mobs, and disturbed officials represents well the vision of the Kingdom that spans both parts of Luke’s two-volume work. It joins with many other episodes composed by the evangelist that make plain at least three prominent features of the “good news” he narrates and proclaims. First, this account in concert with many others asserts in earnest that the good news of what God accomplishes in Jesus of Nazareth is world-defying news. It shatters established patterns for interpreting reality and ordering