he was likely connected to the synagogue either as a Godfearer (→ sidebar “The Godfearers” with 10:1–2) or as a convert to Judaism before hearing the Christian gospel. Most of Acts is narrated from a third-person perspective. But in chapter 16, that perspective changes to first person without warning: “After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them” (v 10, emphasis added). This first-person narration continues