:TEXT: "Philippi, which is a city of the first district of Macedonia" : three later vg manuscripts : TEV RANK: DNOTES: "Philippi, which is a principal city of the district of Macedonia" : p74 S A B C P Psi 33 81 945 Byz most lat vg cop : KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEVnOTHER: "Philippi, which is a principal city of Macedonia" : 614 1241 1739 2495 syr(h) OTHER: "Philippi, which is a head city of Macedonia" : D (both Greek and Latin) syr(p) : The final letter of "first" is enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. If omitted it would give the reading in the notes. The text reading is essentially a conjecture that was supported by three out of five members of the UBS Textual Committee because of the difficulty of understanding the phrase "first city." It does not mean "the chief city" (KJV) or "the leading city" (RSV and NIV), for that honor goes to the city of Thessalonica. However, as two of the five members point out, it can mean "a leading city" and that is probably its meaning here. The reading in the notes is preferable. The RSV gives a footnote saying that the Greek text is uncertain.