LT.-COL. G. MACKINLAY, ON THE EMPHASIS OP ST. LDKK. 247 



from the dead by God, received up into heaven, and coming 

 again, as stated by the angeHc messengers at the Ascension, and 

 by Peter on the day of Pentecost. The parts of this tripHcation 

 are connected with each other by the use of the Greek words 

 ovTo? 6 'It/ctol)? in each (the accusative case being used in the 

 last two passages), an expression occurring nowhere else in the 

 Acts. This triple iteration forms a fitting prelude to the Work 

 of witnessing to Jew and Gentile, then about to begin. 



In the Ee vised Version the same term "This Jesus" is used 

 in each case ; uniformity has also been observed in several, at 

 least, of the other European translations, e.g., in French, Spanish, 

 German, and Dutch. 



But the existence of this beautiful triplication is not apparent 

 to those who only read the Authorized English Version, because 

 uniformity has not been observed in it ; the same Greek 

 expression being differently translated each time ; thus in the 

 first passage it is rendered " This same Jesus," in the second 

 it is " This Jesus," while in the last it is " That same Jesus." 



The coming of the Holy Spirit is emphatically proclaimed 

 by two principal triplications, the first of them (No. 2) 

 is entirely contained in the very brief record of the deeds and 

 words of our Kisen Lord in the opening verses of the Acts. 

 Luke thus takes the opportunity of the departure of One 

 Person of the Holy Trinity to draw emphatic attention to the 

 coming of the Tliird Person of the Godhead. Luke tells us, in 

 this triplication, firstly, that in the past our Lord had given 

 commandment unto His Apostles through the Holy Spirit ; 

 secondly, that our Eisen Lord then ordered His disciples to wait 

 at Jerusalem for the Promise of the Father; and, lastly, that He 

 prophesied that in the near future they would be baptized in, 

 and receive power from, the Holy Ghost. 



Just after the gift of the Promise of the Father, on the very 

 same day of Pentecost, Luke records a triplication (No. 3) 

 emphatically announcing that the Holy Spirit had indeed come. 

 We are told that Peter quoted at the time Joel ii, 28-32, given 

 in the past, referring to the pouring out of the Spirit ; then he 

 appealed to the spiritual manifestation which the people saw and 

 heard ; and lastly he told his hearers to repent and be baptized, 

 and " Ye shall receive," he said, " the gift of the Holy Ghost." 

 Past, present, and future were again alluded to in this emphatic 

 proclamation of the descent of the Holy Spirit. There are also 

 other triplications in the Acts, still further emphasizing the 

 influence of the Third Person of the Trinity, but we have not 

 space to allude to them. 



