This is the last passage in the section of Acts in which Luke explains the identity and witness of Jesus’ followers as the new people of God (1:15–2:47). In the previous episodes, Luke described the reconstitution of the Twelve as Jesus’ witnesses to the people of Israel (1:15–26), the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost (2:1–13), Peter’s explanation of the coming of the Holy Spirit and of the significance of Jesus as the crucified, risen, and exalted Messiah and
Acts 2:42–47