The Book of Acts
The Acts of the Apostles is a book
of the Bible, the fifth in the New
Testament. It is commonly referred to as simply Acts.
The title "Acts of the Apostles" (Greek Praxeis
Apostolon) was first used by Irenaeus in the late second
century, but some have suggested that the title "Acts"
be interpreted as the "Acts of the Holy Spirit" or even
the "Acts of Jesus", since 1:1 gives the impression that
Acts is set forth as 'an account of what Jesus continued
to do and teach', Christ himself being the principal
actor.
Acts tells the story of the Early Christian church, with
particular emphasis on the ministry of the Twelve
Apostles and of Paul of Tarsus. The early chapters, set
in Jerusalem, discuss Jesus' Resurrection, his
Ascension, the Day of Pentecost, and the start of the
Twelve Apostles' ministry. The later chapters discuss
Paul's conversion, his ministry, and finally his arrest
and imprisonment and trip to Rome. t is almost
universally agreed that the author of Acts also wrote
the Gospel of Luke. The traditional view is that both
books were written c. 60, though most scholars,
believing the Gospel to be dependent (at least) on
Mark's gospel, view the book(s) as having been written
at a later date, sometime between 70 and 100. 'Scholars
are about evenly divided on whether [the] attribution to
Luke [the companion of Paul] should be accepted as
historical.
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