Acts 16:32

Acts 16:32 tou/ kuri,ou {B}

Although Weiss argues that the reference in ver. Acts 16:31 to the Lord Jesus influenced scribes to alter “the word of God” to “the word of the Lord,” ³²⁰ in view of the preponderant weight of external testimony the Committee preferred kuri,ou. What Ropes describes as a special force residing in qeou/, which calls attention to the divine truth of the answer of ver. Acts 16:31, so far from supporting the genuineness of qeou/, suggests rather the work of scribal refinement.

³²⁰ B. Weiss, Die Apostelgeschichte, textkritische Untersuchungen und Textherstellung, pp. 5—6.