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Fifteen years in the making, this comprehensive commentary by David Peterson offers thorough exegesis and exposition of the Acts of the Apostles, drawing on recent scholarship in the fields of narrative criticism and theological analysis. It incorporates insights into historical-social background, and investigates why Luke presents his material in the way he does. In view of how long the book...

Hebrew (or Aramaic)’.11 A narrowly ‘linguistic’ definition of Hellēnistai allows us to make the best sense of its different application in Luke’s three contexts. In 6:1 it refers to Jewish Christians who spoke only Greek, as opposed to Jewish Christians whose everyday spoken language was Aramaic (or less likely Hebrew), but who may also have spoken Greek.12 In 9:29 it refers to Greek-speaking Jews who were hostile to Christianity, but in 11:20 it refers to Greek-speaking persons in Antioch who were
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