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 (, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; ) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of The gospel, its message to the Roman Empire. Acts and the Gospel of Luke make u ...

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, ''

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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,

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945 Year 945 (Roman numerals, CMXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * January 27 – The co-emperors Stephen Lekapenos, Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos, Constantine a ...

1739 Events January–March * January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, in the South Atlantic Ocean. * January 3 – A 7.6 earthquake shakes the Ningxia Hui Autonomou ...

1891 Events January * January 1 ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a ...

, 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

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

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, 431,

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, 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

.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 ''

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'' (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