First Epistle of Peter. 389 



Sim, Vin, vi, 4 

 iTCaio^uvO^EVTs? TO ovo[j.a Kupiou 



Again we are indebted to Mr. Drummond for this careful analy- 

 sis, as well as for his comment upon the same. He thinks there 

 is here a probable reminiscence of I Peter, which inference is con- 

 firmed from the parallel from Polycarp, for the latter has just quoted 

 I Peter, and that he still has the Epistle in mind is indicated by the 

 last clause. Cf. I Pt. 2 ; 21. Bigg only calls attention to the par- 

 allel between Sim. IX, xxviii, 5 and I Pt. 4 ; 15. Lightfoot and 

 Crombie fail to record any of these parallels just given. Though 

 a few accidental catch words as Tzmyjj), £7i:at,a-/uvovTai, svsxsv toO 

 ov6[j.aTO?, etc. may but suggest our Epistle, the general tenor of the 

 passage, especially ch. 28, in connection with the verbal likeness, 

 and the reference in Polycarp, all combine to make a strong case 

 for literary dependence. 



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 (4) Vis. Ill, iii, 5 I Pt. 2 ; 5 



Y] ^co"?i up-wv Bia uBaTo? sg-coO-y) sv Yip-spai? Nws, xaTacrx£uoc^o[j.£VYj(; 

 xai o-coS-YiTSTai xt[3ojTou, £1? ^v oT^iyot . . . Bi£0-o)8>Yj- 



aav Bi' uBocTO? . . . o-oj^ei (3a7CTi(7[j.a. 



Drummond thinks the idea of salvation through water springs 

 too readily from the practice of baptism to justify one in claiming 

 literary dependence. The verbal similarity however is worthy of 

 note. 



Sim. IX, xxix, 1, 3 I Pt. 2 ; 1, 2 Mt. 18 ; 3 



w? vYjma [3p£cpY] £tai, a7:oO"£[j.£voi o5y] xaaav Y£vy]<7&-£ mc, toc TiaiBia. 



oT$ ouB£[j.ia xaxtoc ava- xaxiav , . . d)$ dpTi- Cf. I Cor. 3 ; 1, and 



Paiv£i liii TY]v xapBiav yivyriTX [ipfcpY] 14 ; 20. 

 . . . OTOi o3v . . . 



In I Pt. 2 ; 1 and I Cor. 14 ; 20 it is the blamelessness of the babe 

 which is considered, where-as in I Cor. 3 ; 1 and I Pt. 2 ; 2 its diet. 

 Sim. IX, xxix is more likely to have been suggested by I Pt. than 

 by I Cor. 



Mand. VIII, 10 



Bigg calls attention to a list of " Petrine words close together" 

 here i. e. cpt,};6^£vo?, Yja-uyto?, aBsXcpoTTj? and uyab-oTzoififjic, — (ayaO-o- 



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