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Rejected Prophets: Jesus and His Witnesses in Luke-Acts

Rejected Prophets: Jesus and His Witnesses in Luke-Acts

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Bible StudiesGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1451470029
ISBN13: 9781451470024
Publisher: Fortress Pr
Published: Jan 1 2014
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Although several scholars have written about how Luke portrays Jesus and the apostles as prophets, no one has yet provided a comprehensive theory as to why Luke's protagonists resemble the prophets.

McWhirter shows that Luke uses these biblical prophets as precedents, seeking to legitimate the apostles teachings in the face of events, such as the destruction of Jerusalem and the deaths of Peter and Paul, which seem to contradict those teachings. In order to show that all this was part of God's plan, Luke compares Jesus and his witnesses to Israel's prophets who were rejected by their own people.

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