398 Or a Delmer Foster, 



(4) Mag. IX, 3 I Pt. 3 ; 19 



o& xai 6\ TrpocpYJTa!, [xccb-r^-od ovts? sv w (7i;vsup,aTi) xai toT? sv (pLi>>oc>t^ 



Tw TwsujxaTi w? BiSaoy.aTvOV auTov xvsujj.ac'i.v TiopsuO'Si? sxi^pu^ev, 4 ; 6 



xpocrsBoxoiv. xal Bia toQ-o, 6v vsxpoT? suvjYYslio-S-rj 

 BixaCco? av£[j.£vov, xapwv v^ysipsv 

 auTOUc £x vsxpoiv 



The idea that Jesus descended into Hades, (drawn probably from 

 Eph. 4 ; 9, which is developed in I Pt. 3 ; 19, and 4 ; 6, into the 

 doctrine that Christ preached there to release the spirits from prison) 

 receives even fuller development here. This idea was too prevalent 

 in the Second Century to enable us to be certain that Ignatius was 

 depending directly upon our Epistle, though the general context 

 seems to make it probable. See also Mt. 27 ; 51-53, Justin, Dial. 72; 

 Hermas, Sim. IX, 16 and Clem, of Alex. Strom, II, 9. 



d 



(5) Mag. VIII, 2 I Pt. 1 ; 11 



01 yap ©sioTaTOi TipocprjTai xaira Iv auxoT^ (xpocpYixai^) Tivsujj^a 

 XptCTOv 'IvjcroOv £^Y]G-av. Cf. Phi- Xpio-Tou 

 lad. V. 



All depends on the interpretation of " xa^a " as to whether this 

 is a parallel or not. 



This study of the Ignation Epistles has not discovered sufficient 

 ground for asserting literary dependence on our Epistle. It merely 

 shows the prevalence of certain ideas which are more likely to have 

 been suggested by it than by any other writing to which we can 

 definitely point. 



CLEMENT OF ROME 



(95) 



A* 



b 



(1) Clem. Int. I Pt. 1 ; I 



/^dpi? 6[j.Tv xal sipYjVY] (octco ttocv- ^api,? 6[j.Tv xai sipyjvrj tcT.yiO-uvS-sitj 

 TOxpdcTopoi; WsoQ Bta TyjitoD Xpio-- 



Bishop Lightfoot observes that "/api(; upv xat sipyjVY] is the 

 common salutation of Paul, excepting the Pastoral Epistles. With 

 the addition Tzkribvvb-ziri, however, it occurs only in the two Epist- 



