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Acts 21

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acts.21.ac21PaulParty

ἤλθομεν / οἱ περὶ τὸν Παῦλον ἦλθον

TEXThigh confidence

How is the party’s arrival at Caesarea narrated?

The first-person travel narrative carries the voyage into Caesarea and Philip’s household.

Why this default

The first-person plural continues Luke’s travel narrative and has the earliest diverse support; explicit mention of Paul’s party is secondary clarification.

Evidence

ExternalWe came is supported by P74, א, A, B, C, E, Ψ and early versions; Paul and his companions came is characteristic of the later Byzantine stream.

InternalNaming Paul resolves the shifting narrative subject, a natural clarification; deleting his name from a broadly transmitted explicit reading is less likely.

Project defaultwe came to Caesarea

Project default

WitnessesWe came · P74, א, A, B, C, E, Ψ, early versions
AlternativePaul and his companions came to Caesarea

Later textual alternative

WitnessesPaul and his companions came · later Byzantine tradition
Alternativethe group around Paul came to Caesarea

Form-sensitive alternative

WitnessesLater explicit-subject reading · form-sensitive rendering

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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