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Since a commentary is a fundamental tool for the expositor or teacher who seeks to interpret and apply Scripture in the church or classroom, the NAC focuses on communicating the theological structure and content of each biblical book. The writers seek to illuminate both the historical meaning and contemporary significance of Holy Scripture. In its attempt to make a unique contribution to the...

so closely identified with Jesus of Nazareth that it soon became part of his name—Jesus Christ. The reader has been prepared for the use of this title by 1:32–33, 69; 2:4. This Savior is also the Lord. See comments on 1:43; cf. also 1:17, 76. (In 2:26 we have the expression “Lord’s Christ,” but here in 2:11 the title “Lord” clearly refers to Jesus rather than God.) Although the realization of the authority of the titles “Christ” and “Lord” would await the resurrection (Acts 2:36), Jesus at his birth
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