ecclesial developments as well as some linkage with the Paul of history and his apostolate (including perhaps short dispatches that he had sent to his coworkers); thus W. Lock (Commentary, xxii, “between 60 and 90 is probable”; see Falconer, PE). This commentary favors 80–85 for the letters as we have them. Some authors have been impressed by the linguistic and theological links between the PE and Luke–Acts. The NOTES and COMMENTS that follow call particular attention to the parallels in the Lukan
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