The Acts of the Apostles

132 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
into one. If this, however, be true then it follows
that where the speeches agree the one vouches for
the other, and the critics will at last be compelled to
give up one of those positions to which they cling with
the most inveterate prejudice,—the assumption that
St. Paul's doctrine is here brought into too close
accordance with the doctrine of the Pharisees, and
that he is here represented as adopting a line of
defence which is unworthy of himself in that he
renounces his own principles.