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Acts 22

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acts.22.ac22WarningAddition

Ὅρα τί μέλλεις ποιεῖν

TEXThigh confidence

Does the centurion warn the commander to consider his action?

The warning confronts the commander with the legal danger of scourging an uncondemned Roman citizen.

Why this default

The interrogative form is preserved by the earliest witnesses; the explicit ‘Take care’ imperative is a natural strengthening of the alarm.

Evidence

ExternalThe question ‘What are you about to do?’ is supported by P74, א, A, B, C, 33, 1739 and early versions. The imperative ‘Take care what you are about to do’ appears in E and the later Byzantine tradition.

InternalA scribe could readily intensify the centurion’s alarm by changing the question into an explicit caution; the reverse change is harder to explain.

Project defaultWhat are you about to do?

Project default

WitnessesWhat are you about to do? · P74, א, A, B, C, 33, 1739, early versions
AlternativeTake care what you are about to do!

Later reading

WitnessesTake care what you are about to do · E, later Byzantine tradition
AlternativeConsider what you intend to do!

Responsible alternative

WitnessesConsider what you intend to do · 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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