Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament and a continuation of the Gospel of Luke, also written by Luke.

The Acts of the Apostles, the second volume of Luke’s two-volume work, continues Luke’s presentation of biblical history, describing how the salvation promised to Israel in the Old Testament and accomplished by Jesus has now under the guidance of the holy Spirit been extended to the Gentiles. This was accomplished through the divinely chosen representatives (Acts 10:41) whom Jesus prepared during his historical ministry (Acts 1:21–22) and commissioned after his resurrection as witnesses to all that he taught (Acts 1:8; Acts 10:37–43; Lk 24:48). Luke’s preoccupation with the Christian community…