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Jonathan Bernier<\/a> raised some interesting problems with suggestions that are\u00a0often made\u00a0regarding why\u00a0Luke ended Acts where he did. The open ending doesn\u2019t really work well as a defense of Paul\u2019s innocence, if the work was written after Paul\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

That does not, however, mean that we must embrace as the only alternative\u00a0dating Acts to soon after its final scene.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ There is a good option available to those who think evidence points to Luke being late: that the author intended to write a third volume<\/em>. Both volumes end in a way that makes a sequel natural.<\/p>\n

Also worth mentioning is the possibility that, contrary to the tradition, Paul did not die in the time of Nero, but was executed before then, under the auspices of\u00a0an emperor upon whom the author could not\u00a0shift blame in the way one might just be able to in Nero\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have strong feelings either way.<\/p>\n

As for the possibility of Luke-Acts-X, what do you think that third volume might have focused on, and what period of history do you think it might have covered, if it had existed? What title might it have ended up being given if it had the contents you imagine it could have?<\/p>\n

Feel free to compare your speculations about Luke\u2019s two\/three volumes to speculations about Star Wars Episode VII if you are so inclined\u2026<\/p>\n

$\"sts$ <\/p>\n

The above depiction of the other St. Luke is one that I shared previously<\/a>. It is by\u00a0 Chawakarn Khongprasert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"