of existence and to elicit from them a fundamental reaction to it is a valid endeavor. Such a recasting may imply, indeed, a de-historicization of the gospel-message itself. But it is another thing to insist that the NT kerygma is only valid when so recast, or that this recasting is demanded by the NT itself. The existentialist understanding of the kerygma has, consequently, to be labeled a thesis, when it is brought to bear on Lucan theology and the Lucan understanding of kerygma. It is not that