First Epistle of Peter. 507 



is obvious and in all probability he prepared the way for the suggestion 

 in our Epistle, which the author of the Appendix to the Fourth 

 Gospel wove into an anecdote. Mk. 14 ; 27 may bear some relation 

 to these passages. Cf. also I Pt. 2 ; 25. 



I Pt. 5; 9 Acts 14; 22 



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In both members of this very suggestive parallel, to which Holtz- 

 mann calls our attention, reference is made both to continuing in the 

 faith, and to the afflictions that are rife. Though the backgrounds 

 are different, both passages show Pauhne influence. Cf. Rom. 

 8 ; 17, Eph. 6 ; 11, I Thes. 3 ; 3, II Tim. 2 ; 11, 12, 3 ; 12, etc. It 

 appears that there is no direct literary connection here. 



I Pt. 5 ; 12 Acts 20 ; 24 b 



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The Pauhne influence is too obvious here to require comment. 

 I Cor. 15 ; lb not only has close resemblance in thought to the above 

 parallel but also contains the phrase " wherein ye stand," which 

 appears in I Pt. 5 ; 12 b. 



Acts 3 ; 13, 26, 4 ; 27, 30 and I Pt. 2 ; 21 f. aUude to the mn^ '2V 

 of II Isaiah. The title 7:015 is rarely applied to Christ. It is im- 

 portant to note that the death of the " suffering servant " in the 

 early chapters of Acts has no atoning significance as in our Epistle. 

 Though our author never uses the title r.oac toQ Qzoo he employ's 

 the doctrine of the " suffering servant " in its most developed form. 

 I Peter does not rest upon Paul here, as the latter rarely alludes to 

 this Isaianic teaching. Nor do these passages in Acts depend upon 

 I Peter, for the theology of the former is quite primitive. Neither 

 can we be certain that there is a common source back of the scrip- 

 tures in question, inasmuch as the " servant " is alluded to so differ- 

 ently. 



Conclusion. 



Of the twenty-two parallels just cited, but eight are in the Petrine 

 portion of Acts, and in almost every instance equally close thought 

 is to be found in the Pauline Epistles. Of course, the fourteen 



Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. VXII. 34 January, 1913. 



