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A distinguished group of scholars here provides a comprehensive survey of the theology of the early church as it is presented by the author of Acts. These 25 essays, designed to show the current state of scholarship in ways accessible to students of the New Testament, discuss the main themes in the theology of Acts: God’s plan of salvation, the call of God and the spreading of the Word, the...

Acts, it is made clear that Paul is called to preach the word both to the Jews and to the Gentiles. In the conversion of Cornelius (9:32–11:18) Luke presents a full historical and theological justification for the universalism of the gospel, leading to the conclusion that ‘to the Gentiles God has granted repentance unto life’ (11:18). And in the so-called conversion of Peter we see the lengths to which God went to overcome the reluctance of Jewish Christians to preach the word to Gentiles (visions,
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