In a former volume M. Renan declared his opinion that 'the author of the Third Gospel and the Acts was verily and indeed ( bien réellement ) Luke, a disciple of St Paul [291:1]. In the last instalment of his work he condemns as untenable the view that the first person plural of the later chapters is derived from some earlier document inserted by the author, on the ground that these portions are identical in style with the rest of the work [291:2]. Such an expression of opinion, proceeding from a

[1:1] Supernatural Religion; An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation. Two Vols. Second Edition, 1874. [Subsequent editions are as follows, Third and Fourth Editions (1874), Fifth and Sixth Editions (1875), Third Volume (1877), Complete Edition, in Three Vols. (1879).] [3:1] Iren. v. 36. 1, 2. [4:1] S.R. II. p. 328 sq. [4:2] Canon p. 63, note 2. [4:3] The Greek is [Greek: Einai de tên diastolên tautên tês oikêseôs … kai dia touto eirêkenai ton Kurion en tois tou patros mou monas einai po