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The Acts of the Apostles

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154 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES<br />

naturally well known to him. <strong>The</strong>re is absolutely no<br />

reason to assume <strong>the</strong> interpolation <strong>of</strong> secondary or<br />

tertiary tradition, or <strong>the</strong> combination <strong>of</strong> two sources,<br />

or such like hypo<strong>the</strong>ses. Indeed, <strong>the</strong> very attempt<br />

to analyse and to test <strong>the</strong> inner unity <strong>of</strong> this passage<br />

is in itself an artistic crime. Nei<strong>the</strong>r is <strong>the</strong>re any-<br />

thing extraordinary about <strong>the</strong> Earthquake <strong>of</strong> iv. 31.<br />

Besides, it is not a question here <strong>of</strong> an earthquake in<br />

<strong>the</strong> strict sense <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> word : SerjOevrcov avrcov eaa-<br />

XevOtj 6 TOTTO?, iv

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