Editorial: The Same Better Hope for an Anxious World; Bruce Henning, Hekate in Matthew's Gospel? Greco-Roman Mythology in Matt 16:19; Peter G. Bolt, How Mark Changed/s the World; Ali Robinson, Is Mary Blessed? Reconsidering Luke 11:27-28 and Mary's embodied discipleship; Paul N. Anderson, Authentic Worship in John and in Luke-Acts. Influence, interfluence, and resonance; Alan H. Cadwallader, Bad Smells at a religious gathering; James R. Harrison, 'Signs on the earth below (Acts 21:9b): Luke-Acts and the Miraculous in the Graeco-Roman World. Book Reviews.