Acts 23:15

Acts 23:15

At the beginning of the verse the Western text (it^gig syr^hmg cop^sa Lucifer) expands by reading (according to A. C. Clark’s reconstruction) nu/n ou=n evrwtw/men u`ma/j i[na tou/to h`mi/n poih,shte\ sunagago,ntej to. sune,drion evmfani,sate tw|/ cilia,rcw| (“Now therefore we ask you that you do this for us: Gather the Sanhedrin together and give notice to the tribune”). At the close of the verse the Western text (614 2147 it^h syr^hmg) adds eva.n de,h| kai. avpoqanei/n (“even though we must die too”).