Jesus, and it may embrace the miraculous events accompanying Jesus’ supernatural birth as well.1 The theological significance of the insertions is now evident. Through his redactional activity in v. 19 Luke was able to link the miraculous events associated with Jesus (v. 22) and his disciples (vv. 3–11, 43) together with the cosmic portents listed by Joel (vv. 19b–20) as ‘signs and wonders’ which mark the end of the age. In this way Luke stresses the imminence of the Day of the Lord: the miracles
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