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When the book of Acts is mentioned, a cluster of issues spring to mind, including speaking in tongues and baptism with the Holy Spirit, church government and practice, and missionary methods and strategies. At the popular level, Acts is more often mined for answers to contemporary debates than heard for its natural inflections. Alan Thompson argues that Acts is an account of the “continuing...

We have seen that Luke primarily wrote Acts to provide assurance to his readers concerning the purposes and plan of God. This, in addition to the likelihood that he is aiming to highlight the ‘continuing story’ of the fulfilment of God’s promises for his people, indicates that we should look primarily for what Luke is saying about God and his purposes in Acts and how this may provide reassurance for his readers. Thus this chapter will continue
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