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Acts 19

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acts.19.ac19BothAll

κατακυριεύσας ἀμφοτέρων

TEXTBOUNDARYmoderate confidence

Whom did the possessed man overpower?

The earliest wording says ‘both,’ creating tension with the seven sons in verse 14; later witnesses smooth it to ‘all.’

Why this default

The difficult “both” reading is default because it is preserved by the earliest papyrus and major codices even though verse 14 has named seven sons. “All” resolves that numerical tension and is readily explained as scribal smoothing; “the whole group” interprets the all reading rather than representing a third Greek form.

Evidence

Externalἀμφοτέρων (“both”) is supported by P74, א, A, B, and D; πάντων (“all”) is supported by E, Ψ, 33, and the Byzantine tradition.

InternalBecause “both” appears to conflict with the seven sons named in verse 14, copyists had a clear reason to replace it with “all.” The reverse change would create a difficulty without an obvious motive.

Project defaultoverpowered both of them

Earliest difficult reading

Witnessesἀμφοτέρων · P74, א, A, B, D
Alternativeoverpowered them all

Smoothed textual reading

Witnessesπάντων · E, Ψ, 33, Byzantine tradition
Alternativeoverpowered the whole group

Referential rendering

Witnessesπάντων · interpretive rendering of the all reading

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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