A Textual Commentary On The Greek NT

Acts 1:8

Acts 1:8 @evn# pa,sh|

The preposition evn is read before pa,sh by î^74vid a B C² E Y most minuscules Lect vg syr^{p, h} arm, whereas it is absent from A C* D 81 181 206 322 323 328 429* 945 1611 1704 al. Because the repetition of the same preposition before successive coordinate phrases is more typical of Semitic style than Greek, it can be argued that the word is probably original and was deleted subsequently by Greek scribes who felt the repetition to be unidiomatic. On the other hand, it is also possible that copyists, noticing that Jerusalem is a city whereas Judea and Samaria are countries, inserted the second evn in order to balance the two entities. Unable to determine which consideration is more probable, and in view of more or less equally weighty external evidence, a majority of the Committee voted to include evn in the text, but to enclose it within square brackets.

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Acts 1:8

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