First Epistle of Peter. 499 



PECULIAR TO MATTHEW 

 D 



d 



(1) I Pt. 1 ; 4 Mt. 25 ; 34 



dc x}.Tjpovo[jiav . . . -sTTjp-fjjjivYiv x>.Tjpovo[j.T^(7aTS TTYiv ■f\'^oi[i.y.(j[yiyf\-/ 

 h o'jpavoLir si? •jij.ar, Cf . 3 ; 9 b. -j^jIv paaiXsiav axo xa-a[3oX% 



x6cr[j.o'j 



K};Yipovo[X£Tv with its family is a very common word in the N. T., 

 especially in the PauHne Epistles. " Inheriting the Kingdom " is 

 mentioned in I Cor. 6 ; 10, 15 ; 50, Gal. 5 ; 21, Eph. 5 ; 5. That 

 the "inheritance is laid up in heaven" is also alluded to in Col. 

 1 ; 5 and inferred in Eph. 1 ; 14. 'ETOtixa^w is a common word 

 in the Gospels, but rare elsewhere, occurring in the Pauline Epistles 

 only three times and in I Peter not at all. Therefore literary 

 dependence cannot be argued from this parallel. 



(2) I Pt. 2 ; 5 Mt. 16 ; 18 



7:v£'jij.a-:tx6? . . . Tisxpa oixoBo'rfjG-co [j.oD tt^v skxTvYj- 



Tiav . . . 



The change of Simon's name to ns'D or HsTpo?, and the allusion 

 to l-AY.J.r^fji'x lead many to think that there is here an anachronism. 

 Unfortunately the Siniatic Syriac (Ss) fails us at this point. Both 

 the Curetonian (Sc) and the Peshito (P) follow the Greek text in 

 using -iLjjk . We have concluded elsewhere that our Epistle de- 

 pends upon Rom. 9 ; 33 and Eph. 2 ; 20-21 at this point, so if 

 either of these authors influenced the other, Matthew is the bor- 

 rower. Knowing what we do about the rapidly developing tradition 

 of the early church we should conclude, apart from literary con- 

 siderations, that the thought of Mt. 16 ; 18 antedates our Epistle. 

 Therefore we cannot so much as argue a common source for these 

 scriptures. 



(3) 



Mt. 5 ; 16 resembles our Epistle at this point more closely than 

 any other N. T. passage. It is quite natural to suppose that Matthew 



