relevant to our own experience, which includes at least as much rejection and defeat as success. Since the purpose of God is ultimately a purpose of universal salvation, according to Luke-Acts, the tension within the plot is not resolved at the end of Acts, which, in fact, dramatizes the recurrent rejection of salvation by the Jews. My concern with Luke-Acts as a unified narrative leads me to note many internal connections among different parts of the narrative. Themes will be developed, dropped,