voce Paulus d | μεγ. φ. ὁ Παῦ. A 1875. 1898 || φ. μεγ. ὁ Παῦ. D C3 E H L P 049. 056. 614. 1739 M | φ. μεγ. Παῦ. ‫ א‬C* 33. 88 pc. As the jailor had been in focus in the previous clause in B03 (by virtue of δέ at 16:27 above), the switch to Paul is now marked with the absence of the article and the position of his name immediately next to the verb. In D05, he has always been the focus of the story (see Heimerdinger and Levinsohn, ‘The Use of the Article’, p. 28) and therefore his name not only has the article but is positioned at the end of the clause. The word order of D05 (noun–adjective) is usual with an anarthrous noun, and assumes that the loudness of Paul’s voice is natural in the circumstances. The placing of the adjective in first position in B03 there- fore has the effect of underlining the loudness of Paul’s voice (cf. 14:10, μεγάλῃ φωνῇ, where the loudness is emphasized as Paul has to shout above the crowd; see Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, pp. 90–93). It is yet another device used to highlight the presence of Paul in this scene. τι (κακόν) D || om. B P74 ‫ א‬rell d. τι, though unnecessary for the sense, has an emphatic force in D05. 16:29 αἰτήσας δὲ φῶτα (εἰσεπήδησεν) B P74 ‫ א‬rell || φῶ. δὲ αἰτ. D, lumen vero petens d.— (ἔντρομος) γενόμενος B P74 ‫ א‬A C3 E H L P 049. 056. 33. 1739 M, factus d || ὑπάρχων D C* Ψ 181. 257. 614. 913. 927. 1108. 1505. 1518. 1611. 1799. 1898. 2138. 2412. 2495; Chr. D05 places the noun φῶτα in an emphatic position at the front of the new sentence. The verb ὑπάρχω is again used by D05 (cf. 16:21 above), this time against γίνομαι of B03. (προσέπεσεν) πρὸς τοὺς πόδας D*, ad pedes d l s vgAC (b c dem gig p vgIMOT syp.h** sa bo; Lcf Chr Cass) || om. B P74 ‫ א‬Ds.m. rell.— τῷ (Σιλᾷ) P74 ‫ א‬A C3 E H L P Ψ 049. 056. 33. 1739 M || om. B D C* 1646. πρὸς τοὺς πόδας in D05* serves as an adverb qualifying προσέπεσεν, which itself governs the names τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ Σιλᾷ in the dative (the phrase is usually followed by the name or pronoun in the genitive, cf. Mk. 5:22; 7:25; Jn 11:32; Lk. 10:39 B03; Acts 5:10). Comparison may be made with Lk. 5:8 D05, προσέπεσεν αὐτοῦ τοῖς ποσίν.