Acts
New Testament · History · 28 chapters
From the Spirit’s coming at Pentecost to Paul’s arrival in Rome: the early church grows and the message crosses borders.
ChurchFaithMission
Context
- Genre
- Historical narrative
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to LukeThe text is anonymous; tradition links it to the author of Luke.
- Date
- c. 80–95 CE
- Audience
- Dedicated to Theophilus (1:1).
- Setting
- Mediterranean world
- Original language
- Greek
- In the original
- πνεῦμαpneuma — spirit, breath
- Related texts
- Luke 24 · the first volumeGalatians 1–2 · Paul’s own account