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In The Acts of the Apostles: Spreading the Word, Lawrence Farley explores Acts as the sequel to Luke. He treats the book as an apology for the Christian faith as the fulfillment of Judaism, a Gospel for all peoples, a faith that poses no threat to Roman government or society, and the greatest adventure story of all time. In The Acts of the Apostles: Spreading the Word, Farley works from a literal...

apostles. He is followed here by John, who seemed to be his best friend (they are often paired: Luke 22:8; Acts 3:1; 8:14). James and Andrew come next as the brothers of John and Peter. The order of the rest of the list is different from the order in Luke 6:14f, in that Philip is here paired with Thomas and Bartholomew with Matthew, whereas in the former list, Philip and Bartholomew are paired, and Matthew is paired with Thomas. The rearranged order may be haphazard, or it may represent new close

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