184 John Kilgallen At one point on his journey to Jerusalem Jesus was asked if there are few who will be saved (13,23). Jesus does not answer in terms of ‘many’ or ‘few’, but, as was his wont, uses the question to offer salvific teaching. He begins, and this is notable for the rest of his words, with an exhortation: “Try to come in through the narrow door” (13,24). Jesus continues with a parable which focuses finally on those who thought they had every reason to obtain salvation, but will not. At the conclusion of the parable he assures his audience that, they will see Jews and Gentiles safe in the Kingdom of God, “and you yourselves rejected” (v. 28). Now, one can understand Jesus’ remarks as those of the Lord, dominical or revelatory or prophetic sayings, but given the context of exhortation, it is more correct to see these sayings as an urging to repentance and acceptance of “this salvation”. In other words, the dramatic statement of Jesus, which is informational, surely serves as warning, and so as urging to “enter through the narrow door”. Again, the pattern we find in Acts 28,28, information leading to repentance, is evidenced, now in the Gospel of Luke. 5. The content of Acts 28,28 in the context of Jesus’ mission Thus, should one look to the greater context of the Lucan work, he will find that Luke shows an ever-present interest in motivation towards repentance, even when the material is presented in dominical saying form, or, as we have said, in informational form. The public life of Jesus, according to Luke, has two purposes, one subordinate to the other. The central reason for his life before condemnation, death and resurrection is expressed, “(To other towns) I must announce the good news of the reign of God, because that is why I was sent” (4,43). Crucial, theologically laden terms here are eujaggelivsasqaiv me dei'… ejpi; tou'to ajpestavlhn; ‘necessity’ and passive form of ajpostevllw, which terms place the entire works of Jesus’ public life within the loving will and determination of God. This description of the role of Jesus repeats the essence of what he had said in Nazareth: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me… to announce a year of favor from the Lord” (4,18-19). Indeed, another formula of the same idea occurs in 16,16: hJ basileiva tou' qeou' eujaggelivzetai. jealousy (parazhlw'sai) at the divine acceptance of Gentiles, but he also prefaces this with quotations which resemble the citation Luke offers in Acts 28,28. Indeed, Luke 24,47 is clear that the overall goal of Christian preaching in Acts is metavnoia eij" a[fesin aJmartiw'n.