LT.-COL. G. MACKINLAY, ON THE EMPHASIS OF ST. LDKK. U61 



Discussion. 



The Chairman : I am sure we are very grateful to Col. Mackinlay 

 for the immense labour he has had in preparing this paper and for 

 his kindness in reading it. 



Mr. M. L. EousE, B. A., B.L. : I have looked through 

 Col. Mackinlay's instances, and he certainly has made out an exceed- 

 ingly good case. But I would say that it is a mistake to suppose that 

 the arrival of the Lord Jesus at Bethany in Luke x, 38, is the same as 

 the arrival for His last Passover (Luke xix, 29, John xii, 1), because 

 in the first place St. Luke states " A certain woman named Martha 

 received Him into her house," language describing a first visit; 

 secondly, Martha is gently chidden for making extensive prepara- 

 tions, whereas at His last visit He accepted the Supper at which 

 Martha served; and lastly and more potently the Lord Jesus had, 

 after the raising of Lazarus, retired to a citj^ called Ephraim, in the 

 wilderness of Judaea, therefore He would not have gone through 

 Samaria to get to Jerusalem, as we find that He did from the closing 

 words of Luke ix. 



On the other hand, if you take three successive iournej^s during 

 this period, you get the chronology you desire, for they correspond 

 with Christ's three visits recorded in John, to keep the feast of 

 Tabernacles, the feast of Dedication, and the last Passover. 



Again, Col. Mackinlay speaks of a certain narrative of a man who 

 sought the way of eternal life, but these are not all one, but three. 

 First, in Luke x, 25-37, a lawyer asked, " Master, what shall I do to 

 inherit eternal life 1 " In Luke xiii, 23-30, there is no question of 

 eternal life. The real story is found in Luke xviii, 18-30; this 

 clearly corresponds with the parallel account in Mark. 



Dr. A. T. SCHOFIELD : I should like to point out that in my 

 opinion the order of St. Luke is anything but cryptic. It seems 

 psychologically not unreasonable to present a thing three times over. 

 I must join the last speaker in taking exception to the statement that 

 Luke X, 38, is the same as xix, 29. It would appear that Luke x, 

 38, corresponds with John vii, 2, 10, which refers to the feast of 

 Tabernacles, six months before the visit referred to in Luke xix. 



I think exception must be taken to the statement that the order 

 is historical or chronological, although it is moral and literary. 



