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our investigation, therefore, will not be tedious or needing much 

 explanation, and we shall obtain some idea of the elaborate 

 arrangement of the whole. 



Triplications in the Crucifixion Section. 

 The triphcations in this section come in the undermentioned 

 order, and they are enumerated on the left half of the following 

 Table :— 



In the Gospel of St. Luke. 



Correspondences in the Book of 

 Acts. 



I. (Failure)— 



No. (21) Peter's three denials, 



xxii, 56-62. 



,, (22) Pilate's three failures to 

 save our Lord's life, 



xxiii, 7-11, 18-22. 



II. (Testimony) — 



No. (23) Pilate's three testimonies 

 to our Lord's faultless- 

 ness, xxiii, 4, 14, 22. 



„ (24) Similar testimony from 

 three others, xxiii, 15, 

 41, 47. 



III. (Death)— 



No. (25) The three dying sayings 

 of our Lord, recorded 

 by St. Luke, xxiii, 34, 

 43, 46. 



,, (26) A triplet of triplications. 



Human failure and testi- 

 mony, and the divine 

 power of Christ. See I, 

 II and III. 



/. (Success) — 



No. {15) Peter's boldness on three 

 occasions, iv, 13, 29, 31. 

 ,, {16) A Roman officer saves 

 Paul's life on three 

 occasions, xxi, 27-32 ; 

 xxiii, 10; xxiii, 12-33. 



//. (Testimony) — 



No. {17) The testimonies of three 

 sets of Roman rulers 

 that Paul had committed 

 nothing worthy of death, 

 or of bonds, xxiii, 29 ; 

 XXV, 25 ; xxvi, 31. 

 ,, {18) Similar testimony from 

 three other groups, xix, 

 37 ; xxiii, 9 ; xxviii, 21. 



///. (Death)— 



No. {19) The three dying sayings 

 of Stephen, vii, 55-60. 



{20) A triplet of triplications. 

 Human success and testi- 

 mony, and the divine 

 power of the Holy Spirit. 

 See /, //, and 



N.B. — As the Scriptural texts are given in this Table, they are not 

 quoted again in the pages of this paper. The reference numerals to 

 passages in the Acts are printed in italics in order to distinguish them from 

 those in the Gospel of St. Luke. 



We shall confine our attention for the present to the triphca- 

 tions in the Gospel of St. Luke. Those in the Acts will be con- 

 sidered in Part II, p. 7. 



