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chapter of Luke (revised version), verse thirty-four, 

 and he will find in the margin 



Some ancient authorities omit : And Jesus said "Father, for- 

 give them, for they know not what they do." 



So that, even as late as the fourth century, 

 there were ancient authorities, indeed some of the 

 most ancient and weightiest, who either did not 

 know of this utterance, so often quoted as char- 

 acteristic of Jesus, or did not believe it had been 

 uttered. 



Many years ago, I received an anonymous letter, 

 which abused me heartily for my want of moral 

 courage in not speaking out. I thought that one 

 of the oddest charges an anonymous letter-writer 

 could bring. But I am not sure that the plentiful 

 sowing of the pages of the article with which I am 

 dealing with accusations of evasion, may not seem 

 odder to those who consider that the main strength 

 of the answers with which I have been favoured 

 (in this review and elsewhere) is devoted, not to 

 anything in the text of my first paper, but to a 

 note which occurs at p. 212. In this I say : 



Dr. Wace tells us : "It may be asked how far we can rely on 

 the accounts we possess of our Lord's teaching on these subjects." 

 And he seems to think the question appropriately answered by 

 the assertion that it "ought to be regarded as settled by M. 

 Kenan's practical surrender of the adverse case." 



I requested Dr. Wace to point out the passages 

 of M. Kenan's works in which, as he affirms, this 



