By Daniel Lynwood Smith
In the Gospel in keeping with Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, audio system are usually interrupted by means of emotional audiences (Luke 4:28; Acts 4:1; 7:54 fifty seven; 13:48; etc.). A comparative examine of alternative Greek authors, from Homer to Josephus, finds the excessive frequency and targeted kind of interruption in Luke s volumes. Intentional interruption capabilities rhetorically to underscore the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the supply of salvation to the Gentiles, therefore illuminating either Lukan theology and literary technique."
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