44 It is about time for Luke to bring his Gospel to a conclusion, as it is now exceptionally long for a papyrus writing. In addition, he had already decided to write a sequel to his Gospel (the Book of Acts), in which he would give further particulars of the time between Jesus’ resurrection and ascension. So in the concluding verses of his Gospel he gives only an extremely succinct account of what happened further. He does not even mention the other important appearances of Jesus to separate persons
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