Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XXIII) (Acts 16:1–40)» filologia-neotestamentaria, Vol. 24 (2011) 135-164 page 135

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Josep Rius-Camps - Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, «The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XXIII) (Acts 16:1–40)», Vol. 24 (2011) 135-164

In Acts 16, Paul sets out again on his missionary journey but without Barnabas, Instead he is accompanied by Silas and Timothy, and in part by a group of companions referred to by Luke in the 1^st person. His itinerary follows the leading given by successive divine interventions designed to move him westwards, towards Rome. Most of the action takes place in Philippi, his first stopping place after leaving Asia where he had worked previously. On his arrival there, Paul first seeks out the Jewish community. However, a conflictual encounter with local people leads to his imprisonment, when the jailor provides him with the opportunity to speak about the gospel to Gentiles. Paul’s failure to make the most of this opportunity occasions implicit ciriticism from the narrator of Codex Bezae.

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135 The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles (XXIII) (Acts 16:1–40) JOSEP RIUS-CAMPS AND JENNY READ-HEIMERDINGER In Acts 16, Paul sets out again on his missionary journey but without Barnabas, Instead he is accompanied by Silas and Timothy, and in part by a group of companions referred to by Luke in the 1st person. His itinerary follows the leading given by successive divine interventions designed to move him westwards, towards Rome. Most of the action takes place in Philippi, his first stopping place after leaving Asia where he had worked previously. On his arrival there, Paul first seeks out the Jewish community. However, a conflictual encounter with local people leads to his imprisonment, when the jailor provides him with the opportunity to speak about the gospel to Gen- tiles. Paul’s failure to make the most of this opportunity occasions implicit ciriticism from the narrator of Codex Bezae. Keywords: Acts, Acts 16, Paul, Timothy, Lydia, Philippian jailor, Codex Bezae, Codex Vaticanus, Western text, textual criticism. Part Three. –III. The Second Phase of the Mission to the Gentiles (Macedonia and Greece). 16:1–18:23 As in the first section that dealt with the journey undertaken by Bar- nabas and Paul (13.1–14:27), the progress in the narrative in this section is again marked by successive stages in the journey. This time, Paul is the leader from the start, accompanied by Silas then also Timothy (16:3), and briefly by an anonymous group referred to as ‘we’ (16:10-17; see General Introduction, §VIII). Eight sequences are identified, with the first [A] and the last [A'] forming introductory and concluding narrative passages. Several sequences are composed of smaller episodes arranged in a variety of patterns. The two central sequences, [D-D'], represent the climax of Jewish opposition to Paul and Silas in this section. [A] 16:1-4 Prolegomena [B] 16:5-10 Crossing into Macedonia [C] 16:11-40 Macedonia I: Philippi [D] 17:1-9 Macedonia II: Thessalonica Filología Neotestamentaria - Vol. XXIV - 2011, pp. 135-164 Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - Universidad de Córdoba (España)