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[Greek: Ginesthe oun psronimoi hos oi opheis kai akeaioi hos ai peristerai.] We should naturally place this quotation in the second column of our classified arrangement, as presenting a slight variation.

At the same time we should have little hesitation in referring it to the passage in our Canonical Gospel.

All the marked expressions are identical, especially the precise and selected words [Greek: phronimos] and [Greek: akeraios].

It is however possible that Ignatius may be quoting, not directly from our Gospel, but from one of the original documents (such as Ewald's hypothetical 'Spruch-sammlung') out of which our Gospel was composed--though it is somewhat remarkable that this particular sentence is wanting in the parallel passage in St.Luke (cf.

Luke x.