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The book of Acts portrays the earliest followers of the risen and ascended Christ. Throughout its pages, from Pentecost onward, God is continually present in the lives of believers, empowering them as they declare through word and deed what God has done for the people of Israel—and ultimately for the rest of the world—through Christ. Richard Thompson skillfully delves into these ideas and teases...

Second, the story of Acts continues the story of Jesus as presented in the Third Gospel. There is an inherent theological and christological emphasis in Acts. The activities of the apostles and other believers are linked to the purposes and activities of Jesus as the Jewish Messiah (Christ), as presented in the Gospel of Luke. All else that happens in Acts begins with God’s purposes as seen in Jesus as depicted in the Lukan Gospel. Thus, when Jesus commissions his apostles to witness “to the ends
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