156 Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger ὅταν (Σωσθένην) Dcj., cum d || om. B P74 a Ds.m. rell.— καὶ οὐδὲν τούτων τῷ Γαλλίωνι ἔμελεν B P74 A DD 440 | κ. οὐδ. τ. Γαλ. ἔμελεν τούτων Ψ | κ. οὐδ. τούτων τ. Γαλ. ἔμελλεν a E H L P 049. 056. 614 M | κ. οὐδ. τούτων ἔμελλε τ. Γαλ. 945. 1739. 1891 || τότε τούτων οὐδ. τῷ Γαλ. ἔμελεν Dcj. (tunc Gallio fingebat eum non videre d h; Ephr). There is a gap equivalent to four letters and a space in D05 at the beginning of the line before Σωσθένην. According to the conjecture of Ussher (see Scrivener, p. 445), ὅταν would have been read, in anticipation of τότε in the next line of the original D05*. This next line in D05 is partially erased and has been completed by a later corrector (Parker, Codex Bezae, p. 152). From the few letters of the first hand that are said to be visible, τ..............ωγαλλιων...........εν, the original reading of D05 has to be reconstructed. About 14 to 15 letters seem to have been erased from between the initial τ and ω. The conjectured read- ing of Kipling is cited by Scrivener, who accepts it in preference to the reading of Wetstein: ‘Quae restant p. m. scripta (a Kiplingio post Wetst. perperam lecta τοτε γαλλιων) dedimus’ (p. 445). On this reading, τότε corresponds to ὅταν supplied at the beginning of the previous line; εν at the end of the line could be the ending of ἔμελεν (as read by B03), where the imperfect is appropriate because of the construction ὅταν ... τότε. The erased letters in the manuscript are, however, extremely difficult to read and Kilpling’s conjecture can be questioned in view of the reading of d5 tunc Gallio fingebat eum non videre, supported as it is by both h12 and Ephraem, which suggests an equivalent reading in Greek for D05*. Taking Kipling’s reading of the manuscript first, three possible wordings may be conjectured, which respect the space and the original letters that he claimed to read (shown here in capitals): Τότε προσεποιεῖτο ο γαλλίων αὐτὸν μὴ ἰδειν Τότε προσεποιεῖτο ο γαλλίων ὅτι αὐτὸν οὐκ εἶδεν Τοτε προσεποιήθη τωγαλλιωνι αυτον μη ιδειν Alternatively, taking Wetstein’s reading (τοτε γαλλιων), the original could have been (cf. Clark, Acts, p. 118): τότε Γαλλίων προσεποιεῖτο αὐτὸν μὴ ἰδεῖν [A’] 18:18-23 Epilogue The story switches back to focus on Paul as the main theme of the nar- rative after the Jews have been temporarily the theme in the last episode