fateful outcome of the events in Acts, but it hardly explains the inclusion of such a variety of seemingly unrelated incidents and speeches if that is the main purpose of the book. The very last sentence may carry it one step further: “Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ” (28:31 NIV). In the Greek word order, the very last word is “unhinderedly” (ἀκωλύτως, an adverb for which there is no exact one-word equivalent in English). Does this