The problem is that we already know the text, have done for years, and are almost bored with it: it is genuinely difficult to study the Bible. In such a context, this commentary has proved the most exciting help I have encountered for some time.

New Directions

Another distinctive and significant contribution to the study of Acts. Vigorous, insightful and readable, this growing work grows also in stature. May Volume 3 come quickly.

Peter Doble JSNTS Booklist, 2007

The authors present their stimulating and provocative case with undeniable learning, erudition, skill, insight, and patience. One need not accept either their perspective or their conclusions to enjoy, appreciate, and learn from their close (and often intertextual) reading of Acts.

Michael W. Holmes, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 33 No. 4, October 2007