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142 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES<br />

introduction to a quotation from <strong>the</strong> Old Testament<br />

: TO TTvevjaa to dyiov eXaXticrev oia licrdLOu tov<br />

TTOocbriTou. We are <strong>the</strong>refore left with only six passages—namely,<br />

xviii. 9/. ; xix. % 6,11 f.,15 f.; and<br />

xxiii. 11. Now, however, we at once see that xviii.<br />

9/. and xxiii. 11 are out <strong>of</strong> organic connection with<br />

<strong>the</strong> simple narratives in which <strong>the</strong>y stand, and give<br />

<strong>the</strong> impression <strong>of</strong> having been thrust into <strong>the</strong> context<br />

like <strong>the</strong> lyric Christian passages in certain parts <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Apocalypse. Only consider :<br />

—<br />

xviii. (8—11) : K^/cttto? ^e o ap-)(^LO'vvoLy(*>yo9 eTriV-<br />

T€V$ yap BiifxapTvpo) to. Trcpl €/xov els 'le/aovcraA^/A, ovto)<br />

(re Set kol els 'Pw/xr^v fiapTvprjcrai.<br />

yev<strong>of</strong>xevrj^ he ^/mepa^ iroirja-avTe^ a-v(TTpo(prji> ol 'lovSaioi<br />

aveOefj-aTia-av eavTOv^, XeyovTCS, /uli]T€ (payeiv yuT/re irieiv<br />

eft)? ov aTTOKTeivotXTL tov MavXov,

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