Acts first focuses on Peter. Here presumably, Luke reflects the apostle’s role in the earliest years of the church in Jerusalem. He is selective in his material, abbreviating and even telescoping two separate events (the decision about circumcision and dietary laws) into a single occasion (Acts 15). A.N. Sherwin-White, a specialist in Roman history, asserts: “Any attempt to reject the basic historicity [of Acts] now appears absurd. Roman historians have long taken it for granted.” He goes on to comment