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1. ( Acts 1:1) Reference to former writings. The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. a. The former account I made: The former account is the Gospel of Luke. At one time the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts were joined together as one book with two volumes.
THE THEME OF ACTS Acts 1:1 - Acts 1:2. - Acts 28:30 - Acts 28:31. So begins and so ends this Book. I connect the commencement and the close, because I think that the juxtaposition throws great light upon the purpose of the writer, and suggests some very important lessons.
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A. Prologue. 1. (1) Reference to former writings. The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. a. The former account I made: The former account is the Gospel of Luke. At one time the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts were joined together as one book with two volumes. i.
Acts Chapter 1. (Black underlined words match words in the Bible text.) A cts was written by the physician Luke (Col. 4:14) after he discovered the Great Physician. – Doctor Luke had first researched and written the Gospel of Luke to Theophilus, a Greek public official and friend. This Book of Acts is the sequel.
Guide to the Book of Acts. Guide to the Book of. Acts. Key Information and Helpful Resources. This is the second volume in the unified, two-part work that we know today as Luke - Acts. Both books were written by the same author, Luke, a traveling coworker to Paul ( Col. 4:14 ). This is clear from the book’s introduction, in which Luke says ...
Missional Community (Acts 1:6) In the book of Acts, Jesus’ mission to restore the world as God intended it to be is transformed into the mission of the community of Jesus’ followers. Acts traces the life of the community of Jesus’ followers as the Spirit forms them into a group of people who work and use work-related power and wealth ...
May 5, 2016 · Whatever it was, it aligns with a slender thread through scripture, found in Elijah’s chariot of fire disappearing into a whirlwind (2 Kings 2:11) or possibly in Paul’s talk of someone caught up to the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:1-4). Luke and Acts both describe the ascension (Luke 24:50-51, Acts 1:9), along with other boundary-crossing ...
