13:16ff; 17:22ff; 20:18ff; 22:1ff; 24:10ff; 26:2ff) have been the subject of many detailed studies. Naturally, the actual address in each case would have been longer than the version given in the book, and Luke would have had more to draw on for some than for others. However, the accounts which Luke gives are to be taken as accurate. The addresses can be seen to reflect traditional Jewish styles of quoting and interpreting Holy Scripture and, although similar in structure, there is also quite a variety
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