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Rom 16:5 — Ἀσίας / Ἀχαΐας

Rom 16:5 · reading in

καὶ τὴν κατ’ οἶκον αὐτῶν ἐκκλησίαν. ἀσπάσασθε Ἐπαίνετον τὸν ἀγαπητόν μου, ὅς ἐστιν ἀπαρχὴ τῆς Ἀσίας εἰς Χριστόν.

BSB: “Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.”

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Printed reading

Ἀσίας

Asias

of Asia

ℵ · A · B · C · D* · F · G · d · e · f · g · vg · cop · arm · aethutr · Origen (Lat.) · John of Damascus · Ambrosiaster

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Alternative 1

Ἀχαΐας

Achaias

of Achaia

Db · Dc · L · P · harl* · both Syriac versions · Chrysostom · Theodoret · Theophylact · Oecumenius

ByzTR

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Witness-dates timeline: pending sourcing. The dates are not yet backed by a sourced witness registry, so the timeline is hidden; the witnesses for each reading are listed above.

Decision

✓ Approved

Printed: Ἀσίας
Confidence: high (team scale)
Significance: meaning
Byz / TR: Ἀχαΐας — open RP2018

Editorial decision: print Ἀσίας, with SBLGNT. Confidence high for the print choice. Says The printed text names Epaenetus as firstfruits of Asia. Uncertain Whether some of the greetings first belonged to another letter is not settled by this unit. No lean is taken here.

Evidence

7 sources

Editions: SBLGNT; RP2018 (Byz); Scrivener 1894 (TR). WH, Treg, and NA28 alignment follows the SBLGNT apparatus; NA28 is cited by reference only. Sigla: corrector notation follows Tischendorf, as explained in src.tischendorf-8.

This unit is only Ἀσίας / Ἀχαΐας at 16:5. SBLGNT, WH, Treg, and NA28 print Ἀσίας. RP and TR print Ἀχαΐας. RP is not a proxy for TR in this chapter, but the two agree here.

Manuscripts (Tischendorf 8, vol. 2 (1872), p. 452, leaf n459 (novumtestamentum02tisc)): the octava prints Ἀσίας. Ἀσίας with ℵ A B C D* F G, a few minuscules (counted, not listed), d e f g, vg (except harl*), cop, arm, the Ethiopic (both editions), Origen Lat., Damascene, and Ambrosiaster. Origen Lat. is also quoted as calling Epaenetus the firstfruits of Asia, and as comparing people called firstfruits of Achaia in another letter; that comparison is not treated as a second Greek witness for Ἀχαΐας here. ς (= Griesbach, Scholz, and Griesbach again) reads Ἀχαΐας with D in later hands (Dᵇ and Dᶜ), L, P, and many others, harl* apparently, both Syriac versions, Chrysostom, Theodoret, Theophylact, and Oecumenius.

Minor variants (box lines; p. 452, leaf n459): 16:5 εἰς Χριστόν / ἐν Χριστῷ: εἰς Χριστόν with ℵ A B C L P and many others, with SBLGNT, RP, and TR; ἐν Χριστῷ with D E F G and some others; Latin and vg have in Christo. 16:6 Μαριάμ / Μαρίαν, and εἰς ὑμᾶς / ἡμᾶς, are also on this page and do not change the Asia / Achaia unit.

Internal: Asia or Achaia names a different region as the place of the firstfruits. The difference bears on, but does not decide, hypotheses about the first address of the greetings. No lean is taken on that history here.

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