↑ See N.T. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1992) 354-355, where he quotes Suetonius in his Life of Claudius: "[b]ecause the Jews at Rome caused continuous disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus (Christians), he expelled them from the City"
↑ Leander E. Keck, The New Interpreter's Bible, 407
↑ For a discussion of the current scholarly viewpoints on the purpose of Romans, along with a bibliography, see Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, s.v. "Romans, Letter to the"
