Steve Walton is a New Testament scholar who is Research Fellow at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, and Hon. Research Fellow at Tyndale House, Cambridge. He previously taught New Testament at London School of Theology and St John's College, Nottingham. He has written widely in New Testament Studies and serves as chair of the Acts seminar of the British NT Conference, and co-chair of the steering committee of the Acts Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Why study the Miletus speech?; 2. Are parallels in the eye of the beholder?; 3. The Miletus speech in context; Excursus 1: the text and translation of acts 20.28b; 4. The Miletus speech and Luke's Gospel; Excursus 2: the text of Luke 22.17–20; 5. The Miletus speech and 1 Thessalonians; 6. The Miletus speech, Ephesians and 2 Timothy; 7. Concluding reflections; Bibliography; Index of ancient texts; Index of modern authors; Index of subjects.

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