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Acts 13

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acts.13.ac13PsalmNumber

τῷ ψαλμῷ ... τῷ δευτέρῳ / τῷ πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ

TEXThigh confidence

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 defaultin the second psalm

Project default

Witnessesτῷ δευτέρῳ · P74, א, A, B, C, Ψ, 33, 614, 945
Alternativein the first psalm

Textual alternative

Witnessesτῷ πρώτῳ · D, Old Latin, patristic witnesses
Alternativein the Psalms

Unnumbered textual alternative

WitnessesNo number · P45, 522, 1175

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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