context of the Fourth Gospel and the latter in the context of Luke’s thought, and only then can we correlate the individual texts themselves. John we leave aside for the time being; to clarify Luke’s understanding of Pentecost is our present task. When we look at Pentecost in the context of Luke—Acts it becomes evident that Pentecostal and Catholic alike have again missed the principal significance of the story. For once again we stand at a watershed in salvation-history, the beginning of the new
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