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When we study and preach or teach Acts today, we are struck by how distinctly unfamiliar yet strangely familiar it is. We are not first-century persons, hampered by all the physical and cultural limitations of a prescientific society. At the same time we have our own limitations: we do not live

During the Caesarean phase of Paul’s Palestinian “ministry in chains,” Luke highlights a persistent Jewish opposition that hopes to capitalize on the moral weaknesses of Roman governors. Still, humanly speaking, Roman law continues to be Paul’s final line of protection. The innocence of Paul

What do you say when you say goodby? When an apostle says farewell and addresses leaders of the next spiritual generation for what he thinks is the last time, a “farewell discourse” is in order. As Paul reviews his past as a model for the Ephesian elders’ future work and charges them as

From the moment the military tribune handcuffs Paul in the court of the Gentiles, the apostle conducts his ministry as a prisoner awaiting final trial and verdict. This last quarter of Acts, parallel to the passion narrative of Luke’s Gospel, provides a realistic and necessary balance to Luke’s

The third missionary journey displays Paul at the height of his apostolic powers, fulfilling his calling as a guarantor of the church’s gospel and its mission. Through Paul God proclaims a powerful gospel and performs extraordinary miracles, the signs of an apostle. Paul embraces an equally