The Acts of the Apostles

78 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
that the author who, even as a Hellene, loved to
imitate the antique style of sacred literature, had an
especial affection for 'lepoua-aXyjiuL. In his gospel
and in Acts i.—xv. taken together, 'lepova-aXij/uL occurs
fifty-two times, 'lepocroXv/uLa only ten times.
The second thing to notice is that the problem is
the same for the we-sections as for the whole book.
If the author of the we-sections is not identical with
St. Paul we should have to assume tJi?-ee writers who
varied between 'lepoo-oXu/xa and 'lepovoraXrjiuL—unless
indeed we assume that St. Luke has carefully worked
through his source correcting it and bringing it into
conformity with the rest of his work even in this
point ! But who will believe this !
In regard to the rule which governs the use of
these two forms of the name in the Acts of the
Apostles, something can be learned from the gospel.
Here St. Luke in the parts which he has in common
with St. Mark or St. Matthew, or with both, has in
the first place written ^lepoviraXyj/uL where these have
*lepo