122 Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger Text, p. 209), and the third, the continuation of the journey on to Thessa- lonica. Amphipolis is treated as expected information, probably because it would be known as a town on the Egnatian Way between Philippi and Thessalonica; since the same was true of Apollonia, that could also ac- count for the article before the name in B03. (Some MSS read the article before συναγωγή in this verse, but not D05, contrary to Barrett, II, p. 809.) 17:2 κατὰ δὲ τὸ εἰωθὸϛ τῷ Παύλῳ B P74.127 a rell || καὶ (– Ds.m.) κατὰ τ. εἰ. ὁ Παῦλοϛ D, et secundum consuetudinem Paulus d (e gig vg syp aeth).— καὶ ἐπὶ σάββατα τρία διελέξατο B P74 a A 33. 81. 88. 945. 1175. 1739. 1891 | κ. ἐπὶ σ. τ. διελέγετο H L P 049. 056 M || ἐπὶ σ. τ. διελέχθη D (+ καὶ E Ψ 181. 257. 383. 431. 614. 1108. 1505. 1518. 1611. 1799. 1898. 2138. 2147. 2298. 2412. 2495; Chr.) The links between the sentences of 17:1-3 vary between B03 and D05. After the initial sentence of v. 1, B03 introduces Paul’s going to the syna- gogue in Thessalonica as a new development (δέ) and links to it with καί his debating on three Sabbaths. D05, on the other hand, links the second sentence to the opening one with καί, and then has no link (asyndeton) before the third. Since the function of asyndeton is to draw attention to the sentence that follows (Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, pp. 246–253), D05 treats Paul’s lecturing in the synagogue on three Sabbaths as of special importance, because on this occasion it was what he said that was especially significant. Concerning the deponent verb διαλέγομαι, B03 reads the usual mid- dle aorist, while D05 has the passive found only in Attic texts. ἀπό (τῶν γραφῶν) B P74 a rell || ἐκ D P127, de d. There are several variant readings concerning ἀπό/ἐκ in B03 and D05 (Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, pp. 188–192): ἀπὸ has the sense here of Paul starting from the Scriptures in his teaching and going beyond them; ἐκ, on the other hand, has Paul taking his teaching from (‘out of’, lit.) the Scriptures. The idea that he taught about the death and resurrection of Christ by demonstrating this truth from the Scriptures is made clearer with the preposition ἐκ. 17:3 τὸν (Χριστόν) B P74.127 DE a rell || om. D*. With the article before Χριστόν, B03 treats the Christ as a known or expected topic of Paul’s teaching in the synagogue, which it was as far as Luke or his addressee were concerned; the absence of the article, in contrast, treats the topic as something new, thus viewing it from the point of view of the members of the synagogue.