42G Clarence Russell Willi ci>fis, 



Jiea\en." 'iJu' lalU-r is (luite foreign U> the X.T. and to tlie words 

 of Jesus thougli we recall I Peter 1 : 4, 5 sf? xXvipovopav acpOapTOv . . . 

 -:£-r,p[j.£vrjV ev oipavoT?, etc., compare also Rom. 1 : 23 ; 2:7. 



But in the Shorter Conclusion we read to ispov aoOap-rov x-^poyixa 

 t9]5 a?(.>viO'j (TWTTjpta? with which may be compared Wisdom 18 : 4 

 Si" cov r,[jiA}v).£v TO acpOapTov v6[j,ol) cpw<; tw aJwvt BiBoaOai. 



The suggestion has not been previously made, to our knowledge, 

 tliat in this logion and its setting we have a remarkable parallel to 

 Luke's account of the return of the seventy, probably an echo of it 

 (Luke JO : 17—20). The paragraph reads "And the seventy returned 

 with joy saying. Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy 

 name. And he said unto tliem, I beheld Satan (tov laTavav) fallen 

 as lightning from heaven. Behold I have given you authority (ttiv 

 s^ouffiav cf. -u^ i'co'j'jiy.c tojj llaTava) to tread upon serpents and 

 scorpions {•ko.tzw STcavco ocpswv cf. ocpst? apouo-tv of Mark IG : 18) and 

 over all the power of the enemy (tyjv 8'jvajj.tv tou s/O-poO cf. tou b-too 

 xa-aXaPscQ-ai Byva[j.iv) and nothing shall in any wise hurt you (com- 

 pare the expression "if they drink any deadly thing it shall in no 

 wise hurt them" of Mark 16: 18 although the Greek is different). 

 Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits (xa 7cv£U[j.aTa) are 

 subject unto 3'ou ; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven 

 (£v T0T5 oupavoT^ cf. "to the end that they may inherit the spiritual 

 and incorruptible glory of righteousness in heaven (Iv tco oupavw). 



It is further to be noted that the verse immediately preceding this 

 paragraph, in the Gospel according to Luke (10 : 16) speaks of the 

 "hearing" or "rejecting" of the disciples' message. It is to this that 

 the words of the disciples, here made an excuse for themselves, orig- 

 inally referred, as we shall argue later. 



This section, then, is based on our canonical Gospels, and on them 

 alone, for in spite of marked differences we have abundant evidence 

 of similarity, and it seems absurd to limit the vocabularly and ex- 

 pressions of a second century Christian to those found in the N.T. 

 At the same time the marked Pauline cast of thought and expression 

 which distinguishes this section, separates it not only from the Gospels, 

 but from the Longer Conclusion as well, though in its Johannine ele- 

 ments there may seem to be a slight relationship with the latter. 



2. The integrity of this section, — do the two parts of the saying, 

 the apology of the apostles and the reply of Jesus belong together ? 



We have already seen that Jerome furnishes us only the excuse 

 of the disciples, though in a smoother and simpler form. The answer 

 of Jesus has been found nowhere but in the Freer MS. Did this 

 answer originally belong with the disciples' apology, or was it appended 



