22 = Luke iv.

32; Matt.xiii.34 = Mark iv.

33, 34; Matt.xxvi.43 = Mark xiv.

40; Matt.xix.22 = Mark x.
22).

The author consequently maintains that these were found in the original document from which all three, or two Synoptics at least, borrowed; and he notes that this very passage is assigned by Ewald to the 'oldest Gospel.' The observation in itself is a fine and true one, and has an important bearing upon the question as to the way in which our Synoptic Gospels were composed.