The Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles
44 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES ately preceded the gaining of the martyr's crown. If this had been so, the omission of the story of the martyrdom would have involved on the part of the author a piece of self-sacrifice which would have been quite useless, and which is, moreover, psychologically unintelligible. Neither does the text demand such an hypothesis ; on the contrary, it almost excludes it. Between the end of the " Sierla 6\i] " in Rome and the death of St. Paul there must have lain a fairly long period during which the Apostle continued his ministry, though this ministry was no longer of high importance in the grand progress of the mission. APPENDIX IV Special Readings of a Chronological character in the so-called ^-recension The so-called /S-recension presents a series of inter- polations and variant readings, some of which are chronological in character : 1. ii. 1. D : — Koi eyevero ev raig ^fxepai^ eKcivaig tov (Tv/ULTrXtjpoua-Oai (instead of koi ev tw cru/XTrX.), not received by Blass into the /^-recension. The meaning of the passage is essentially altered by this interpolation ; for we may now probably translate, " It happened in those days, when the day of Pentecost was fulfilled,'*'' i.e. the fulfilment is no longer to be understood simply in a temporal sense. At all events the reading is secondary and in its phraseology an imitation.
2. iii. 1. Dp : APPENDIX IV 45 'Ei/ (Se) rah ^/mepaif ravraig Xler^o? (instead of Ylerpog Si) ; not received by Blass into the ^-recension. It was in- tended to mark a new paragraph (vide ii. 1). 3. iii. 1. D : to SeiXimi/, received by Blass into the /5-recension ; perhaps original, but probably a descriptive interpolation. 4. V. 1. E : iv avTw Se rep Kaipw avrip T19 (instead of simply avrjp Si Tf?), not received by Blass into the /^-recension ; vide ii. 1, iii. 1. 5. ix. 40. Egp Ps-August(sah) : ^ Se Trapa^pwa ijvoi^ev (instead of;; ^e ?i^.)5not received into the /3-recension by Blass. Concerning Trapa^m^jua in St. Luke, vide supra and xxii. 29. 6. xi. 2. Dspw : o fxev ovv Uirpog Sia Uavov yjpovov tjOiXtjcrap iropevOtjvai eig 'lepovaoXv/aa^ an inter- polation received by Blass into the ^-recen- sion. For iKavog xp6vo
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44 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES<br />
ately preceded <strong>the</strong> gaining <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> martyr's crown. If<br />
this had been so, <strong>the</strong> omission <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> story <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
martyrdom would have involved on <strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
author a piece <strong>of</strong> self-sacrifice which would have been<br />
quite useless, and which is, moreover, psychologically<br />
unintelligible. Nei<strong>the</strong>r does <strong>the</strong> text demand such<br />
an hypo<strong>the</strong>sis ; on <strong>the</strong> contrary, it almost excludes it.<br />
Between <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> " Sierla 6\i] " in Rome and <strong>the</strong><br />
death <strong>of</strong> St. Paul <strong>the</strong>re must have lain a fairly long<br />
period during which <strong>the</strong> Apostle continued his<br />
ministry, though this ministry was no longer <strong>of</strong> high<br />
importance in <strong>the</strong> grand progress <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mission.<br />
APPENDIX IV<br />
Special Readings <strong>of</strong> a Chronological character in <strong>the</strong><br />
so-called ^-recension<br />
<strong>The</strong> so-called /S-recension presents a series <strong>of</strong> inter-<br />
polations and variant readings, some <strong>of</strong> which are<br />
chronological in character :<br />
1. ii. 1. D :<br />
—<br />
Koi eyevero ev raig ^fxepai^ eKcivaig tov<br />
(Tv/ULTrXtjpoua-Oai (instead <strong>of</strong> koi ev tw cru/XTrX.),<br />
not received by Blass into <strong>the</strong> /^-recension.<br />
<strong>The</strong> meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> passage is essentially<br />
altered by this interpolation ; for we may<br />
now probably translate, " It happened in<br />
those days, when <strong>the</strong> day <strong>of</strong> Pentecost was<br />
fulfilled,'*'' i.e. <strong>the</strong> fulfilment is no longer to<br />
be understood simply in a temporal sense.<br />
At all events <strong>the</strong> reading is secondary and<br />
in its phraseology an imitation.
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