Acts

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Acts is a New Testament book that narrates the early history and spread of the Christian church after Jesus’s resurrection and ascension.

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Acts canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical book ⓘ
book of the New Testament ⓘ
addressedTo Theophilus ⓘ
approximateChapters 28 ⓘ
associatedWork Gospel of Luke ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in most Christian traditions ⓘ
centralTheme Jewish-Gentile relations in the early church ⓘ
early history of the Christian church ⓘ
missionary journeys ⓘ
spread of the gospel ⓘ
work of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
describesEvent Ascension of Jesus ⓘ
Council of Jerusalem ⓘ
Pentecost ⓘ
conversion of Saul of Tarsus ⓘ
imprisonment of Paul in Rome ⓘ
missionary journeys of Paul ⓘ
stoning of Stephen ⓘ
follows Gospel of John ⓘ
formsSetWith Luke–Acts ⓘ
linked to: Gospels and Acts
genre historical narrative ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
hasShortTitle Acts ⓘ
hasTitle Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
includedInCanonOf Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Protestant churches ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
keyVerse Acts 1:8 ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
mainCharacter Barnabas ⓘ
Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit

James the brother of Jesus ⓘ
Paul ⓘ
Peter ⓘ
Philip the Evangelist ⓘ
Stephen ⓘ
majorLocation Antioch ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Samaria ⓘ
narrativeFocus growth of the early Christian communities ⓘ
witness of the apostles ⓘ
openingLocation Jerusalem ⓘ
partOf New Testament ⓘ
precedes Epistle to the Romans ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 1st century AD ⓘ
traditionalAuthor Luke ⓘ
Luke the Evangelist ⓘ

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