The Acts of the Apostles

178 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
on the part of Antioch there was no want of filial
deference to Jerusalem.
The traditions connected with Jerusalem, and with
both Jerusalem and Caesarea, have in chaps, i.—v. St.
Peter as their centre (in iv. 36 St. Barnabas is thrust
into the context by St. Luke, very carelessly and
in artistic ally so far as form is concerned, but in order
to prepare for his later ministry ; also St. John here
and later in the work is depicted in quite a shadowy
fashion). In viii. 5—40 St. Philip and St. Peter form
the central points; in ix. 29-xi. 18 and xii. 1-24
St. Peter ag-ain stands bv himself. We must accord-
ingly describe these traditions as Petrine, with the
proviso that two passages connected with St. Philip are
found among them (viii. 5-13 ; viii. 26-40). The first
is closely bound up with the Petrine sections by the
Petrine passage viii. 14-25 ; but the second is quite
independent, neither does the first lose anything of
its real independence because of its conjunction with
the Petrine sections. St. Philip here plays a primary
part. Accordingly these traditions fall into two divi-
sions very unequal in extent, the larger of which is
grouped exclusively round St. Peter, the smaller round
St. Philip. This distinction does not, however, coin-
cide with the distinction between tradition purely
connected with Jerusalem and that connected with
Jerusalem and Caesarea ; in fact, the latter body of
tradition is connected not only with St. Philip but
also with St. Peter.
The Jerusalem-Caesarean tradition (viii. 5-40; ix.
29—xi. 18), concerned both with St. Peter and St. Philip,
may be regarded as an unity, for the style of narrative