Luke’s narrative of the rejection of the gospel by the Jews is saturated with irony. In particular, Luke’s narration of the rejection of Jesus is mirrored by the depiction in Acts, where every effort to stand against God’s plan only fulfills it in every prophetic detail (e.g., see Acts 2:23 and 13:27). In Luke, the rejection of Jesus by the Jews is the catalyst for his redeeming death, whereas in Acts the persecution of the church becomes the catalyst for saving evangelism. Luke also develops the
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