Acts 7

Acts 7:43

:TEXT: “and the star of the god Raiphan”

p74 Sc A 1175 syr

NASVn RANK: -NOTES: “and the star of the god Rompha”

B

: “and the star of the god Romphan”

S*

NASVn NOTES: “and the star of the god Rephan”

C E Psi 33

ASV RSV NASVn NIV NEB TEV NOTES: “and the star of the god Rempham”

D

NASVn OTHER: “and the star of the god Remphan”

323 945 1739 most lat vg

KJV

Other spellings found in manuscripts are Repha, Rempha, and Rephphan. The Greek Old Testament spells the name Raiphan. All of these are variations of the Egyptian name Repa for the god Saturn. It is possible that the reading Raiphan came from an attempt to make the quote read more like the passage in Amos 5:26. It is also possible that the spellings with “e” were corrections by copyists toward the more classical spelling of the name.

Acts 7:46

:TEXT: “find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.”

p74 S* B D (both Greek and Latin) one cop(south)

NASVn NIVn NEBn TEVn RANK: CNOTES: “find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.”

Sc A C E P Psi 33 81 614 945 1241 1739 2495 Byz four lat vg syr most cop

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB : The expression “a dwelling place for the house of Jacob” is difficult and not clear. On the other hand, the expression “find . . . a dwelling place for the God of Jacob” is found in Psalms 132:5. Although it is possible that “God” was original here and copyists objected to this reading on the basis that God does not dwell on earth (see Solomon’s prayer in 1 Kings 8:27), it is more probable that the difficult reading “house” was changed to the more usual expression “God.”