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anything fortuitous in it. It is not said, " Bartholomew, Peter, Jude, John, Andrew, Matthew," etc. : and the four, as it were, locations of them, are deserving of observation : —

(I.) Matthew x. 2.

(II.) Mark iii. 16.

(III.) Luke vi. 14.

(IV.) Acts i. 13, 26.

1. Simon, 2. And Andrew, 3. James,

1. Simon, 2. And James, 3. And John,

1. Simon, 2. And Andrew, 3. James,

1. Peter, 2. And James, 3. And John,

4. And John,

4. And Andrew, (See also Ib. xiii. 3.)

4. And John,

4. And Andrew,

5. Philip, 6. And Bartholo

5. And Philip, 6. And Bartholo

5. Philip, 6. And Bartholo

5. Philip, 6. And Thomas,

mew, 7. Thomas, 8. And Matthew,

mew,

7. And Matthew, 8. And Thomas,

mew, 7. Matthew, 8. And Thomas,

7. Bartholomew, 8. And Matthew,

9. James the son of

9. And James the

9. James the son of

Alphaeus, 10. And Lebbaeus,

11. Simon the

son of Alphaeus, 10. And Thaddaeus,

11. And Simon the

Alphaeus, 10. And Simon Ze- lotes, 11. Judas the bro

Alphaeus, 10. And Simon Ze- lotes, 11. And Judas the

Canaanite, 12. And Judas Is-

ther of James, 12. And Judas Is-

brother of James : 12. Matthias.

cariot.

The first and the third arrangements enumerate them by pairs, the second singly, the fourth mixedly. The first and third arrangements correspond generally to the time of their vocation, and the conjunction of the apostles in twos ; the second, to their dignity before our Lord's passion ; the fourth, to their dignity after His ascension. All the arrangements may be divided into three quaternions, none of which interchanges any name with either of the others.1 Again, Peter stands always first in the first quaternion, Philip in the second (cf. John i. 42, 44, xii. 22), James the son of Alphaeus in the third ; though, within their several quaternions, the other apostles exchange their relative position [in the different lists]. The traitor stands always last.

" SIMON was in reality superior to the other [apostles], though that [fact] does not in any way concern the See o/"RoME." — See Gnomon below on Trparog. — (I. B.)

1 i.e. No one of the three quaternions allows a name found in it to be exchanged for a name found in one of the other two quaternions ; though the names are varied as to their order in the same quaternion by the different writers. — ED.