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The Acts of the Apostles

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202 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES<br />

authority <strong>of</strong> Silas is to be claimed for <strong>the</strong>se accounts<br />

concerning Jerusalem and Antioch.<br />

We have now completed <strong>the</strong> analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sources<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Acts</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Apostles</strong> in <strong>the</strong>ir main outlines.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re still, however, remains <strong>the</strong> important question<br />

whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> three sources <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Acts</strong><br />

were written sources ei<strong>the</strong>r as a whole or in part,<br />

or whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>y simply depend upon oral tradition.<br />

This question can only be dealt with in connection<br />

with a discussion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> " discrepancies " <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Acts</strong>.<br />

To <strong>the</strong>se <strong>the</strong> next chapter is dedicated.

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