The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XVI) 71 much Peter thinking aloud. Here, γάρ serves to expand on Peter’s claim that the righteous from all nations are acceptable to God41. At the same time, however, the particles also impose certain restrictions on the way the sentences are linked. Without them, the B03 has more freedom to link the clauses differently, which in turn gives rise to other variants (see below). ὃν (ἀπέστειλεν) D P74 )* C E H L P Ψ 049. 056. 0142. 614 M syMvid.p.h; CyrJpt Chr | om. B )2 A 81. 467. (614). 1518. (1611). 1739. 2138. (2412) pc, misit d latt co aeth; Hipp Ath CyrJpt. B03 reads ἀπέστειλεν as the first main verb and the only one governing τὸν λόγον as the direct object. In D05, in contrast, ἀπέστειλεν is a subordinate verb, and τὸν λόγον is also governed by οἴδατε (v. 37). 37 ὑμεῖϛ (οἴδατε) D d P45.74 ) A C E Ψ rell ‖ om. B. As Peter appeals to what is common knowledge among the Gentiles, he stresses that it is not only Jews who are aware of what God has been doing in Israel. τὸ γενόμενον ῥῆμα B P45 ) rell | τὸ ῥῆ. τ. γεν. 36. 453. 431 pc ‖ τὸ γενόμενον D d. Where participle forms of γίνεσθαι occur as a noun in Luke’s writings, they are always absolute except at Lk. 2:15 (τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τὸ γεγονόϛ); τὸ γενόμενον, Lk. 23:47; τὰ γενόμενα, Lk. 23:48 (om. D05); 24:18; τὸ γεγονόϛ, Lk. 8:34, 35 (om. D05), 56; Acts 4:21; 5:7; 13:12; τὸ γινόμενον, Acts 12:9; τὰ γινόμενα, Lk. 9:7. τῆϛ ( ᾿Ιουδαίαϛ) B P74 ) DC.a. rell ‖ om. D*. The absence of the article may be due to Peter’s speaking of Judaea to Gentiles in Caesarea – from their point of view, it is not their country nor are they associated with it. It is typical of the narrator in D05 to modify the point of view from which people and places are mentioned according to the (mental) position of the hearer42. ἀρξάμενοϛ B ) C E H Ψ 88. 1739 | -νον P45 L P 049. 056. 33 M; Did ‖ -νοϛ γάρ D d P74 A e l p t vg syM; Irlat. For a second time, D05 uses γάρ to control the structure of Peter’s dis- course (cf. on 10:36 above), as the mention of Judaea leads on to describing the starting point for God’s proclamation as Galilee. Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, 242. 41 Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, 349. 42