notes used slips of paper similar to those used by James, that is to say, about 5 inches by 3, the size by the way of the recently discovered papyrus containing the so-called New Sayings of Christ, and which may perhaps be a page of a catechumen's report of a Christian teacher's lecture. It is therefore probable that disorder in the arrangement of the Sermon is not confined to Luke's report, the more so as there certainly are many instances of transposition in other parts of Matthew. Indeed it seems hardly possible that Matthew, when arranging the numerous papers containing the Sermon, would be able always to remember the exact sequence in which each portion was spoken. Is it possible to rearrange each of the reports in sections of about the required length so as to bring about a harmony between the two? This is the question that occurred to me when making a final revision of this Work. To my delight, I found that it was possible to do so, and that without marring the symmetry or continuity of the Sermon in whole or in part. I submit the following tentatively as probably the original order of the pages in Matthew: vi. 19-26 And the following as the order of the pages in Luke: 142 Greek words 3 pages xi. 33-36 83 It will be seen that, according to these arrangements, the matter on each page amounted with but few exceptions to the equivalent of from 50 to 60 Greek words, and that of the exceptions the smallest amounted to not less than 40 and the largest to not more than 70. In English the number of words is on the average about one-fourth larger, but there is more variation. Possibly in the original Aramaic there may have been less variation than there is in the Greek. On the above basis the two reports compare side by side as follows, parallel texts being placed on the same line, and a blank being left where a text has no parallel : 5 HEALING OF CENTURION'S SERVANT Matt. viii. 5-13; Luke vii. 1-10 And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching 6 him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And he saith unto him, I will 8 come and heal him. And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but only say the word, and my After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Caper naum. 2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the point of 3 death. And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and 4 save his servant. And they, 9 servant shall be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he IO doeth it. And when Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. II And say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, 12 in the kingdom of heaven: but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping 13 and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And the servant was healed in that hour. when they came to Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that thou shouldest 5 do this for him: for he loveth our nation, and himself built us 6 our synagogue. And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under 7 my roof: wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee but say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under myself soldiers and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to ananother, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and 9 he doeth it. And when Jesus : heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned and said unto the multitude that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in IO Israel. And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole. and the same incident is The words in Matthew It cannot be doubted that one narrated in both these passages. (8, 9) said to have been spoken by the centurion, and in Luke (6-8) by friends on his behalf, are for the most part identical. So are the words spoken by Jesus in Matthew 10, and Luke 9. And yet in some respects the story is very differently told. According to Matthew the centurion came in person, while according to Luke he sent friends to intercede for him. Alford truly remarks that this difference does not affect the accuracy of the reports. But, that the two narratives should in one respect differ so widely, and in others agree so closely, is utterly incompatible with the oral teaching theory which Alford holds. All difficulties vanish, however, if we recognise that both accounts were written immediately after the event, and in the company of a number of men who assisted the writers by rehearsing and discussing the facts. It will be seen that, during the earlier period of the ministry, Matthew aimed rather at reporting the words of Christ, while James was more acute at observing and reporting facts. This will be apparent to any reader who will take the trouble to compare parallel passages in the two Gospels; for instance, the following: Accordingly, in reporting the story, as told by his fellow disciples and remembered by himself, of the Healing of the Centurion's Servant, Matthew condensed the facts as far as possible, relating only what was requisite as a setting to the solemn words spoken by our Lord, and which he recorded at length. James, on the contrary, omitted the greater and more important part of what Christ said, recording only just as much as was essential to the facts; but related the facts in detail. It is not unlikely that Matthew took a report of the words of Jesus, at the time He uttered them, and supplied James afterwards with so much as he required to complete his story. For, although the centurion must himself have spoken in Greek, it is probable that his Jewish friends, being at Capernaum, where Aramaic appears to have prevailed, interpreted his message into Aramaic when delivering it to Christ. NAIN: RESTORING WIDOW'S SON TO LIFE Luke vii. 11-17 It is remarkable that although this is one of only three recorded instances in which Jesus restored a dead person to |