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Theophilus Scripture - Luke 1:3

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,...

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Theophilus Scripture - Acts 1:1

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,...

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Theophilus in Wikipedia

Theophilus is the name of a person or an honorary title to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are addressed (Luke 1:3, Acts 1:1). Most scholars agree that both Luke and Acts were originally written in Koine Greek, and that "θεόφιλος" ("Theophilos"), as it appears therein, means friend of God[1] or (be)loved by God or loving G...

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Theophilus in Hitchcock's Bible Names

friend of God...

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Theophilus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

the-of'-i-lus (Theophilos, "loved of God"): The one to whom Luke addressed his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles (compare Lk 1:3; Acts 1:1). It has been suggested that Theophilus is merely a generic term for all Christians, but the epithet "most excellent" implies it was applied by Luke to a definite person, probably a Roman official, whom h...

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Theophilus in Naves Topical Bible

-A Christian to whom Luke addressed the books of Luke and Acts Lu 1:3; Ac 1:1...

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Theophilus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(friend of God) the person to whom St. Luke inscribes his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. Lu 1:3; Ac 1:1 From the honorable epithet applied to him in Lu 1:3 it has been argued with much probability that he was a person in high official position. All that can be conjectured with any degree of safety concerning him comes to this, that he wa...

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Theophilus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

lover of God, a Christian, probably a Roman, to whom Luke dedicated both his Gospel (Luke 1:3) and the Acts of the Apostles (1:1). Nothing beyond this is known of him. From the fact that Luke applies to him the title "most excellent", the same title Paul uses in addressing Felix (Acts 23:26; 24:3) and Festus (26:25), it has been concluded ...

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Theophilus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Called "most excellent" or "noble" (kratiste), a magisterial designation (Luke 1:3; Acts 1; compare Acts 23:26; Acts 24:3; Acts 26:25). Luke addressed both his works, forming one whole in two parts, to him, in order to give a more orderly written narrative, from the very beginning clown to the journey of Paul to Rome, of those truths in which ...

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