Acts
The Acts of the Apostles (Latin: Acta Apostolorum), usually
referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New
Testament; Acts outlines the history of the Apostolic Age. The
author is traditionally identified as Luke the Evangelist.
While the precise identity of the author is debated, the
general consensus is that this work was composed ...
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LITERATURE
I. Title.
It is possible, indeed probable, that the book originally
had no title. The manuscripts give the title in several
forms. Aleph (in the inscription) has merely "Acts"
(Praxeis). So Tischendorf, while Origen, Didymus, Eusebius
quote from "The Acts." But BD Aleph (in subscription) have
"Acts of Apostles" or "The Acts o...
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VIII. The Speeches in Acts.
This matter is important enough to receive separate
treatment. Are the numerous speeches reported in Acts free
compositions of Luke made to order a la Thucydides? Are they
verbatim reports from notes taken at the times and literally
copied into the narrative? Are they substantial reports
incorporated with more...
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XIII. Analysis.
1. The connection between the work of the apostles and that
of Jesus (Acts 1:1-11).
2. The equipment of the early disciples for their task (Acts
1:12 through 2:47).
(a) The disciples obeying Christ's parting command (Acts
1:12-44).
(b) The place of Judas filled (Acts 1:15-26).
(c) Miraculous manifestations of the presence...
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the fifth book in the New testament and the second treatise
by the author of the third Gospel, traditionally known as
Luke. The book commences with an inscription to one
Theophilus, who was probably a man of birth and station. The
readers were evidently intended to be the members of the
Christian Church, whether Jews or Gentiles; for its conte...
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the title now given to the fifth and last of the historical
books of the New Testament. The author styles it a
"treatise"
(1:1). It was early called "The Acts," "The Gospel
of the Holy
Ghost," and "The Gospel of the Resurrection." It
contains
properly no account of any of the apostles except
Peter and
Paul. John is noticed only three times...
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The second treatise, in continuation of the Gospel as
recorded by Luke. The style confirms the identity of
authorship; also the address to the same person, Theophilus,
probably a man of rank, judging from the title "most
excellent." The Gospel was the life of Jesus in the flesh,
the Acts record His life in the Spirit; Chrysostom calls it
"The...
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