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Enlarged print edition now available! Writing in an accessable and anecdotal style, Tom Wright helps us to approach the rich and many-sided story of the book of Acts. Wright shows how the book builds on Luke's Gospel, laying out the continuing work and teaching of the now risen and ascended Jesus in the power of the Spirit. His writing captures the vivid way in which Luke's work draws us all into he story, while leaving the ending open and challenging, inviting Christians today to pick up and carry on the story as we in turn live our lives in the service of Jesus. Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back of the book. The series is suitable for group study, personal study, or daily devotions.… (more)
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The book continues the themes of the volume on Acts 1-12, but now focuses, as the book of Acts does, on Paul and his promotion of the Gospel. Wright does well in exploring how many of the themes of Paul's theology as expressed in
There are some particular oddities in the work. The attempt to demonstrate parallels between the end of the Gospel of Luke and the end of Acts is stretching things a bit, although it does highlight some details that might otherwise been missed in Acts 27-28.
On the whole, however, as with the other volumes in the NT For Everyone series, this remains a most excellent and accessible commentary providing the non-specialist an understanding of Acts 13-28 in its original context as well as providing potential applications for faith in the twenty-first century. Worth consideration when studying Acts.