Gentile believers who worship God in the context of a Jewish movement. He advances his theological points in a historical narrative which includes speeches of the main (and of some minor) characters. The main focus of his narrative in two volumes is the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus (gospel of Luke), and the growth of the church and the expansion of Christians communities through the work of the early missionaries, particularly Peter and Paul (Acts).79 Thus, a second major emphasis of Acts