12. The tendency to insert μέν, against overwhelming evidence, in order to balance a subsequent δέ, is here illustrated. KL and some late authorities here read ὥστε ὁ μὲν θάνατος: comp. Act 5:23; Act 19:15. Even without δέ to suggest it, it is sometimes inserted, as Act 19:5; Heb 6:16. In such cases the Rec. commonly inserts, as here.