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LT.-COL. G. MACKINLAY, ON 



led to a wonderful advance — one of the most marked crises 

 in the history of the Church. 



We have thus traced some of the arrangements which Luke 

 has adopted in one portion of his Gospel, and we have noticed 

 the striking correspondences which he has inserted in the Acts. 

 It must be understood that similar correspondences also exist 

 between the first, second and fourth groups of triphcations 

 in St. Luke's Gospel with others in the Acts. 



The following is a very brief outhne : we have no space to 

 quote references. 



The first group in the Gospel of St. Luke consists of three 

 triphcations of proclamations of our Lord Jesus Christ, making 

 a triplet of triphcations. The first group in the Acts also consists 

 of three triphcations of proclamations, two being of the Holy 

 Spirit, and one of our Lord Jesus Christ, again forming a triplet 

 of triplications. 



The second group in the Gospel consists of sixteen triphcations^ 

 some of which look forward to the coming Sacrifice, while others 

 deal with doctrines connected with that event. Some of these 

 form two triplets of triphcations, one on the Sacrifice and one 

 on Doctrines. These are balanced in the Acts by ten triphcations 

 which refer to the growth of the Church, three of which make 

 a triplet of triphcations on Doctrines : the Sacrifice of our 

 Lord is also referred to in others. 



The correspondences in the numbers of the triphcations in 

 St. Luke's Gospel and in the Acts is thus not so close in this 

 case as in the other groups ; variations in numbers seem to be 

 required by differences in the conditions, but the parallelism 

 between the arrangement of St. Luke's two books is still quite 

 clear and plain. 



The fourth group of four triphcations in the Gospel of St. Luke 

 is balanced most systematically by four in the Acts. Each 

 book contains a triphcation on (a) Comfort in sorrow, (b) Openings, 

 and (c) Joy ; subjects in the Acts which also tell of the growth 

 of the Church, as the " opening " there mentioned refers to the 

 door of faith to the Gentiles. A triplet of triphcations is alsa 

 formed in each book. 



Where is there anything in the whole range of literature 

 corresponding to these elaborate and skilful arrangements ? 



Some of these triphcations, such as Peter's denials and Pilate'& 

 three failures to release our Lord, and his three testimonies 



