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The approach of this commentary is to ask how ancient Mediterranean auditors would have heard Acts when it was read in their presence. To be successful Talbert divides this approach into two parts: how Acts would have been heard in its precanonical context and in its canonical context. He examines Acts thematically from the perspective of preparing for the church’s Mission to fulfilling the...

Lucan, Civil War 6.750; Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 4.45; Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2:28–30; Lucian, Philopseudes 25; Matt 9:18–26//Mark 5:21–43//Luke 8:40–56; Luke 7:11–17). “This became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord” (v. 42). The stories function both literarily and theologically in the narrative of Acts. Literarily, the two stories serve to get Peter from Jerusalem, where the apostles reside (8:1), to Joppa (9:43), where he will be accessible to Cornelius. Theologically,
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