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missiouing ; in the Gospel we shall find that only the Atoning 

 Work of the Lord Jesus is enforced by similar means. 



There is thus far greater unity of design in the airangement 

 of the triplications in the Gospel of Luke than in the Acts, the 

 emphasis being all concentrated upon the Person and Work of 

 the Lord Jesus Christ. 



We now proceed to consider the triplications in the Gospel of 

 Luke. See Table II (in which the necessary Scripture refer- 

 ences will be found). 



We begin with an important triplication (No. 1), in which our 

 Evancrelist records the satisfaction of God the Father with His 

 Son, expressed at three striking epochs in the Ministry, widely 

 separated from each other. On the first occasion, at our Lord's 

 Baptism, Luke records that " A voice came out of heaven. Thou 

 art My beloved Son ; in Thee I am well pleased," the Holy 

 Spirit descending in a bodily form as a dove upon Him at the 

 time. Secondly, at the Transfiguration, " A voice came out of 

 the cloud, saying. This is My Son, My Chosen." And, thirdly, 

 at the very end of the Ministry, the Father, in the Parable of 

 the wicked husbandmen, said, " I will send My beloved Son," 

 words which undoubtedly indicated our Lord, as the One sent 

 by the Father (Luke xx, 19). 



It is noticeable that in each of these three instances the 

 subject of Death is closely linked with tlie words of Divine 

 approbation ; for Baptism figures Death and Ptesurrection (Rom. 

 vi, 4) ; the subject of converse at the Transfiguration was the 

 coming decease of our Lord at Jerusalem (Luke ix, 31); and 

 the wicked husbandmen, in the Parable, cast forth the Sen out 

 of the vineyard and killed Him (xx, 15). 



We may notice a growing clearness in these references to 

 Death as that great event draws nearer : in the first case it is 

 only referred to in type in Baptism ; in the second case it is 

 called exodus, which means going out or departure. Hence 

 decease or death is only indicated in a somewhat indirect 

 manner ; but in the last instance the Son is stated, in the 

 plainest terms, to be killed. 



The next triplication (No. 2), in which our Lord proclaimed 

 Himself to the Jews as the Messiah, may be regarded as 

 complementary to the first, though in fearful contrast to it ; 

 for the Jews as a body shewed the bitterest antagonism to 

 recognizing our Lord as the Son of God. 



This triplication is all contained in the first five and a half, 

 or introductory chapters, of the Gospel. On the first occasion, 

 at Nazareth, when our Lord quoted the prophecy of Isaiah Ixi, 



