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Mistake in Conybeare and Howson's Life of St. Paul.

By E. S. JACKSON.

In the splendid and learned *Life of St. Paul*, now publishing by Messrs. Longmans, there occurs in a note a broad assertion, but quite erroneous, which may mislead those who would be inclined to take it without examination, induced by the general accuracy and learning of the work. At page 35, note 1., the writer says, "It is remarkable that the Sadducees are mentioned in no other books of the New Testament, except St. Matthew and the Acts." I mentioned this as a *fact* to a friend, who immediately remembered a passage in St. Luke, chap. xx. v. 27.: "Then came to him certain of the Sadducees,"…

Topics: Biblical Studies, New Testament, Religious Texts