of those accusations. These accusations are of a religious, not political nature. Indeed, in most instances within the early years, Rome treated Christianity as one more incomprehensible Jewish sect among many. This was no longer the case after A.D. 64, when the Roman Empire began to view Christians as a political and cultural threat. A fourth reason to assign Acts an early date is Luke’s expenditure of a great deal of narrative energy in demonstrating Christianity’s Jewish roots and association