The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostoles (XV)

The present section deals with the events following the conversion of Saul (Acts 9:1-30). Since the Greek pages of Codex Bezae are missing from 8:20b-10:4, we have noted in the Critical Apparatus the variants of other witnesses that differ from the Alexandrian text but at no time considerer that a single text, equivalent in its uniformity to the Alexandrian one, can be reconstructed from these readings. The differences among the so-called "Western" witnesses are considerable, and it is almost certain that there were readings of Codex Bezae that are represented by none of them and that cannot therefore be retrieved

The variant readings of the Western text of the Acts of the apostles (XIII): (Acts 8:1b-40)

Josep Rius-Camps continues his series of notes on the readings of Codex Bezae in the text of Acts, in collaboration with Jenny REad-Heimerdinger. The present section deals with the events following Stephen's death, namely the persecution of the Jesus-believers and the ministry of Philip. Having undertaken a joint project to publish in English a commentary comparing the message of the Bezan text of Acts wich that of the Alexandrian tradition, adopting as a basis the commentary in Catalan of Josep Rius- Camps I, we will continue the series of notes on the Acts of the Apostles in both por names using the format of the English publication (of wich the first volume on Acts 1-5 has recently appeared. A translation of the Bezan text is provided alongside the more familiar texto