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Document Details : Title: Acts 28,28: No Salvation for the People of Israel? Subtitle: An Answer in Perspective of the LXX Author(s): VAN DE SANDT, H. Journal: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses Volume: 70 Issue: 4 Date: December 1994 Pages: 341-358 DOI: 10.2143/ETL.70.4.556066 Abstract : The conclusion of the book of Acts (28,17-31) consists of three scenes (vv. 17-22.23-28.30-31) which are commonly held to mark the end of the mission among the Jews and the definitive transition of the gospel to the Gentiles. The account is well-known. Paul was sent as a prisoner to Rome and, while awaiting his trial, he was left in the charge of a soldier who guarded him. Three days after his arrival in Rome he called together the local leaders of the Jews and from the way he addresses them (“Israel” in v. 20; “your fathers” in v. 25) one may infer that he takes them to be qualified representatives of the people of Israel. In the first scene (vv. 17-22) he delivers an apologetical exposition in which the content of the preceding chapters in Acts is summed up and his innocence is affirmed. |
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