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to open ; the full emphasis of this triplication is therefore lost 

 in both our English translations. 



A glance at Table II informs us that the triplications in the 

 Gospel of Luke have been arranged in a very systematic and 

 orderly manner. No. 1 triplication, unlike the others, is 

 distributed in different parts of the introductory and central 

 chapters, doubtless because it emphasizes the continued approval 

 which God the Father bestowed upon His Son during the whole 

 period of the Ministry, for the grand w^ork of His Atoning Death 

 to be carried out at the close. No. 2 triplication, which is all 

 contained in the introductory chapters, emphasizes the fact that 

 the Jews early shewed the bitterest opposition to recognizing our 

 Lord as the Messiah. 



All the remaining triplications draw marked attention to the 

 Atoning Work which our Lord came to do ; they are in three 

 groups in the Central, Crucifixion, and Eesurrection chapters 

 respectively. The first group looks forward to the Cross ; 

 the second group emphasizes the sinlessness and the isolation 

 of our Lord when He suffered ; and the Eesurrection 

 triplications look back triumphantly on Christ's finished Work. 



As further evidence of the careful arrangement of details, it 

 may be noted that all the simple triplications, ISTos. 6-1 3, are 

 each entirely contained in Luke (A), Luke (B), or Luke (C). 

 There is no instance, for example, of any with one component in 

 Luke (A) and another in Luke (B) ; and we may further notice 

 the symmetrical arrangement by which the double triplications 

 (Nos. 4 and 5) have a component in each of the three parallel 

 narratives. 



The deductions made in this paper enable us intelligently to 

 accept Luke's claim that he writes his Gospel " in order " (i, 3) ; 

 for we have seen that he is most methodical in both his historical 

 and literary arrangements. 



It is trusted that a threefold advantage may result from this 

 study of St. Luke's writings: that the historian may recognize 

 that the chronology of the central chapters of his Gospel is 

 perfectly accurate ; that the student of literature may appreciate 

 the beauty of the variously constructed triplications with which 

 both his books are enriched ; and that the devout Christian may 

 more fully grasp the intense emphasis which this Evangelist has 

 laid upon the central facts of Eedemption, — on the Atoning Death 

 and the glorious Eesurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. 



