believers) and it may be part of Luke’s agenda also, depending on whether ‘Theophilus’ is a believer or an enquirer (Luke 1:1–4). Third, there was a didactic (or teaching) reason, to teach those who followed Jesus more about their faith and to help them grow in it. If ‘Theophilus’ was a believer already (Luke 1:3f.) it is likely that this was one of Luke’s aims. Similarly the five major blocks of teaching material in Matthew (see p. 212) would be wonderfully appropriate for explaining Christian lifestyle
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