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Acts 24
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acts.24.ac24FiveDaysDelegation
πρεσβυτέρων τινῶν / πρεσβυτέρων
TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence
Does the delegation include ‘some’ elders or elders without qualification?
The delegation combines high-priestly leadership, Jerusalem elders, and a professional advocate for the hearing before Felix.
Why this default
The reading with ‘some’ is early and makes the delegation’s composition more precise; omission yields a natural general reference to elders.
Evidence
External‘Some elders’ is supported by P74, א, A, B, P, 33, 81, 1175 and 1739. The shorter reference to elders appears in E, Ψ and much of the later tradition.
InternalThe small modifier could be lost accidentally or removed to make the delegation sound formally representative; the early support favors retaining it.
Project defaultthe high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney, a certain Tertullus
Direct rendering
WitnessesSome elders · P74, א, A, B, P, 33, 81, 1175, 1739Alternativethe high priest Ananias came down with elders and an attorney, a certain Tertullus
Reading without ‘some’
WitnessesElders · E, Ψ, later traditionAlternativethe high priest Ananias, certain elders, and the lawyer Tertullus came down as the prosecution
Functional rendering
WitnessesSome elders · functional renderingRecord integrity
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