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The Lexham Geographic Commentary on Acts through Revelation delivers fresh insight by drawing attention to the geographical setting for the spread of Christianity in the first century AD. Geography is a central concern in Acts, but the full significance of its geographical context is easily overlooked without a familiarity with the places, the types of transportation, the relative distances, and...

up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem” (9:51). This marks the beginning of Luke’s so-called Travel Narrative or Journey to Jerusalem (9:51–19:27). Although Jesus does not head straight for Jerusalem, wandering from place to place, Luke repeatedly reminds us that he is traveling (9:57; 10:1, 38; 18:35; 19:1) and that his destination is Jerusalem (9:51–56; 13:22, 33; 17:11; 18:31; 19:11, 28, 41, 45). What in Mark takes a few paragraphs becomes in Luke an entire phase of Jesus’ ministry
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