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Ben C Smith · 07-25-2006, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewcriddle

The first 'we' section dates from c 49 CE Luke-Acts was probably written before the end of the 1st century CE (a date of say 98 CE would make it possible for the author to have used the 'Antiquities') Luke could be over 20 when he first went with Paul and around 70 when he wrote Luke-Acts.

Interestingly, the Anti-Marcionite prologue of Luke states:

LXXXIIII annorum obiit in Boeotia, plenus spiritu sancto.

[A man] of eighty–four years, he died in Boeotia, full of the holy spirit.

The number 84 comes out as 89 or as 74 in different manuscripts. I think 84 is the most parsimonious original reading.

Ben.

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