A Textual Commentary On The Greek NT

Acts 27:5

Acts 27:5 kath,lqomen {A}

The Western text (preserved in 614 1518 2138 it^{h vid} vg^mss syr^{h with *}) prefixes diV h`merw/n deka,pente (“for fifteen days”). Ropes, followed by Lake and Cadbury, accepts the longer reading as original, explaining the omission of the words from the Alexandrian text as due to an accident, the scribe’s eye wandering from diapleucantec to the following words diymerwndekapente. On the other hand, however, neither the general character of the witnesses that include the longer reading, nor the variation of location where it appears in the text, inspires confidence in its originality.

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Acts 27:5

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