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Acts 1

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acts.1.ac1White

ἐν ἐσθήσεσι λευκαῖς / ἐν ἐσθῆτι λευκῇ

TEXTTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

Are the two men described with plural garments or a singular collective garment?

The SBLGNT text has plural white garments; the Byzantine reading uses a singular clothing expression. The scene is unchanged.

Why this default

“In white garments” follows the critical-text plural; the Byzantine singular preserves the same scene through a collective clothing expression.

Evidence

ExternalPlural white garments: WH, Tregelles, NA28/SBLGNT; singular white garment/clothing: Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine text.

InternalThe singular can regularize the clothing description as a collective expression; the plural directly describes the garments worn by the two men.

Project defaultin white garments

Project default · SBLGNT

Witnessesἐν ἐσθήσεσι λευκαῖς — WH, Tregelles, NA28/SBLGNT
Alternativein white clothing

Byzantine singular

Witnessesἐν ἐσθῆτι λευκῇ — Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine text
Alternativein white [garments / clothing]

Both readings displayed

Witnessesἐν [ἐσθήσεσι λευκαῖς / ἐσθῆτι λευκῇ] — both readings displayed openly

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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