The paper seeks to contribute to this analysis of Jesus as judge in Acts by considering this theme in light of non-Jewish Hellenistic literature, with a focus on the myth of the appointment of Rhadamanthus, Minos and Aeacus as judges in the afterlife in the writings of Homer, Pindar, Virgil, Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, and Athenagoras.
The paper seeks to examine how some texts in Acts, fulfilling the eschatos expectation, project a situation of cultural heterogeneity among the followers of Jesus; the challenges that erupted from the culturally diverse contexts; and how these early Christians addressed the challenge.
The paper will argue that Paul finally submitted to the gospel, repented, put his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, was baptized with the Holy Spirit, and then baptized with water when challenged by Ananias in Damascus.
The paper will establish that the Lukan Peter sees God establishing the new eschatological temple at Pentecost, through two arguments.