Category: Acts

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon…

In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing…

This is the second book in a two-volume set. The author of Acts is Luke. He also wrote the Gospel bearing his name. Luke’s gospel opened with a brief prologue. It identified the recipient, Theophilus, and previewed the theme of the book. The first book informed Theophilus “all that Jesus began to do and teach.”…