Acts, Book of
ACTS, BOOK OF Evidence from early Christian records, as well as from the book itself, indicates that Luke wrote the book of Acts. The book was the second of two volumes that Luke wrote, the first being Luke’s Gospel. Luke wrote for a person named Theophilus, with the purpose of giving Theophilus an account of Christianity from the birth of its founder to the arrival of its greatest apostle in Rome (Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1-2). Sections of Acts that are written in the first person show that Luke was with Paul on some of Paul’s missionary travels (Acts 16:10-17; 20:5-37; 21:1-17; 27:1-28:31). Luke was a doctor. It’s very important to back up statements we make about people from the Bible. Does anyone know where we would find that Luke is a doctor? (Colossians 4:14) Let’s turn in our Bibles to Acts 1. Acts 1:8 : “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and...
