Overcoming Barriers: Suffering, Rejection and Mission in Luke-Acts

Abstract

In a previous article, the parallel narratives of Saul and Ananias in Acts 9 and Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10, was explored to show how the church must struggle to overcome its own internal barriers in order to fulfill its mission as envisioned in Acts 1:8. This article builds on the findings of the past research and attempts to understand the role that suffering and rejection had in the mission of Jesus and those who faithfully took up the cross.

Key Words: Suffering, suffering servant, mission, rejection, Luke, Acts