which the disciples are ready to begin the work of the church, which will culminate in the gospel being preached “openly and unhindered” (Acts 28:31) to the Gentiles, which is the story of the book of Acts.29 Luke’s gospel therefore focuses on the emergent movement in Jesus’ ministry and how it was possible for it to continue after his death.30 Likewise, it relates that movement back to its beginnings in Jesus’ ministry. The dawning awareness that Jesus will be killed and rising hostility toward
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