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Luke and Scripture: The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts is unavailable, but you can change that!

In Luke and Scripture, Craig A. Evans and James A. Sanders explore how the author of the third Gospel and Acts understood the nature and function of Scripture. Throughout this collection of exploratory studies, Evans and Sanders present a variety of fresh insights into key passages from Luke and Acts, based on extensive research on ancient Jewish tradition. Clear and concise, this volume will aid...

elements are expressed throughout Luke-Acts. Joel says that in the last days God will pour out the Spirit on “all flesh.” If “all flesh” is interpreted as including Gentiles, as the “all flesh” of Isa 40:5 (Luke 3:6) seems to imply, then we should expect to find that in Acts it has been poured out on Gentiles. Luke does not disappoint us. Following the conversion of Cornelius and his household the Holy Spirit is “poured out even on the Gentiles” (Acts 10:45). Joel also speaks of people prophesying
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