The prologue of Acts serves at least two purposes. First, as we have noted, it connects Acts with Luke’s Gospel. Partly because John’s Gospel separates Luke and Acts in our canon, it can be easy to forget that Luke intended for us to read Luke and Acts together, as two instalments or volumes of a single enterprise. This conjunction is just one way that Luke tethers the ministry of the apostles to the ministry of Jesus Christ. Second, it introduces the book that follows. Luke signals here the themes