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Acts 6

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acts.6.ac6SevenMen

δέ / οὖν / omission · πνεύματος / πνεύματος ἁγίου

TEXTTRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

How does the selection instruction read?

The witnesses vary both the opening connector and whether 'holy' explicitly modifies spirit.

Why this default

The shorter spirit wording with the adversative connector is default on strong early support; later witnesses expand both the transition and Spirit title.

Evidence

Externalא and B support δέ with spirit; the Byzantine stream supports therefore and holy spirit; p74 and D omit the connector.

InternalBoth a clarifying connector and 'holy' could be supplied to smooth the instruction.

Project defaultBut brothers and sisters, select from among you seven well-attested men, full of spirit and wisdom

Project default

Witnessesא, B and early witnesses
AlternativeTherefore, brothers and sisters, select from among you seven well-attested men, full of holy spirit and wisdom

Expanded reading

WitnessesC, E, P, Ψ, Byzantine tradition
AlternativeBrothers and sisters, select from among you seven well-attested men, full of holy spirit and wisdom

Connector omitted

Witnessesp74, D and versional witnesses

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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