The Acts of the Apostles

APPENDIX IV 47
received by Blass into the j8-recension. Due
to imitation.
17. xxi. 26. D : Til eiTLova-ri (for r^ eyofxivrj), re-
ceived by Blass into the /5-recension ;
ficant variant, due to imitation.
insigni-
18. xxi. 27. D (g sch) : crvvTeXovjuept]^ Se r?? efiSo-
JULf]^ ^juepa? (for tog Se ejiieWou [at] eTrra r/juepai
a-uvreXeicrOai), received by Blass into the j8-
recension ; insignificant variant ; due to imi-
tation of the gen. abs., not infrequent in the
Acts.
19. xxii. 29. Ms sah : koi irapay^prjima eXvcrev avrov^
received by Blass into the |8-recension ; un-
suitable interpolation. For irapay^prJiJ-o. vide
ix. 40.
20. XXVii. 1. fgs : Til €7ravpiov, received by Blass
into the /3-recension ; really part of a more
extensive interpolation.
21. XXVii. 5. f : KOI juLeTOL raura, received by Blass
into the ^-recension ; really part of a more
extensive interpolation.
22. XXVii. 5. Msf : Si' ^jmepcov SeKairevTC^ received
by Blass into the /3-recension; perhaps original.
To treat these variants as homogeneous and related
to one another, and to include them in a single recen-
sion, is a fundamental error. The tradition of the
text itself protests against such a procedure. The
numbers 1, 3, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, as pure D readings,
may perhaps be regarded as related to one another
a second group is formed by [2], 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13 ; a third group by 8, 20, 21, 22. The numbers
4, 5, 19 stand in isolation. The text of the Acts
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