The Variant Readings of the Western Text of the Acts of the Apostles 161 -ᾶτο D, exultabat d C* P 056 M e (gig) syp sa bomss; (Lcf). B03 reads the aorist of ἀγαλλιάομαι, whereas D05 reads the imper- fect. πανοικεῖ B P74 ‫ א‬rell || σὺν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ D (cum tota domu sua d). The adverb of B03 is not found elsewhere in the New Testament, nor in the LXX. The expression of D05 is equivalent, and by its wording main- tains the insistence on the whole household of the jailor. (πεπιστευκὼς) τῷ θεῷ B P74 ‫ א‬rell | ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν D || τ. κυρίῳ 88. 915. 917. 1898. 2401 c (in domino d) gig s vgD sa aeth; Lcf Chr. The preposition ἐπί in D05 makes it clear that the jailor has acquired faith in God, an important step for a Gentile seen from a Jewish point of view. Without the preposition, the dative τῷ θεῷ may mean the same thing but the point is not made so forcefully. The reading of d5 also has the ef- fect of removing the force of the message underlying the wording of D05. 16:35 (γενομένης) ἀπέστειλαν οἱ στρατηγοί B P45vid.74 ‫ א‬rell lat syp-h.pal co aeth; Chr | -στάλκασιν 614. 1505. 1611. 2147. 2412. 2495 || συνῆλθον οἱ στρ. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν καὶ ἀναμνησθέντες τὸν σεισμὸν τὸν γεγονότα ἐφοβήθησαν καὶ ἀπέστειλαν D, convenerunt magistrati idipsud in foro et rememorati sunt terraemotum qui factus est timuerunt et transmiserunt d (syhmg); Ephr. B03 may have shortened the sentence by homoioteleuton (ἀπέστειλαν B03, at the beginning of the phrase // ἀπέστειλαν D05, at the end). With- out it, the narrative lacks coherence, since no reason is suggested for the magistrates deciding to release their prisoners. (τοὺς ῥαβδούχους) λέγοντες B P74 ‫ א‬rell || -τας D, dicentes d. According to B03, it is the words of the magistrates, οἱ στρατηγοί, that are reported, whereas in D05 it is those of the sergeants, τοὺς ῥαβδούχους (an identical variant is seen at Lk. 24:34). By the same vari- ant, the addressee of the words spoken changes: in B03, the magistrates order the sergeants to release the men; in D05, the sergeants tell the jailor to release them. (ἐκείνους) οὓς ἐχθὲς παρέλαβες D, quos externa die suscepisti d 383. 614. 1799. 2147. 2412 syh || om. B P74 ‫ א‬rell lat sy(p).pal co aeth; Chr. In B03, the demonstrative ἐκείνους, without any further qualification, can be read as denigrating. Not so in D05 where a descriptive clause complements the preposition.