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Acts 22

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acts.22.ac22DevoutLaw

εὐλαβὴς / εὐσεβὴς / omission

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

How is Ananias characterized in relation to the law?

Ananias is presented within the world of law-observant Judean piety before he recounts Paul’s commission.

Why this default

The adjective ‘devout’ has strong critical support; ‘pious’ is a later lexical substitution, while omission is early but more limited.

Evidence

Externalεὐλαβής is supported by א, B and the critical tradition; εὐσεβής by the Byzantine tradition; P74, A and part of the Latin tradition omit the adjective.

InternalThe near-synonyms could be interchanged, while omission may arise through compression; the divided evidence warrants moderate confidence.

Project defaulta devout man according to the law

Project default

Witnessesεὐλαβής · א, B, critical tradition
Alternativea pious man according to the law

Byzantine lexical reading

Witnessesεὐσεβής · Byzantine tradition
Alternativea man according to the law

Adjective omitted

WitnessesAdjective omitted · P74, A, Latin witnesses

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