"Paul's [apostolic] mission spans much of the latter half of Acts (Acts 13-28, esp. 13-20). In the course of that mission, Paul rises from Barnabas' junior colleague to a senior and veteran missionary. We also see Paul laboring in wider and wider spheres in the Eastern Mediterranean basin. It comes as something of a surprise, then, to see that activity grind to a halt in Acts 21-28[, where] Paul is in captivity, ... But Paul's captivity is not without meaning, ... It is the way in which Jesus accomplishes his sovereign purpose ..."
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Guy Prentiss Waters in Happily Ever After? Thoughts on the Ending of the Acts of the Apostles [pt. 1], reformation21, 30 March 2015.
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