48 Josep Rius-Camps and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger [e′] 40b She opened her eyes, and 40b She opened her eyes, and when when she saw Peter she sat up. she saw Peter she sat up. [d′] 41a He gave her his hand and 41a He gave her his hand and made made her stand. her stand. [c’] 41b He called the saints and the 41b He called the saints and the widows and presented her alive. widows and presented her alive. [b′] 42 It became known throughout 42 It became known throughout all all of Joppa and many people of Joppa and many people believed believed in the Lord. in the Lord. [a′] 43 It came about that Peter 43 It came about that Peter stayed stayed for a considerable number for a considerable number of days of days in Joppa at the house of in Joppa at the house of a certain a certain Simon, a tanner. Simon, a tanner. Critical Apparatus 31 ῾Η μὲν οὖν ἐκκλησία … εἶχεν … οἰκοδομουμένη καὶ πορευομένη … ἐπληθύνετο B P74 ) A C 36. 81. 88. 181. 242. 307. 323. 453. 610. 915. 945. 1175. 1646. 1678. 1739. 1877. 1891. 1898 pc c dem ph ro w vg (syp co); PsDion Theoph ‖ Αἱ μὲν οὖν ἐκκλησίαι (+ πᾶσαι E) … εἶχον … οἰκοδομούμεναι καὶ πορευόμεναι (–οι καὶ –οι E Ψ) … ἐπληθύνοντο E H L P [Ψ] 049. 056. 0142. 614 M e l gig p vgD syh bomss (mae) aeth; Chr Aug. That the variant reading of this verse is intentional is indicated by the fact that the singular noun in B03 is accompanied by verbs that are all in the singular, whereas the plural noun in the ‘Western’ text has all the corresponding verbs in the plural. On the one hand, the plural reading may have been influenced by the reference to ‘churches’ in the plural at 16:5. This later reference, however, is not a summary statement of the general situation in the same way that the description here at 9:31 is, but rather alludes to the various churches that Paul is said to have visited (cf. 15:41). The plural at 9:31 may, then, have been deemed too specific and a more general comment preferred, especially since there has been no mention in the narrative so far of churches outside Jerusalem (cf. 2:47 D05 Ierousalem; 8:1, 3 Hierosoluma), and Galilee has not been mentioned at all. 32 Λύδδα B )2 A Ψ 326 pc e gig l vg | ἐν Λύδδᾳ )* ‖ -δαν C E H L P 049. 056. 1739 M p vgDO. Both B03 and )01 read the indeclinable form of the name of the town, Lydda, though )01 prefaces it with the preposition which is not strictly necessary. The feminine form is found in other MSS. The same variant is found at 9:35, but at 9:38 the reading of the feminine form of the