By the simple way that God moved upon Luke to structure and narrate this history (the book of Acts), it seems probable we are to view this book as a triumphant, joyful, forward-moving expansion of the gospel into the Gentile world, empowered by the Holy Spirit and resulting in changed lives and local communities as is Gods intent for the continuing church. Nothing can hinder it, neither Sanhedrin, nor synagogue, dissension, not narrow-mindedness, prison or plot. Gordon Fee