Luke’s motives for writing his double work are complex, to be sure, but it seems highly likely that they include a similar measure of apologetic, perhaps in both directions.21 It is quite true that if one started off simply wanting to address an apologia for early Christianity to Roman authorities, one would not necessarily produce a work like Luke-Acts. There is far too much material which seems extraneous; comparison with the work of Aristides, Justin and the other second-century apologists reveals enormous differences.22 Equally, one cannot provide a complete explanation for Luke-Acts by
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