A rare event: a commentary that is learned without being stuffy, accessible without being reductionist. Tom Wright joins us in our homes and workplaces, our sanctuaries and classrooms, in genial, prayerful conversation over this text that forms our lives, the New Testament Scriptures- Eugene Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, and author of The Message

No other commentary series comes even close- The Christian Century

Pastors, evangelists, and Sunday school teachers will love this- CBA Marketplace

There is now an immense hunger in our society for the Bible. Many folk want access to it, without the usual shrill authoritarian trappings. These studies by Wright are exactly to the point . . . well grounded in scholarship, accessible, and intensely contemporary. The series is a most welcome one! --Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary

Presents the author's own translation of Acts that is combined, section by section, with a discussion, background information, useful explanation and interpretation, and thoughts as to how it can be relevant to our lives.