the plan of God-functions as the foundational theological motif for the complete work.13 Some direct statements of this divine guidance can be found at the surface level of the narrative. Additional comments can be noted, stating the necessity that events must take place as they do.14 However, the complete infusion of this theme throughout Luke’s work can be seen once the cluster of second-level themes is explored. The broad theological context of Luke-Acts is that God has been at work in the events