Luke-Acts – ACTS and MORE—Steve Walton’s blog on New Testament Studies

2 November 2025

Reading Lukewise: slides for an overview of Luke’s Gospel

I have the privilege of speaking today (2 November) at St Mark’s Church, Newnham, Cambridge to give an overview of Luke’s Gospel. Here are my slides. Thoughts and comments are most welcome!

Speaking Comments: 0

24 September 2025

The language and value of Acts—a podcast

Just released today (24 Sept 2025), Daniel Mikkelsen has kindly hosted me on his podcast (video available) Exploring the Language of Scripture to talk about the book of Acts. We discuss how I got into biblical languages, examples related to the language of Acts, and also some of the issues I talked about in my Tyndale New Testament lecture on...

Research Comments: 2

30 June 2025

Slides on ‘Acts and the Eyewitnesses’

I had the privilege of giving the 2025 Tyndale New Testament lecture on 30 June, on ‘Acts and the Eyewitnesses’—yes, the title is a deliberate imitation of Richard Bauckham’s justly well-known book Jesus and the Eyewitnesses. Here are the slides. The lecture examines the book of Acts for what it has to say about eyewitness testimony, both to Jesus and...

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11 May 2025

Exploring Mission and the Holy Spirit in Acts

I’m teaching for the Caleb stream of ordinands in Guildford diocese on Tuesday 13 May on the book of Acts. They’ve done some reading of Acts in advance, and I shall have two hours with them. I’m going to focus on mission in Acts, and the work of the Holy Spirit in Acts. Here are the slides and handouts: Mission...

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19 January 2025

An interview about my Acts commentary

Cris Rogers kindly interviewed me about the first volume of my Acts commentary in the Word Biblical Commentary for his podcast Making Disciples. We had a very enjoyable conversation of just over half an hour—see here. We talked about what I’ve learned in writing the commentary, as well as the content of Acts and the way I wrote. Enjoy! P.S....

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28 December 2024

Insights on the Shepherds’ Visit in Luke 2:15-21

I had the privilege of speaking on the visit of the shepherds (Luke 2:15-21) at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough on 30 December. Here are my slides—thoughts and comments welcome!