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The Title is simply Acts (Πραξεις) in Aleph, Origen, Tertullian, Didymus, Hilary, Eusebius, Epiphanius. The Acts of the Apostles <…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Introduction to Acts
There is no evidence that the title, "The Acts of The Apostles," affixed to this book, was given by Divine authority, o…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The former treatise.—Literally, word, or discourse; but the English of the text is, perhaps, a happier equivalen…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Luke calls his gospel “my former book.” He uses the word logos (GK 3364; usually translated “word” or “message” in the NT) in the technical sense o…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
So that he may move on to those things which followed Christ's ascension, he briefly gathers the sum of all those things which he had previously ha…
John Gill
JohnGill
The former treatise have I made
Meaning the Gospel written by him the Evangelist Luke, for from that he makes a tran…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Our Lord told the disciples the work they were to do. The apostles met together at Jerusalem; Christ having ordered them not to depart from there, …
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson