may however be confident that it should not be understood in this way, at least in Luke’s intention. His concern here is not to bring out a parallel between the former Redeemer (Moses) and the latter Redeemer (the Messiah) but to point out a difference between a Jewish and the Christian understanding of the purpose of God. Restoration of the kingdom to Israel is regularly prayed for in the Eighteen Benedictions and in the Qaddish. In this verse the word βασιλεία stands by itself and probably means