Framing ethnicity (Acts 2:1-21)
Luke slows down to elaborate the diversity of the crowd—simply for the pleasure of it.
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Every once in a while Acts slows down to relish details that, on the surface, might not excite contemporary readers. As a storyteller, Luke is expert in pacing: sprinting through the basics of a story, then slowing down to luxuriate in particulars.
