Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XXIV) (Acts 17:1–18:23).», Vol. 25 (2012) 119-160
In these final sequences of Part III of the Book of Acts, the second phase of Paul’s missionary journey continues through Macedonia before moving on to Greece where he spends a brief time in Athens before a more extended stay in Corinth. Despite the divine intervention in Philippi in the previous sequence, which focused attention on the evangelisation of the Gentiles, Paul fails to follow this up but reverts to his earlier practice of devoting his energy first and foremost to the Jews in the synagogues. In Athens, his wellknown attempt to speak to the Gentiles meets with little favour; it is only in Corinth, after fierce opposition from the synagogue, that Luke records more successful efforts to include the Gentiles as well as the Jews in his preaching activity.
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αὐτούϛ, causing τοῦ Παύλου to be the subject of the genitive absolute,
in an awkward position.
τὸ (πνεῦμα) B P45.74 a DD/C rell || om. D*.
The omission of the article in D05* is due to homoioteleuton:
παρωξυνετοτο.
(αὐτῷ) θεωροῦντοϛ B a A E 33. 81. 104. 323. (614). 927. 945. 1175. 1270.
1739. 1828. 1891 al || -ντι D H L P Ψ 049. 056 M.
The genitive θεωροῦντοϛ in B03 agrees with τοῦ Παύλου, which
was taken as the subject of the initial genitive absolute; D05 takes the
participle as in apposition to ἐν αὐτῷ.
17:17 τοῖϛ (ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ) D, his (qui in foro) d 383. 614. 1799. 2147. 2412
syhmg sa || om. B P45vid.74 a rell.— (πρὸϛ τοὺϛ) παρατυγχάνονταϛ B P45.74 a
DC rell || -τυχόνταϛ D* (et his qui forte aderant d).
With the dative articular pronoun, D05 first identifies a third group of
people Paul used to debate with as those in the Agora; they are then identi-
fied more closely, as those who happened to be there, with the preposition
πρόϛ marking the more personal connection as the narrator becomes
more specific (Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, pp. 176–182), and
moves away from the synagogue to concentrate on Paul’s debates in the
market-place.
According to B03, Paul used to debate with those passing by
(παρατυγχάνονταϛ, pres. part.); according to D05, it is those who hap-
pened to have come there (παρατυχόνταϛ, aor. part.), a more permanent
group.
17:18 τῶν (Στοϊκῶν) D H P L 049. 056. 614. 1739c M || om. B P74 a E
Ψ 33. 81. 104. 440. 945. 1175. 1270. 1505. 1611. 1739*. 1891. 2147. 2344.
2495.
With the repetition of the article, D05 takes care to distinguish be-
tween the two groups of philosophers, in anticipation of the distinct
opinions belonging to each that are about to be cited.
συνέβαλλον (αὐτῷ) B P74 a DA rell || -βαλον Dcj. (-λαβον D*) L 36. 69.
181. 226c. 330. 431. 453. 547. 614. 913. 1245. 1505. 1518. 1611. 1739. 1799.
1891. 1898. 2138. 2401. 2412. 2492*. 2495; Chr Theoph Aug.
The imperfect of B03 implies that apart from the passers-by (cf. 17:17),
some of the philosophers used to argue with him as well, on repeated
occasions. The original hand of D05 inverted the consonants β and λ by
metathesis, which DA corrected but at the same time changed the aorist
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