4 times, elsewhere 11 times, and of these the following with inf., Act* i. 24 f., xv. 22, 25, Ephes. L 4. With the phrase [------](1) may be compared that of Paul, xiii. 17,[------], and 1 Cor. i. 27, in which [------] occurs twice, as well as again in the next verse, 28. [------] i. 16, in. 18, 21; iv. 25; Luke i. 70; and the whole phrase [------], may be compared with the words put into Paul's mouth, xxii. 14: [------] xx. 24, in Paul's Epistles (4) 33 times, and elsewhere 42 times. Verse 8. [------] only occurs here and in i. 24, [------] where it forms part of the prayer at the election of the successor to Judas. We have fully examined the speech of Peter, i. 16 ffi, and shown its unhistorical character, and that it is a free composition by the author of the Acts; the prayer of the assembly is not ascribed to Peter in the work itself, though apologists, grasping at the [------], assert that it must have been delivered by that Apostle; but, with the preceding speech, the prayer also must be attributed to the pen of the author; and if it be maintained that Peter spoke in the Aramaic tongue(2) it is useless to discuss the word at all, which of course in that case must be allowed to belong to the author. [------], Acts 12- times, Luke 2, rest frequently; with the phrase [------] may be compared Paul's words in xiii. 22, [------]. Verse 9, [------], x. 20, xi. 2, 12, Paul 7 times, &c {241} [------], xii. 6, xiii. 42; Luke xi. 51, xvi. 26; rest 4 times. [------], Acts 27 times, Luke 3, Paul 9, rest 15 times; re... [------]Acts 33 times, Luke 5, Paul 4, rest 10 times--[------] is clearly characteristic of the author, [------], Acts 15, Luke 11 times, rest very frequently. [------], x. 15, xi. 9; Luke 7, and elsewhere 20 times, [------], x. 33, xvi. 36, xxiii. 15; an expression not found elsewhere in the New Testament, and which is also indicative of the Author's composition. Verse 10, [------], v. 9, xvi. 7, xxiv. 6; Luke iv. 2, xi. 16, xx. 23, rest frequently; the question of Jesus in Luke and the parallel passages, [------]; will occur to every one. [------], Acts 12, Luke 6 times, the rest frequently. [------] does not occur elsewhere, either in the Acts or third Gospel, but it is used precisely in the same sense by Paul, Gal. v. 1, in a passage to which we have called attention a few pages back(1) in connection with this speech. [------], xx. 37, Luke xv. 20, xvii. 2; Romans xvi. 4, Matth. xviii. 6, Mark ix. 42; [------] occurs 4 times, [------], vi. 10, xix. 16, 20, xxv. 7, xxvii. 16; Luke 8 times and elsewhere 15 times. [------], iii. 2, ix. 15, xxi. 35; Luke 5, Paul 6, rest 12 times. Verse 11, [------] Acts 1? times, Luke 8, Paul 61 times, rest frequently. [------], Acts 38, Luke 9 times, rest frequently. [------], Acts 12, Luke 18 times, rest frequently, [------], is also put into the mouth of Paul, xxvii. 25, and is not elsewhere found in the New Testament; [------], i. 11, vii. 28; Luke xiii. 34; Matth. xxiii. 37, 2 Tim. iii. 8.