![]() ![]() ![]() Luke tells us that his first book (the Gospel of Luke) was “about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven” ( Acts 1:1-2). “Acts of the Risen Jesus” might also be an appropriate name for this book. The book describes some developments in detail, but sometimes skips several years at a time. The traditional name for this book is “Acts of the Apostles,” but a more accurate name might be “A Few Acts of a Few of the Apostles.” Peter and Paul are particularly prominent the other apostles play little or no role. The story is filled with drama, miracles, and speeches about the risen Christ. The book describes the spread of Christianity from its origins with Jews in Jerusalem, to eventually include all peoples, even in the capital city of the Roman Empire. This book is commonly called “The Acts of the Apostles,” but it does not discuss most of the apostles – it focuses only on Peter, and then Paul. ![]()
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