This is when the story shifts to the exchange of letters between Antipas and Luke and the conversation about Jesus and the Christians begins. The first letter Luke sends to Antipas brings attention to Jesus Christ and how Antipas should read Luke's account. It is then that the author introduces us to how Luke's gospel was presented to Antipas and his experience with Jesus Christ. The bulk of the book is the letters exchanged between Luke and Antipas; talking about the topic of Jesus Christ and Christians. In one letter, Luke tells Antipas that Christians believe this Jesus is the "Jewish Messiah, or Christ, and the human incarnation of the Most High God (p.37)." The author wants us to know how Jesus was known to Christians in this period and how important he was to the community. However, Antipas responded to Luke by asking him if he was uncomfortable with his association with Christians. During this time, Christians were seen as rebelling against the emperor of Rome and the fact that they worshiped a different God. Luke responds by accusing their emperor of caring more about his own well-being than the well-being of others
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