another, St. Mark and St.
John occupying the extreme positions, the proportion of original
passages in one balancing the coincident passages in the other.
If again the extent of all the coincidences be represented by
100, their proportionate distribution will be:

St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, . . . . . . . . 53
St. Matthew, St. Luke, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
St. Matthew, St. Mark, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
St. Mark, St. Luke, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 "

[Westcott, after Stroud and Norton.]

Of absolutely new matter in Mark a striking example is the
beautiful parable, chap. 4:26-29. The two miracles peculiar to
him (chap. 7:31-37; 8:22-26) are both of a very striking
character, and related with circumstantial minuteness of detail.
Where his narratives coincide with those of the other
evangelists, they are characterized by the addition of details,
which, as already remarked, add much to the vivedness and
graphic power of his descriptions.

31. The _integrity_ of the third gospel has been recently assailed in
Germany in the way of attempting to show that the gospel of Luke, as we
now have it, is corrupted by interpolations, and that Marcion had it in
its true form. See Chap. 2, No. 12. But the result of a voluminous
discussion is that Marcion's gospel is now acknowledged to have been a
mutilated form of the canonical gospel, in accordance with the testimony
of the ancient fathers.

On the relation to each other of the two genealogies of our Lord
given by Matthew and Luke respectively, and the different modes
of bringing them into harmony with each other, many volumes have
been written. Two different principles of interpretation are
proposed. According to the _first_, the genealogies of both
Matthew and Luke are those of _Joseph_, the legal father of
Jesus, and the only one that could be known in this relation in
the public registers. The _second_ view is that Matthew gives
the genealogy of _Joseph_, and Luke that of _Mary_, Joseph being
called the son of Heli, in the sense of _son-in-law_; and being
perhaps also legal heir to Heli through Mary in the absence of
brothers. The reader will find statements of these two views,
the former in Smith's Bible Diet., the latter in Alexander's
Kitto, Art. Genealogy of Jesus Christ; also in the commentaries
generally. We only add that