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I. Howard Marshall offers commentary on the book of Acts, showing how it is a history book of the early church, a literary work, the sequel of a work beginning with the Gospel of Luke, and a work of theology. Luke’s purposes are varied. He writes with a pastoral concern. He shows how the essential task of the church is mission. He describes how God does not accept racial discrimination. Luke...

The healing story itself is similar to those related in the Gospels, but is related with a fair amount of detail. Peter is able to do the kind of thing that Jesus did by acting in the name of Jesus: thus the continuity between the ministry of Jesus and the witness of the church is expressed. One may also note how this incident and others in the career of Peter have counterparts in the career of Paul (14:8–10). But the main point in the story is the continuing power of the name of Jesus to perform
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