Scripture by that pregnant name and adduce it with the simple “It is written,” with the implication that whatever stands written in it is Divinely authoritative. As Jesus’ official life begins with this “It is written” (Mt 4:4), so the evangelical proclamation begins with an “Even as it is written” (Mk 1:2); and as Jesus sought the justification of His work in a solemn “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day” (Lk 24:46 ff), so the apostles solemnly