Acts 4:25 - Exposition

Who by the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say for who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, T.R. and A.V .; Gentiles for heathen, A.V .; peoples for people, A.V. Who by the Holy Ghost, etc. The R.T. here is impossible, but the T.R. is perfectly easy and natural. The confusion in the manuscripts from which the R.T. is formed appears to have arisen from στόματος having been accidentally mistaken for πνεύματος , which led to other changes. Three readings resulted and seem to be combined: ὁ διὰ τοῦ πατρός ἡμῶν δαβὶδ εἰπών : or, ὁ διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου εἰπών : or the original one, ὁ διὰ στόματος δαβὶδ παιδός σου εἰπών , which is preserved in the T.R.