The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles 157 object, and especially the part of the subject which is in the state or condi- tion indicated by the verb’). The position of the possessive pronoun after the verb in B03 throws the spotlight on to the jailor’s act of fastening the feet. The preposition εἰς can be explained by the jailor’s act of putting the feet into the stocks, just as ἐν in D05 can be understood as referring to the final position of the feet in the stocks. In general, variation between the two prepositions can be justified by the context (see Read-Heimerdinger, The Bezan Text, pp. 192–197). 16:25 Κατὰ δὲ τὸ (– ‫ )א‬μεσονύκτιον B P74 ‫ א‬DC rell || Κ. δ. μέσον τῆς νυκτός D*, Circa mediam vero noctem d. The expression of B03 is found at Lk. 11:5; Acts 20:7. That of D05 is found at Acts 27:27, and close to the form at Exod. 12:29 LXX (μεσούσης τῆς νυκτός) referring to the night of the Passover, which is being echoed in this scene of deliverance. ὁ (Παῦλος) D pc || om. B P74 ‫ א‬rell. The presence of the article before Paul in D05 also serves Silas, present- ing them together as a pair (as at 16:19 [om. B03 ‫א‬01].29 [om. ‫א‬01]); it indicates that they have been maintained as the focus of attention, unlike in B03 where, as was seen in the vll of 16:23.24, attention had switched to the jailor. 16:26 ἠνεῴχθησαν δέ B gig; Cyr Lcf Cass || ἠν. δὲ παραχρῆμα D C 69. 88. 1175. 1739. 1837 | ἠνοίχθησαν δὲ π. ‫ א‬P74 A E 33. 81 | ἀνεῴχθησάν τε/ δὲ π. H L P Ψ 049. 056. 614 M, apertaeque sunt statim d. D05 includes the adverb παραχρῆμα, as elsewhere in Acts (cf. 5:5 D05; 14:10 D05). (τὰ δεσμὰ) ἀνέθη B P74 ‫א‬2 Ds.m. rell || ἀνελύθη D*, relaxata sunt d ‫ ;*א‬Chr | ἐλύθη 1838 pc. Both verbs are rare with the transitive sense of ‘loosen’ (B-A-G, ἀνίημι 1; ἀναλύω, I), that of B03 found only at Acts 27:40 in Luke’s writing, and that of D05 not used elsewhere. The verbs are not frequent in the LXX either, though transitive usage is more common with ἀνίημι. 16:27 ἔξυπνος δέ B P74 ‫ א‬rell || καὶ ἔξ. D, et exomnis d. — καὶ (ἀσπασάμενος) D* || om. B P74 ‫ א‬Ds.m. rell d. The connective δέ in B03 presents the switch back to the jailor as a new narrative development (cf. on vv. 25, 26 above), whereas καί of D05 views it as part of a series of events following the quake.