I looked at the passage, and I don't see a seam, so same author. Peter is the patron saint in view here, the we refers to those who are descendant --by "school"-- of this patron saint. That is what is meant by "we" in 10:39.
10:41 references John 20:19-23. It is excluding Mary and Paul specifically, but more generally any other patron saints as authorities other than the "11"
Note, John 20:24-29 is definitely not in view, it may not have been written yet.
Despite both Acts and Luke being put together by the same author from his sources, It does not at all look like Luke 24:13-35, the Emmaus story, is in view. There only two unnamed disciples, although one is probably give the name Cleopas (24:18a) in what is likely an editorial addition (ὀνόματι Κλεοπᾶς inserted in the test) to support some tradition (i.e., a patron saint to some church or order). You can see the editorial awkwardness at Luke 24:33-34 of the gather of the eleven, who are different than the two who broke bread with Jesus, and who then proclaim not that they saw Jesus but that "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!". Simon, as in Peter? But he is one of the eleven. It looks like a messy effort to pull things back together. Whatever, this cannot be the source of the tradition referred to by Peter in Acts. The only logical source is John 20:19-23, or rather the tradition behind it.
It's all about credentials. It's about groups claiming patron saints as sources of authority. The breaking of bread after the resurrection by specific patron saints is not so much a reflection of history as it is a reflection of a credential fight and claims for authority. There does seem to be an element of theology associated with this as well, which points to larger battles between those claiming authority of Peter against presumably those claiming John or Paul, his chief rivals.
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