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Acts 13
acts.13.ac13PsalmNumber
τῷ ψαλμῷ ... τῷ δευτέρῳ / τῷ πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ
Which Psalm number does the text name?
Most early Greek witnesses identify the second Psalm; the Western tradition calls it the first, reflecting a different way of counting the introductory Psalms.
Why this default
The default follows the overwhelming early support for ‘the second Psalm’; the first-Psalm reading reflects an ancient alternate enumeration, and a smaller stream omits the number.
Evidence
External‘Second’ is supported by P74, א, A, B, C, Ψ, 33, 81, 181, 614, 945 and 1739; ‘first’ by D, Old Latin and patristic witnesses; no number by P45, 522 and 1175.
InternalDifferent traditions sometimes counted Psalms 1–2 differently, naturally producing ‘first’; omission avoids the numbering issue altogether.
Project default
Witnessesτῷ δευτέρῳ · P74, א, A, B, C, Ψ, 33, 614, 945Textual alternative
Witnessesτῷ πρώτῳ · D, Old Latin, patristic witnessesUnnumbered textual alternative
WitnessesNo number · P45, 522, 1175Record integrity
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