was ready to set sail on her voyage of spiritual conquest.’40 Then comes chapter four and the adversary’s hurricanes begin to blow. Although Satan is only mentioned once by name in chapters four to six (see Acts 5:3), his activity and tactics are unmistakable: Strategy number one: silence the preachers by physical persecution. Satan raises up the liberal, rationalistic, anti-supernatural Sadducees to threaten, imprison and actually flog the apostles.41 But this wealthy, power-brokering party which