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Acts 10
acts.10.ac10ThreeMen
ἄνδρες τρεῖς / ἄνδρες δύο / ἄνδρες
How many seekers does the spirit announce?
Witnesses divide among three men, two men, and no stated number. Three matches the two servants and one soldier sent in verse 7.
Why this default
The default selects three because it matches the narrated delegation and has early, diverse support, while acknowledging that Vaticanus reads two and the later tradition often omits the number.
Evidence
ExternalThree is supported by P74, א, A, C and E; B reads two; much of the later Byzantine tradition leaves the number unstated.
InternalThree agrees exactly with the two servants and one soldier of verse 7; scribes may have altered the number or removed it when reconciling the nearby narrative.
Project default
Witnessesἄνδρες τρεῖς · P74, א, A, C, ETextual alternative
Witnessesἄνδρες δύο · BNumber omitted in the later textual alternative
Witnessesἄνδρες without a number · later Byzantine traditionRecord integrity
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