NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION.
[I.1] The author of the Acts does not directly give to St. Paul the title of apostle. This title is, in general, reserved by him for the members of the central college, at Jerusalem.
[I.2] Hom. Pseudo-Clem., xvii. 13–19.
[I.3] Justin, Apol. i. 39. In the Acts also is seen the idea that Peter was the Apostle of the Gentiles. See especially Chap. x., comp. Petri i. 1.
[I.4] I. Cor. iii. 6, 10; iv. 14, 15; ix. 1, 2. II. Cor. xi. 2, etc.
[I.5] Letter of Denys of Corinth in Euseb. Hist. Eccl. ii. 25.
[I.6] French readers, for ample details upon the discussion and comparison of the four narratives, may see Strauss, Vie de Jésus, 3d sect., chapters iv. and v. (traduction Littré); Nouvelle Vie de Jésus, 1. i., § 46, &c.; 1. ii. § 97, &c. (translation Nefftzer and Dollfus).
[I.7] The Church early admitted this. See the canon of Muratori (Antiq. Ital. iii. 854), (Neutestamentliche Studien, Gotha, 1866), lines 33, &c.
[I.8] Luke i. 1–4; Actsi. 1.
[I.9] See especially Acts, xvi. 12.