this, and we should remember that Luke was a first-century writer, not a twentieth century one. Hence we should not judge Luke’s worth as a historian by anachronistic criteria. Some have in the past perhaps tried to do this. For example, taken up with issues of historical factual accuracy, many have sought to judge Luke on this basis, and on this basis different conclusions have been reached. Especially in relation to Acts, it has been shown that Luke is at times remarkably accurate in some of the
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