Minuscule 2818 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A^πρ20 ( von Soden). Formerly it was labelled as 36^aK in all catalogues, but it was renumbered by Aland, because two manuscripts had number 36 (36^e and 36^a). It is a Greek

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of the

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, dated palaeographically to the 12th-century.

Description

The codex contains the text of the

Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...

and

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on 245 parchment leaves with a commentary. The text is written in one column per page, 39 lines per page, the pages are 26 by 20.5 cm. The text is written on a parchment in

. It contains Prolegomena. The text is divided according to the (''chapters''), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their (''titles of chapters'') at the top of the pages. The text of the Acts of the Apostles is surrounded by a Catena of Church Fathers.

F. H. A. Scrivener Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (September 29, 1813, Bermondsey, Surrey – October 30, 1891, Hendon, Middlesex) was a New Testament textual critic and a member of the English New Testament Revision Committee which produced the Revised Version ...

, ''

A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament ''A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament: For the Use of Biblical Students'' is one of the books of Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (1813–1891), biblical scholar and textual critic. In this book Scrivener listed over 3,0 ...

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: London 1894), Vol. 1, p. 287. It contains ''Martyrium Pauli''.

Text

Aland placed the Greek text of the Acts in Category II. The text of the Catholic epistles is in Category III. In Acts 8:37 it has a text supported by the manuscripts: Codex Basilensis, 323,

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, 1739, 1891, and several others.Nestle-Aland, ''Novum Testamentum Graece'', 26th edition, p. 345. In it has an addition αγιον επεπεσεν επι τον ευνουχον, αγγελος δε (''holy piritfell on the eunuch, and an angel''). This reading is supported by the manuscripts

Codex Alexandrinus The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manu ...

, 323,

, 945, 1739, 1891, and several others. In it reads μεγας for ουκ ολιγος, the reading is supported by 94,

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, 431, 1175, cop^sa, arm. In Acts 20:28 it reads του κυριου (''of the Lord'') together with the manuscripts

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C* D E Ψ 33

945 1739 1891.NA26, p. 384.For another variants of this verse see: Textual variants in the Acts of the Apostles.

History of the codex

The manuscript was cited in Walton's Polyglott, enumerated by John Mill (''Novum Testamentum'', Prolegomena § 1390), examined by

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, and edited by

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in 1838. It was cited by '' Novum Testamentum Graece'' (Nestle-Aland 27) in Acts 15:28; 21:25. The codex is located now at the New College (58), in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minuscule 2818 Greek New Testament minuscules 12th-century biblical manuscripts