in Damascus (9:19b–25) and his return to Jerusalem (9:26–30). Luke’s narrative in this middle section also returns to Jerusalem to recount the execution of James and Peter’s miraculous release from jail (12:1–23). Finally, this simple geographical outline does not do justice to the length of the third section (chs. 13–28), which comprises more than half the book. Infographic: The Life of Paul There are many other proposals concerning Luke’s structure and design.5 Many scholars note the summaries
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