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Tables of Contents for The Meal Scenes in Luke-Acts
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Audience-Oriented Approach to the Meal Scenes in Luke-Acts
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Eating and Drinking in Luke-Acts
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An Audience-Oriented Approach
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3
The Authorial Audience
2
2
Narrative Progressions
4
1
Pragmatics
4
1
Preliminary Survey of the Meal Scenes in Luke-Acts
5
3
Overview of the Literary Structure of Luke-Acts
8
3
The Authorial Audience and the Prologue (Luke 1:1-4)
11
2
Eating and Drinking in the Preparatory Narrative (Luke 1:1-4:44)
13
6
John will never drink wine or strong drink (1:15)
13
1
God has filled the hungry with good things (1:53)
14
1
The newborn Jesus was placed in a manger (2:7, 12, 16)
15
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The Prophetess Anna Worshiped with fasting (2:37)
16
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John Urges the Sharing of food with the needy (3:11)
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Jesus overcomes the devil's temptation to feed himself (4:1-4)
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Jesus healed Simon's mother-in-law and she ``served'' them (4:39)
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Summary
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2
Controversial Meals of Jesus and his Disciples (Luke 5:27-6:5)
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Jesus and Disciples Eat with the Sinful at Levi's Great Banquet (5:27-32)
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Levi abandons tax collecting to follow Jesus (5:27-28)
21
2
Pharisees question why the disciples eat and drink with the sinful (5:29-30)
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Jesus has not come to invite the righteous but sinners to repentance (5:31-32)
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3
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 5:27-32
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The Disciples Will Fast After They Feast with the Bridegroom (5:33-39)
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The disciples will fast when Jesus, the bridegroom, is taken from them (5:33-35)
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Jesus parabolically affirms the feasting that brings a new kind of fasting (5:36-39)
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Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 5:33-39
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The Disciples Eat Grain Picked on the Sabbath (6:1-5)
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4
Pharisees object to the disciples picking and eating grain on the sabbath (6:1-2)
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Jesus counters the Pharisees with the example of David (6:3-4)
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Jesus pronounces his lordship as the Son of Man over the sabbath (6:5)
34
2
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke (6:1-5)
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Summary
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3
Jesus' First Meal with a Pharisee (LUKE 7:36-50)
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16
The Theme of Eating and Drinking in Jesus' Testimony about John (7:33-34)
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2
Jesus' Meal with a Sinful Woman and Simon the Pharisee (7:36-50)
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A sinful woman extends extraordinary hospitality to Jesus in a Pharisee's house (7:36-39)
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Jesus replies to the Pharisee's disdain for the sinful woman with a parable (7:40-43)
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2
Jesus points the Pharisee to the woman's great love leading to her forgiveness (7:44-47)
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Jesus pronounces the forgiveness of the woman's sins (7:48-50)
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3
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 7:36-50
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2
Overabundant Feeding of Crowds (LUKE 9:10-17)
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12
Jesus Commands That the Daughter of Jairus Be Given Something to Eat (8:55)
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Jesus Tells the Twelve Apostles Not to Take Bread on Their Mission (9:3)
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Miraculously Overabundant Feeding of Crowds by Jesus and His Disciples (9:10-17)
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Jesus Welcomes the crowds who followed him and the apostles to Bethsaida (9:10-11)
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The twelve urged Jesus to dismiss the crowd to find food for themselves (9:12)
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The twelve have only five loaves and two fish to feed all the people (9:13)
58
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The twelve make the five thousand recline in groups of fifty (9:14-15)
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Jesus gave the food to the disciples to set before the people (9:16)
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After all ate and were satisfied, there were twelve baskets of leftovers (9:17)
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Relation of Luke 9:10-17 to Previous Meal Scenes
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2
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 9:10-17
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2
Jesus' Meal with Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42)
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14
Jesus Instructs the Seventy-Two To Eat and Drink What They Are Offered (10:7-8)
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Jesus' Meal in the Home of Martha and Her Sister Mary (10:38-42)
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14
Martha welcomed Jesus and her sister Mary was listening to him (10:38-39)
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3
Martha was preoccupied with the service of meal hospitality (10:40)
72
2
Mary has chosen the best portion of the meal (10:41-42)
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2
Relation of Luke 10:38-42 to Previous Meal Scenes
76
2
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 10:38-42
78
3
Jesus' Second Meal With A Pharisee (LUKE 11:37-54)
81
14
The Themes of Eating and Drinking in Jesus' Teaching about Prayer (11:1-13)
81
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Jesus Dines with Another Pharisee (11:37-54)
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Jesus denounces the lawyers (11:45-52)
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The scribes and Pharisees plot to trap Jesus (11:53-54)
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Relation of Luke 11:37-54 to Previous Meal Scenes
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Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 11:37-54
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3
Jesus' Third Meal with a Pharisee (LUKE 14:1-24)
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Anxiety about Eating and Drinking in This Age (12:13-34)
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1
Eating and Drinking and Readiness for the Eschatological Banquet (12:35-48)
96
1
Those Who Will Eat and Drink at the Eschatological Banquet (13:22-30)
97
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Jesus Again Dines with a Pharisee (14:1-24)
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14
Jesus heals a man with dropsy on the sabbath (14:1-6)
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3
Jesus tells a parable about taking places of honor at meals (14:7-11)
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2
Jesus tells his host to invite to dinner those who cannot repay (14:12-14)
104
2
Jesus tells a parable about those invited to a great dinner (14:15-24)
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5
Relation of Luke 14:1-24 to Previous Meal Scenes
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2
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 14:1-24
113
2
Meals Celebrating the Finding of the Lost (LUKE 15:1-32)
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16
Festive Meals Celebrating the Finding of the Lost (15:1-32)
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12
Jesus eats with sinners (15:1-2)
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Parable celebrating the finding of a lost sheep (15:3-7)
118
1
Parable celebrating the finding of a lost coin (15:8-10)
119
1
Parable celebrating the finding of a lost son and brother (15:11-32)
120
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The younger son repents after leaving his father and family (15:11-19)
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2
The father celebrates with a feast the return of his repentant son (15:20-24)
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The father appeals for the older son to repent and celebrate the feast (15:25-32)
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Summary of the Theme of Eating and Drinking in Luke 15:1-32
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Relation of Luke 15:1-32 to Previous Meal Scenes
127
1
Pragmatics of the Meal Scenes in Luke 15:1-32
128
3
The Meals of a Rich Man and Lazarus (LUKE 16:19-31)
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16
Jesus Addresses the Pharisees as Lovers of Money (16:14-18)
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2
The Reversed Meals of a Rich Man and Poor Lazarus (16:19-31)
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The rich man feasts while poor Lazarus suffers in hunger (16:19-21)
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2
Lazarus is carried to Abraham while the rich man thirsts in Hades (16:22-26)
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Abraham refuses to send Lazarus to the rich man's brothers (16:27-31)
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Relation of Luke 16:19-31 to Previous Meal Scenes
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2
Pragmatics of the Meal Scenes in Luke 16:19-31
144
3
Jesus' Meal with Zacchaeus (LUKE 19:1-10)
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Jesus Bids His Disciples To Be Like Servants Who Prepare Their Master's Meal (17:7-10)
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Jesus Warns against the Distractions of Eating and Drinking (17:26-30)
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Zacchaeus Shares the Meal Hospitality of His Home with Jesus (19:1-10)
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The rich, chief tax collector Zacchaeus seeks to see who Jesus is (19:1-4)
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2
Jesus invites himself and Zacchaeus welcomes him to meal hospitality in his home (19:5-6)
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Zacchaeus repents by giving to the poor and repaying those he extorted (19:7-8)
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Jesus pronounces that Zacchaeus has been saved as a son of Abraham (19:9-10)
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Relation of Luke 19:1-10 to Previous Meal Scenes
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Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 19:1-10
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3
Jesus' Last Supper (LUKE 22:7-38)
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Jesus' Last Passover Supper with His Disciples before His Death (22:7-38)
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Jesus provides for the preparation of the Passover meal with his disciples (22:7-13)
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Jesus hosts, serves, and interprets the meal for his disciples (22:14-38)
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This Passover meal anticipates the final meal in God's kingdom (22:14-18)
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The bread and cup Jesus serves join the disciples to Jesus' death (22:19-20)
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Jesus predicts Judas's betrayal of him (22:21-23)
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Jesus exhorts his disciples to a leadership that imitates his service (22:24-27)
182
4
Jesus promises his disciples that they will eat and drink in his kingdom (22:28-30)
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4
Jesus predicts Peter's denial of him (22:31-34)
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2
Jesus exhorts his disciples to be equipped for their share in his death (22:35-38)
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4
Relation of Luke 22:7-38 to Previous Meal Scenes
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Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 22:7-38
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2
The Risen Jesus' Meal at Emmaus (LUKE 24:28-35)
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The Risen Jesus Travels with and Teaches Two Disciples Going to Emmaus (24:13-27)
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The two disciples do not recognize the risen Jesus (24:13-16)
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The two disciples recount events regarding Jesus (24:17-24)
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From the scriptures Jesus explains the necessity for his suffering as the Messiah (24:25-27)
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The Risen Jesus' Meal with Two Disciples at Emmaus (24:28-35)
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The two disciples recognize Jesus during his meal with them (24:28-32)
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The two disciples report how Jesus was made known to them during the meal (24:33-35)
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Relation of Luke 24:28-35 to Previous Meal Scenes
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2
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 24:28-35
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2
The Risen Jesus' Meal in Jerusalem (LUKE 24:41-43)
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The Risen Jesus Appears to the Disciples in Jerusalem (24:36-40)
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The Risen Jesus Eats before the Disciples in Jerusalem (24:41-43)
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The risen Jesus asks his joyful but disbelieving disciples for something to eat (24:41)
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The disciples give the risen Jesus a piece of baked fish (24:42)
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The risen Jesus takes the fish and eats it before his disciples (24:43)
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2
The Risen Jesus Teaches the Disciples in Jerusalem (24:44-49)
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After Jesus Ascends to Heaven the Disciples Return to Jerusalem with Joy (24:50-53)
229
2
Relation of Luke 24:41-43 to Previous Meal Scenes
231
2
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Luke 24:41-43
233
2
Communal Meals of New Believers in Jerusalem (ACTS 2:42-47)
235
10
Recapitulation of the Risen Jesus' Meal with the Disciples in Jerusalem (1:4)
235
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The Communal Meals of the Jerusalem Believers (2:42-47)
236
5
They were devoting themselves to the breaking of the bread (2:42)
237
1
They were sharing food with gladness and generosity of heart (2:43-47)
238
3
Relation of Acts 2:42-47 to Previous Meal Scenes
241
2
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Acts 2:42-47
243
2
Peter's Meal Fellowship with Cornelius (ACTS 10:1-11:18)
245
24
Saul's Meal after His Conversion and Baptism (9:19)
245
2
Peter's Meal Fellowship with Gentiles (10:1-11:18)
247
16
Cornelius's vision and Peter's hospitality with a tanner (10:1-8)
247
1
Peter's vision commanding him to eat what God has cleansed (10:9-16)
248
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In the house of the tanner Peter shares meal hospitality with Cornelius's men (10:17-23a)
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Peter is allowed to share meal fellowship with Cornelius and his household (10:23b-33)
251
3
Peter was one of the witnesses who ate and drank with the risen Jesus (10:34-43)
254
2
Peter shares meal hospitality with Cornelius's household for some days (10:44-48)
256
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In Jerusalem Peter explains his meal fellowship with Gentiles (11:1-18)
257
6
Meal Fellowship with Gentiles and the Apostolic Decree (15:9, 19-21, 28-29; 21:25)
263
3
Relation of Acts 10:1-11:18 to Previous Meal Scenes
266
1
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Acts 10:1-11:18
267
2
Paul's Revival of Eutychus at a Meal (ACTS 20:7-12)
269
24
Paul's Meal Fellowship with the Baptized Household of Lydia at Philippi (16:11-15, 40)
269
7
Paul's Meal with the Baptized Roman Jailer and His Household at Philippi (16:30-34)
276
7
Paul Revives Eutychus at the Breaking of the Bread (20:7-12)
283
7
They gathered with Paul in the upstairs room for the breaking of the bread (20:7-8)
284
1
At the eucharistic meal Paul restores Eutychus to life (20:9-10)
285
2
After Paul broke bread and ate, they took away Eutychus alive (20:11-12)
287
3
Relation of Acts 20:7-12 to Previous Meal Scenes
290
1
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Acts 20:7-12
291
2
Paul Uses a Meal for Encouragement (ACTS 27:33-38)
293
14
During a Sea Storm Paul Encourages His Fellow Passengers with a Meal (27:33-38)
294
9
Paul urges all on the ship to share food in order to be saved (27:33-34)
294
5
After Paul himself began to eat, all on the ship also took food (27:35-36)
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2
After all were satisfied with food, they lightened the ship (27:37-38)
301
2
Relation of Acts 27:33-38 to Previous Meal Scenes
303
1
Pragmatics of the Meal Scene in Acts 27:33-38
304
3
Conclusion
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Bibliography
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