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ACTS
INTRODUCTION
I. THE BOOK OF ACTS
1. It is obvious that the title "The Acts of the Apostles" is both too
comprehensive and too limited to be correct because:
(1) The book deals, in the main, with the acts of only two of the
apostles, Peter and Paul.
(2) The ministry of other notable individuals, besides apostles, is
also recorded.
(3) The acts recorded in this book are in actuality the acts of Jesus
working through a diversity of instruments by whom be continues
"to do and teach" what he "began to do and teach" in the Gospels.
2. The book of "Acts" forms a necessary connecting link between the
Gospels and the Epistles.
3. It is evident from the "we sections" in the book, e.g., 16:10-17, that
Luke was the author, a companion of Paul, and an eye witness to many
of the incidents which he relates.
4. The chief doctrinal emphasis in the book of Acts is upon the
personality and activity of the Holy Spirit in fulfillment of the
promise in 1:8.
5. The book opens with the preaching of the gospel in Jerusalem, the
great ecclesiastical centre of the Jewish nation, and closes with the
preaching of the gospel in Rome, the great political centre of the
earth, thus testifying to the power of the gospel.
6. The events recorded in Acts cover a period of about thirty years.
7. The key verse of the book is 1:8.