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The diversity of material in the Book of Acts demands a variety of exegetical tools and strategies. Since speeches constitute over 30% of the text, the interpreter must be adept at handling discourse as well as narrative. Interpreting the Book of Acts presents the fruit of the author’s thirty–year reflection on the Lukan corpus. With a sure hand he guides the reader through numerous approaches...

was “sent to the people of Israel” (13:34–36 NIV). In the latter situation, Peter relates how “God made a choice…that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe” (15:7 NIV). God made no distinction between Jews and Gentiles (15:9). Nevertheless, James led the council to request that the Gentile believers make certain accommodations to the Jews (15:13–29). Thus Acts emphasizes the unity of God’s people and the availability of the gospel to all. Within this ideal is
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