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107 Cf. Justin, _Apol._ i. 55: _Dial._ lxxxvi. xci.; Irenaeus, _C. Haer._ ii. 24, 4; v. 17, 3 f. In the _Ev. Nicod._ ii. (Lat. B), in which the descent is fully treated, Jesus Christ is begged to make the sign of the cross: “Et factum est ita, posuitque dominus crucem suam in medio inferni, quae est signum victoriae et usque in aeternum permanebit” (_Evang. Nicodemi_, Pars ii. Latine B. cap. x. (xxvi.); Tischendorf, _Evang. Apocr._ 1853, p. 409; _Ep. Barn._ c. 12; Greg. Nyss. _Adv. Jud._ c. 7).

_ 108 Constitt. App._ viii. 12, pp. 259, 13 f.

109 The expression is so peculiar that we give it in the original.

_ 110 L.c._ pp. 263 f. Dr. Martineau translates the passage: “Hast thou preached obedience to them that sleep?” _Nineteenth Century_, June 1893, pp. 917 f.

111 Harnack, _l.c._ pp. 68 f.; Lods, _l.c._ p. 48, although with a ?; Zahn, _l.c._ pp. 22 f.; Robinson, _l.c._ pp. 24 f.; Swete, _l.c._ pp. xiv. 19. (Dr. Swete considers any reference to 1 Pet. iii. 19 improbable.) J. Rendel Harris, _l.c._ pp. 51 f., 89; von Schubert, _l.c._ pp. 101 f.; cf. van Manen, _l.c._ pp. 522 f.; Martineau, _l.c._ pp. 917 f.

_ 112 Dem. Ev._ 500. This is referred to by Dr. Swete, _l.c._ p. 19, _n._ 2.

113 For instance, Ignat. _Ep. Magn._ 9; Hermas, Sim. ix. 16.

_ 114 Dial._ lxxii.

_ 115 Haer._ iii. 20, 4; iv. 22, 1; 33, 1, 12; v. 31, 1.

_ 116 L.c._ p. 52.

117 Westcott and Hort put these words between double brackets, as almost certain interpolations, through the action of “Western influences.”

_ 118 The Gospel according to Peter_, p. 29, n. 1.

119 In the passage 1 Cor. xi. 23 mention is made of a betrayal: “in the night in which he was betrayed,” but without further detail, and it is quite consistent to suppose that the “betrayal” is not attributed to one of the Twelve. However, there is considerable reason for believing that this passage is an interpolation. It is a fact that a betrayal is not alluded to in any other place where we might expect to find it in these Epistles; _e.g._ Rom. iv. 25; viii. 32; Gal. ii. 20.

120 Harnack argues at considerable length that the Gospel according to Peter must have contained the episode of the woman taken in adultery, inserted into the fourth Gospel.

_ 121 Contemp. Rev._ August 1893, p. 217.

_ 122 L.c._ pp. 213 f.

_ 123 L.c._ p. 215.

_ 124 L.c._ p. 216.

_ 125 L.c._ p. 216.

_ 126 Dial._ lxiv.

_ 127 L.c._ pp. 219 ff.

_ 128 L.c._ pp. 221 ff.

_ 129 E.g._ Matt. xii. 45; xv. 34, 37; xxii. 25 f.; Mark viii. 5, 8; xii. 20 ff.; xvi. 9; Luke ii. 36; viii. 2; xi. 26; xx. 29 f.

_ 130 L.c._ p. 222.

_ 131 Apoc._ v. 1 ff.

_ 132 L.c._ p. 224.

_ 133 Ibid._

134 This is not expressed in the text, which Mr. Harris rather strains for his purpose. The correct reading is: “We were fasting, and we sat mourning and weeping,” καὶ ἐκαθεζόμεθα πενθοῦντες καὶ κλαίοντες.

_ 135 L.c._ pp. 224 f.

136 Barnabas, 7.

_ 137 L.c._ p. 226.

_ 138 L.c._ pp. 315 f.