Who rote the book of Acts in the Who wrote the book of Acts in the Bible?

Answer 1

Luke, the physician(Colossians 4:14), is generally credited with having written both Acts and Luke, as both are written to someone named Theophilus (Acts 1:1-2) (Luke 1:3) and both have dealings with sickness from a physicians standpoint ( Luke 4:38; Acts 28:8)

Answer 2

The Book of Acts is The Bible's major source of the events of the Apostles immediately after the 1st Pentecost when God's Holy Spirit fell upon the Apostles hiding in a home. It seems to only record the first twelve years (the biblical number of a 'new organized' beginning) in what is called the Syria-Palestinian region from 31 to 43 A.D. Then we find Peter leaving and Jesus' brother James becoming the Head of the Jerusalem Church of God around 44 A.D. Also, Herod in Acts 12 beheads the eldest of the sons of Zebedee, James, brother to the beloved Apostle John. As we do not hear of the remaining Apostles, it seems reasonable that they had already left the region on their mission. But just what was their mission?

Most all have been taught that Jesus sent His Apostles first to the Jews (4th son of Israel only). When these Jews, primarily via their leadership, as a nation rejected them and the message they brought, these Apostles then went to the Gentiles. But this is not the full truth of the matter. The Apostle Paul was to be specially called to go to the Gentiles as Acts 9:15 clearly states, 'But the Lord said unto him (Ananias), "Go thy way: for he (Paul) is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…"' It is the Apostle Paul, solely who is to go to the Gentiles, as well as Kings and the lost 10 tribes. But what was happening with the others?

When we allow Scripture to tell us we read, 'these twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying, 'Do Not Go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter the city of the Samaritans. But GO rather to the LOST SHEEP of the HOUSE OF ISRAEL' (Matthew 10:5-6). All but Paul were forbidden to spread the 'Good News' of the gospel among the Gentiles as only Paul was specially commissioned to do this (Acts 18:6). But some will point out that Peter, as chief 'minister' of the Apostles had a dream of a sheet descending from Heaven with 'unclean' animals and being told to eat. Shortly thereafter, Peter visits a gentile, Cornelius, where his dream is fully understood as not relating to the dietary laws but rather to all men. Gentiles now are included in the Family of God. So in effect, the Apostle Peter 'opened' the door to the Gentiles but it was for the Apostle Paul to walk through it and convert them to Christ. Peter and the others were commanded to go to the House of Israel - the lost 10 tribes

We may also note where Peter and John visited Philip (one of the seven men chosen to attend to the 'Hellenistic' Jews throughout Palestine) among the gentile Samaritans but they were NOT bringing the gospel to them as Philip already did that. Peter and John merely prayed for the Samaritans that they would receive the Holy Spirit as Acts 8: 5-14, 17 indicate. After all, Peter was the chief minister to the Apostles and John the youngest and beloved Apostle was probably tagging along to learn.

Have you ever noticed that the Book of Acts does not have the customary ending of 'Amen.' This is only 1 of 3 Bible Books not to include this ending. Some suggest this may indicate that the book is not complete as yet. Interesting.

Answer 3

Acts of the Apostles is generally regarded as a history of the early Church, although it is really only about the apostles Peter and Paul, with other people and events added as far as required by the narrative. An important, well disguised theme of Acts is the primacy of St Peter over St Paul, drawing them together in a number of subtle comparisons, even when those comparisons are in widely separated chapters. If a previously unknown miracle was attributed to Paul, then quite comparable miracles were also associated with Peter, and the miracles associated with Paul were always less impressive those associated with Peter.

• According to Acts, Paul's first miraculous cure was improbably similar to Peter's first cure. In both cases, a man who had been lame since birth was immediately cured by being commanded to stand and walk. Peter's first miracle cure was performed in the name of Jesus, at the Temple, where the faithful saw the healed beggar praising God, and was the opportunity for some outstanding proselytising. Paul's first cure was clumsy and without apparent purpose, given that Paul did not tell the man about Jesus and he was even mistaken for a pagan god.
• In an even more difficult challenge, Peter resurrected Tabitha, a good woman and a disciple, who was certainly dead and her body had already been washed. This miracle became known throughout Joppa and, as a result, many were converted. Paul also resuscitated a young man who foolishly fell asleep in an upper storey window and fell to the ground. There is some uncertainty as to whether the young man was really dead when Paul intervened to revive him, and the miracle did not present an opportunity to convert unbelievers.
• Peter and Paul were also capable of malevolent miracles. In an apparent miracle, Paul blinded Elymas (Bar-jesus) the sorcerer, for trying to frustrate his attempts to convert Sergius Paulus. But Peter was to be feared more than Paul. A certain man named Ananias sold a possession and gave only some of the proceeds to Peter, who believed that the church was entitled to all the money. Peter realised the deceit immediately and Ananias fell dead. Later, Peter told Ananias' wife she would also die, because she repeated the deceit. The two slayings were carried out with almost no effort on Peter's part, whereas Paul could only blind Elymas for a season, and to do this had to wave his hand across his victim's face.
• According to Acts, Peter was released from prison twice by angels, who in one case accompanied Peter from the prison. There was no doubt about the extent of divine assistance Peter received in his escapes. Paul was released from prison by a timely earthquake that arguably need not have been of divine origin, and furthermore he did not make good his escape.

It may be that by the time Acts was written, early in the second century, Paul was venerated above all other apostles, but the author of Acts seems to have sought to reduce his prominence in the Church by elevating Peter over him.

Answer 4

Luke, the same one who wrote the book of Luke.

Answer 5

That is Luke you can find his writes in the New Testment.

Answer 6

Luke when in Rome around 61 C.E.

Answer 7

Theophilus