But it has an eloquence of its own for the scientific investigator.

It is strange how clearly many points stand out when this test comes to be applied, which before had been vague and obscure.

This is especially the case in regard to the Synoptic Gospels; for, in the first place, the vocabulary of the writers is very limited and similar phrases have constant tendency to recur, and, in the second place, the critic has the immense advantage of being enabled to compare their treatment of the same common matter, so that he can readily ascertain what are the characteristic modifications introduced by each.

Dr.Holtzmann, following Zeller and Lekebusch, has made a full and careful analysis of the style and vocabulary of St.Luke [Endnote 223:1], but of course without reference to the particular omissions of Marcion.

Let us then, with the help of Bruder, apply Holtzmann's results to these omissions, with a view to see whether there is evidence that they are by the same hand as the rest of the Gospel.
It would be beyond the proportions of the present enquiry to exhibit all the evidence in full.