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Acts 22

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acts.22.ac22ImmediateRelease

δεδεκώς / δεδεκώς καὶ παραχρῆμα ἔλυσεν αὐτόν

TEXThigh confidence

Does the narrative say the commander immediately released Paul?

The disputed closing action would make Paul’s release the immediate procedural result of the commander’s alarm.

Why this default

The broad text reports only that the commander had bound Paul; a narrow secondary stream adds an immediate release.

Evidence

ExternalThe shorter reading has broad Greek support; 614, 1611, Syriac Harklean and Sahidic add that he immediately released Paul.

InternalThe addition resolves the legal tension after Paul’s citizenship disclosure, making explanatory expansion likely.

Project defaultOmit

Project default · no added release

WitnessesNo immediate-release statement · broad Greek tradition
Alternative, and he immediately released him

Secondary textual addition

WitnessesImmediately released him · 614, 1611, Syriac Harklean, Sahidic
Alternative, before releasing him at once

Idiomatic rendering of the addition

WitnessesLonger reading · idiomatic 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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