![]() ![]() Jesus Christ, ending on a high note with Paul on the verge of taking the gospel to the highest government official in the land-the Emperor of Rome. In only three decades, a small group of frightened believers in Jerusalem transformed into an empire-wide movement of people who had committed their lives to As such, it provides us with a valuable account of how the church was able to grow and spread out from Jerusalem into the rest of the Roman Empire. Why is Acts so important?Īcts is the only biblical book that chronicles the history of the church immediately after Jesus’s ascension. More than likely, Luke completed the book before either of these events occurred, sometime between AD 60 and AD 62, while Paul sat in prison, awaiting the resolution of his appeal. It is worth noting that in this history of the early Christian church, Luke mentioned neither Paul’s death (AD 64–68) nor the persecution of Christians that broke out under Nero (AD 64). Where are we?Īcts ends abruptly with Paul imprisoned in Rome, waiting to bring his appeal before Caesar. Luke even began to speak in the first person plural in the latter portion of Acts, as he traveled the Roman Empire alongside Paul (Acts 16:10). ![]() 1 This is exactly how the book of Acts unfolds, beginning with Peter and ending with Paul. An ancient prologue to Luke’s gospel indicates that Luke was first a follower of the apostles and then became close with Paul. It shows a clear progression from the gospel according to Luke, picking up just where that book left off. Luke’s identification as the author of this work was unquestioned throughout ancient times. ![]() Of key apostles (especially Peter and Paul) in the decades immediately following Christ’s ascension into heaven. This title accurately reflects the contents of the book, which is a series of vignettes chronicling the lives The title of the book of Acts comes from the Greek word praxis, a word often used in early Christian literature to describe the great deeds of the apostles or other significant believers. ![]()
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