... in Athens (Acts 17:26-29), demonstrates perhaps most strongly, Luke's understanding of the inclusive nature of this new era in human history, in saying that all people are of one family, regardless of their nationality, whether Jew or Gentile. Jewish Christians do make up the core of the Church and they made ... to present Paul as a conservative Jewish Christian who venerates the Mosaic Torah, and many of the practices of Judaism. Paul continues to call himself a Jew (21:39; 22:3). He continues to attend synagogue (Acts 9:20, 13:14, 17:2), wants to celebrate Pentecost in Jerusalem (Acts...

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