In the same lecture, Meyers notes that the apostles at the beginning of Acts charge the Jewish leaders specifically with putting Jesus on the cross. That charge disappears from Acts after the church disperses from Jerusalem.
When Paul returns to Jerusalem, his indictment of the Jews is different. He doesn’t accuse them of killing Jesus, but of shedding the blood of Stephen (Acts 22:20).
Luke shows us that before the final turning to the Gentiles, the servants of Jesus must shed their blood in union with Jesus and Paul must bring the indictment to Jerusalem for shedding the blood of the Bride.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
The Church in the Age of Therapy
In 1966, Philip Rieff wrote in The Triumph of the Therapeutic that “Religious man was born to…
Canada’s Deadliest Blind Spot
On September 20, the Daily Mail ran a story with the provocative headline, “Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother…
The Faithful Joy of Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen
Dolly Parton and Fulton Sheen seem to have had little in common. She favored rhinestones; he wore…
