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Acts 17

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acts.17.ac17ChangeMinds

παραγγέλλει / ἀπαγγέλλει ... μετανοεῖν

TEXThigh confidence

Does God command or announce the universal call to repent?

The summons widens beyond Athens to every person and place.

Why this default

The default commands is overwhelmingly supported and fits the following infinitive. א* and B instead read announces.

Evidence

ExternalCommands is supported by P41, P74, אc, A, D, E, P, Ψ, 049, 056, 0142, 88, 104, 181, 326, 614, 945, 1505, 1739 and the Byzantine tradition. Announces is read by א* and B with Old Latin, Vulgate, and limited Coptic support.

InternalCommanding repentance is the more direct construction and fits Luke’s usage; announcing may have arisen through graphic similarity between the verbs.

Project defaultGod now commands all people everywhere to change their minds

Project default

WitnessesCommands · P41, P74, אc, A, D, E, P, Ψ, Byzantine tradition
AlternativeGod now announces to all people everywhere that they should repent

Alternative

WitnessesAnnounces · א*, B, Old Latin, Vulgate, limited Coptic
AlternativeGod now commands everyone everywhere to turn their thinking and lives around

Responsible alternative

WitnessesCommands · contextual rendering of the default text

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

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