3 WITNESSING TWO TWO ACTS APOSTLES BY IN THE OF THE list marks the beginning of the book 4, others do not even mention the list of the apostles 5, whereas some others still insufficiently label it as a summary or as a generalizing and transitional text 6. In any case, if the intention of the first volume of the Lukan double work is to narrate what Jesus did and said (1,1), the inten- tion of the second is to narrate what, on Jesus’ commission, the Twelve did and said. Their assignment is qualified as “witnessing” in Acts 1,8, and they have to give their testimony in three succes- sive regions: Jerusalem, the Land of the Jews, and Samaria and till the end of the earth. To this commission, they are specifically singled out and chosen by God (oy pantı t√ la√ alla martysin ß ù ßù¥ toıv prokexeirotonhmenoiv ypo toy ueoy, Acts 10,41). ˜ ¥ Ωù ˜ ˜ 2. Acts 1,8 and the role of Paul the outsider As it is well known, the Twelve are then witnesses only in Jerusalem and in Samaria: however surprisingly, notwithstanding the precise appointment of Acts 1,8, it is not they who take the testimony to the ends of the earth, but rather Paul. In fact, all the occurrences of their witnessing are found in the first thirteen chap- ters, where significantly there is no mention at all of the witness of Paul. Thereafter, all the occurrences regarding Paul are to be found in the last ten chapters where, in the contrary, there is no mention of the witness of the apostles 7. G. ROSSÉ, Atti degli Apostoli (Roma 1998) 107: “Luca dunque inizia il 4 libro degli Atti elencando i nomi degli apostoli”. A. WIKENHAUSER, Die Apostelgeschichte (RNT 5; Regensburg 31956) 28; 5 R.C. TANNEHILL, The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts. A Literary Interpretation (Minneapolis, MN 1990) II, 19-20. Cf. H. CONZELMANN, Acts of the Apostles (Philadelphia, PA 1987) 9 6 (“ vv. 13-14 : The first summary follows ”) ; J. Dupont, “La conclusion des Actes et son rapport à l’ensemble de l’ouvrage de Luc”, Nouvelles études sur les Actes des Apôtres (Paris 1984) 493 (“Revenant sur les jours qui séparent l’Ascension de la Pentecôte, les vv. 12-14 font la transition entre ces deux événements ”) ; K. KLIESCH, Apostelgeschichte (Stuttgart 1986) 35-36: “Die Verse 12-14 bilden eine verallgemeinernde Überleitung zur Wahl des Matthias und zur Pfingsterzählung” (Italics added). The terminology of the apostolic testimony occurs throughout the book: 7 the first time it appears in Acts 1,8 (martyrev) and the last time in Acts 28,23 ¥ (diamartyromenov), the major texts being the twelve occurrences in Acts 1-13 ¥ referring to the apostles (cf. Acts 1,8; 1,22; 2,32; 2,40; 3,15; 4,33; 5,32; 8,25;