calls of discipleship to the crowds, and parables of rejection of those who reject his message. Luke’s most dramatic narrative extension is found in a complete second volume that picks up the story where the Gospel left off and continues with an account of the birth of the church in Jerusalem (Acts 1–7), its expansion through Samaria and Judea (8–10), and its spread across the Mediterranean (11–28), all this enacting the prediction of the risen Lord in Acts 1:8, “You will receive power when the Holy