Acts 28:29
KJV Reading Defended
And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
Why the KJV Reading Is Retained
Modern editions omit Acts 28:29, while the KJV/TR includes the verse.
Disputed unit
Whole-verse presence followed by the internal wording required for the exact TR/KJV form.
Evidence assessment
The selected ECM Acts corpus contains 56 Greek entries with the verse in some form and 22 that omit it; Byz is grouped with presence. Forty-five named entries match the complete TR/KJV combination, plus Byz. Lectionary, Latin, Syriac and Coptic evidence is divided.
Primary support for the KJV reading
Broad medieval Greek and Byzantine presence, with divided Latin and Syriac evidence
King James Bible reading
And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
Evidence sources
Sources used for the witnesses, readings, dates, and notes on this page. Complete citations appear in the References section at the end of the page.
Governing apparatus and count scope
The current digital ECM Acts apparatus. Counts describe the named reading states displayed in its selected corpus; Byz remains an unexpanded group.
Earliest KJV-supporting evidence
Sixth century — Byzantine Greek transmission. The verse is represented in the Greek tradition by the early medieval period. Versional support: AD 616 — Syriac Harklean plus reading.
Earliest surviving Greek support: Sixth century onward — Byzantine Greek manuscripts.
Primary support for the KJV reading
The sections below preserve each supporting, competing, and related record under its proper evidence type.
Majority Text standing
Presence and complete wording of the verse
The complete KJV/TR verse is the Byzantine majority reading in Acts.
Estimated Greek support: Approximately 450 to 550 Greek manuscripts; 45 exact states are named in the selected ECM roster
This is a conservative working estimate for the wider Acts manuscript tradition. The exact source-scoped count remains printed beside the roster, and lacunose copies are not treated as votes.
Source scope and denominator
The current digital ECM Acts apparatus. Counts describe the named reading states displayed in its selected corpus; Byz remains an unexpanded group.
Greek support in the cited corpus
45 exact named states plus Byz; 56 states contain the verse in some form
Greek competing evidence in the cited corpus
22 named omission entries
Lectionary evidence
Greek lectionaries contain the verse
Principal competing witnesses named in the snapshot
Evidence represented on this page
Greek manuscripts
Represented
Ancient versions
Represented
Church fathers
Represented
Printed editions
No entry listed
Complete source-scoped roster
This roster preserves every named or grouped state recovered in the governing sources, including exact readings, competing readings, corrections, related forms, lacunae, versions, and aggregate traditions. When Maj or Byz appears on the KJV side, it marks the numerically dominant Greek transmission at that unit. The green Majority Text card above supplies the best available passage-specific estimate. The grouped siglum is then retained so it is not mistaken for one individual manuscript.
Apparatus and roster scope
The current digital ECM Acts apparatus. Counts describe the named reading states displayed in its selected corpus; Byz remains an unexpanded group.
KJV/TR unit: Complete TR/KJV verse
5 61 88 94 180 206 307 429 431 436 453 467 610 614 619 623 629C 630 636 915 1067 1162 1270 1292 1297 1409 1490 1501 1595 1611 1642 1678 1704 1729 1827 1831 1838 1890 1891 2147 2200 2298 2412 2652 2818
Grouped evidence: Byz
522 945 996 1505 1751 1875 2138 2495 2805 L1825 L2010
P74 01 02 03 08 044 048 33 43 81 181 441 621 1175 1243 1739 1842 1884 2344 2464 2718 L60
Grouped evidence: L:V:50> K:SB G S:Ph Ä
Precisely located citations and additional names reported by the controlling apparatus are kept separate. An apparatus-level attribution is not presented as an independently verified exact quotation.
Homilies on Acts 55.1
Close quotation in Homilies on Acts 55.1.
Locator: INTF record 8127; PG 60, 380.48
Open sourceRoster distinctions
Evidence notes
Evidence assessment
The selected ECM Acts corpus contains 56 Greek entries with the verse in some form and 22 that omit it; Byz is grouped with presence. Forty-five named entries match the complete TR/KJV combination, plus Byz. Lectionary, Latin, Syriac and Coptic evidence is divided.
Primary support for the KJV reading
Broad medieval Greek and Byzantine presence, with divided Latin and Syriac evidence
Evidence represented on this page
References
Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung. New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room. Münster: University of Münster.
Aland, Barbara, et al., eds. Novum Testamentum Graece. 28th rev. ed. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012.
Robinson, Maurice A., and William G. Pierpont. The New Testament in the Original Greek: Byzantine Textform 2018. Nürnberg: VTR Publications, 2018.
Tyndale House, Cambridge, ed. The Greek New Testament. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017.
INTF digital Editio Critica Maior: Acts. Acts 28:29.
INTF Kurzgefasste Liste / NTVMR manuscript metadata
INTF Patristic Citations database