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considers " beyond doubt " here, without surren- 

 dering anything, either " practically " or theoretic- 

 ally. 



Dr. Wace ("Nineteenth Century," March, p. 

 363) states that he derives the above citation 

 from the preface to the 15th edition of the " Vie 

 de Jesus/' My copy of " Les fivangiles, dated 

 1877, contains a list of Kenan's " (Euvres Com- 

 pletes," at the head of which I find "Vie de 

 Je*sus," 15 e Edition. It is, therefore, a later work 

 than the edition of the " Vie de Jesus " which Dr. 

 Wace quotes. Now " Les Evangiles," as its name 

 implies, treats fully of the questions respecting 

 the date and authorship of the Gospels ; and any 

 one who desired, not merely to use M. Kenan's 

 expressions for controversial purposes, but to give 

 a fair account of his views in their full signifi- 

 cance, would, I think, refer to the later source. 



If this course had been taken, Dr. Wace might 

 have found some as decided expressions of opinion, 

 in favour of Luke's authorship of the third Gospel, 

 as he has discovered in " The Apostles." I men- 

 tion this circumstance, because I desire to point 

 out that, taking even the strongest of Kenan's 

 statements, I am still at a loss to see how it 

 justifies that large-sounding phrase, " practical 

 surrender of the adverse case." For, on p. 438 of 

 "Les Evangiles," Kenan speaks of the way in 

 which Luke's " excellent intentions " have led him 

 to torture history in the Acts ; he declares Luke 



