The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XVI) 79 active verb, ἤκουσαν, whose subject is ‘the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judaea’ (cf. 8:14), thus re-introducing into the narrative new characters and transferring the action back to Judaea. D05 views the closure of the Cornelius scene somewhat differently. Though giving the same information, that the apostles and the brethren in Judaea heard what had happened in Caesarea, it presents it only obliquely with an impersonal construction and the dative of the persons (cf. 9:42), leaving the focus of attention on Peter and the setting of the narrative remains for the moment in Caesarea. This is confirmed by the next verse, 11:2, with which the following scene opens in D05 (rather than continues as in B03), showing Peter’s inner intentions and wishes as he takes the initiative in going to Jerusalem. Judaea in the D05 text is more specifically a reference to the centre of Judaism, as it is elsewhere in Acts (10:37; 11:29; 12:1 D05, 19; 15:1; 21:10, 20 D05). The relative construction οἱ ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιουδαίᾳ also causes the reference to Judaea to be rather more pointed in D05. ἐδέξαντο B ) DE rell (exceperunt d) ‖ -ξατο D* P74vid 1243. The B03 reading (sing.) considers the Gentiles, or nations, as having separate identities while D05 (pl.) views them collectively as representing one group of people. [BA′-A′] 11:2-18 Peter’s Report to the Apostles The Alexandrian Text, which does not include any account of Peter’s movements between Caesarea and Jerusalem, starts this new section already at 11:1 (see Critical Apparatus, 11:1, 2). According to the text of Codex Bezae, the final episode of the sub-sequence concerning Peter opens now, with the same construction μὲν οὖν as the first episode (cf. 9:31) just as μὲν οὖν also opened the first and last episodes of the corresponding sub-sequence concerning Philip [BA] (8:4, 25). As often happens with a μὲν οὖν clause, it presents a first incident arising from the preceding narrative that is followed by a second incident, in a clause introduced with δέ that takes the story on further. The first incident is preparatory to the events of the new episode which starts properly at the δέ clause, 11:2b [a]50. This describes the reaction of those ‘of the circumcision’ to Peter’s actions in Caesarea and is followed by Peter’s explanation in 11:4- 17 [b]. That his account satisfied his opponents is made clear by their changed response, 11:18 [a′], with which the episode ends. Levinsohn, Textual Connections, 141–50. 50