218 LIEUT.-COL. G. MACKINLAY, ON SOME LUCAN PROBLEMS. 



(xiii, 28-30, xiv, 23, 24) and of Luke (C) (xvii, 16, xx, 15, 16). 

 Which of the other evangelists gives so much chronological 

 information 1 Luke, too, is the only evangelist who definitely 

 states that he writes "in order/' not necessarily in an ordinary 

 chronological arrangement, but in an ordered arrangement of some 

 sort. All will agree with Canon Girdlestone in his statement that 

 Luke " had his own methods of writing," but up to the present 

 time the method of arrangement of his central chapters has been a 

 great puzzle to most ; some assert that these chapters demonstrate 

 an order of thought or teaching, but what the special teaching may 

 be has not been set forth and generally recognized. If, however, 

 the threefold narrative scheme is accepted, we find a distinctively 

 prominent spiritual teaching in each narrative* as recognized by 

 Mr. Challis in the discussion, and by Canon Dodson in the Record 

 of 4th August, 1911. 



Dr. Irving thinks the fact has been lost sight of in the paper that 

 the Gospel of Luke and the Acts are two volumes of one continued 

 history. I quite agree that the two are closely linked together, but 

 the Gospel was written first, and it is a separate treatise (Acts i, 1), 

 culminating not only with the Crucifixion, but also with the 

 Eesurrection and Ascension. The paper is confined to Problems 

 in the Gospel, and considerations of space prevented reference to 

 other subjects. 



Sir William Herschel thinks that Luke of course aimed at 

 chronological order, but found the difficulties to be insuperable. If 

 this be so, it is very difficult to understand the Evangelist's opening 

 words that he had " traced the coarse of all things accurately from 

 the first," and that he wrote " in order " (Luke i, 3). 



The remarks of Mr. Challis, Revs. Thorburn, Nicol, Coles, and 

 Boughey are all in agreement with the paper and call for no 

 remark except hearty thanks for the encouragement they have 

 given, t 



See aS'^. LuMs Threefold Narrative^ etc., yjp. 15, 17, 19. 

 + There are still a few reprints of the article, " St. Luke's Threefold 

 Narrative of Christ's Last Journey to Jerusalem," from The Interpreter, 

 of April, 1911 ; should any Member or Associate of the Victoria 

 Institute wish to read one, the Secretary will gladly supply him with a 

 copy, on loan, on application. 



