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Glossary Definition of word.
Acts
Acts (a.k.a., The Acts of the Apostles) is the fifth book of the New Testament. Acts was written to Theophilus (Ac. 1:1) and is a continuation of the Gospel of Luke (Lk. 1:3). Acts is the last history book in the Bible. It begins with the final works and words of Jesus and His ascension. The Acts of the Apostles primarily tells of the activities of the apostles, especially Peter and Paul. Acts provides us with an understanding of the struggles and blessings of the early church as it grew from about 120 believers (Ac. 1:15) to thousands upon thousands of believers sprinkled throughout the known world. Please pay attention to how the church responded to the persecution. The majority of the books following Acts can be inserted somewhere in the events of this book. The travels of Peter and Paul documented in Acts give some understanding of when the apostolic letters were written. Acts also records other experiences that the apostles had with various churches—some churches who received epistles and some who did not. The book of Acts closes with Paul living in Rome as a privileged prisoner “[p]reaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him” (Ac. 28:31). This would indicate an mid-century date. |
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