196 LIEUT.-COL. G. MACKINLAT^ ON SOME LUCAN PROBLEMS. 



(a) Some distinctive feature in each narrative. 



We find the narratives differing from each other, because a 

 different source predominates in each ; the proportions are 

 approximately as under, the heavy type showing the amount of 

 the chief source in each case. 



Table. 



Narrative. 



Source. 



Marcan. 



Matthaean 

 or (Q). 



Special to 

 Luke. 



Luke (A) 



0-5 



0-2 



0-3 



Luke (B) 



Nil* 



0-55 



0-45 



Luke (C) 



0-35 



0-2 



0-45 



Though Luke (A) contains the whole of the lesser Insertion 

 (Luke vi, 20, to viii, 3), and also a small part of the great one 

 (Luke ix, 51, to x, 42) {see diagram), yet, nevertheless, on the 

 whole, the usual Marcan source predominates. Luke (B) is- 

 wholly contained in the great Insertion, hence the Marcan 

 source is thought to be entirely absent ; it begins with extracts 

 from the Matthaean (or Q) Sermon on the Mount in the 

 summer of a.d. 27, and we find the Matthaean source pre- 

 dominating. The first half of Luke (C) consists of the last part 

 of the great Insertion, and thus the predominance of the usual 

 Marcan source is suppressed in this narrative, taken as a whole ;. 

 Luke (C) is rich in special parabolic discourses, and the special 

 Lucan source predominates. 



If, as seems probable, the Evangelist wished that there should 

 be some distinctive feature in each narrative, we see a good 

 reason for the employment of the great Insertion, for it has 

 materially contributed to cause this result by helping to make 

 a different source predominate in each. 



* There are some slight resemblances to Mark in the great Insertion, 

 but they are not numerous. Even if taken into account they would not 

 materially affect the proportions given in this table. 



