Everything about Luke-acts totally explained
Luke-Acts is the name usually given by
Biblical scholars to the composite work of the
Gospel of Luke and the
Acts of the Apostles in the
New Testament. Together they describe the
Ministry of Jesus and the subsequents lives of the
Apostles and the
Apostolic Age.
Both the books of Luke and Acts are anonymous narratives written for a person named
Theophilus. The book of Acts refers to Luke as "the first book", and the author probably intended both books to be read together. Most scholars believe that they were written by the same person. A traditional view holds that they were written by
Luke named in
Colossians, a doctor and follower of
Paul, but some modern scholarship doubts this view; a date of between 50 and 150 CE is considered likely for the work's composition. The work is
Hellenized and written for a
gentile audience. It isn't known when it was separated into the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts.
Marcion didn't use Acts, perhaps he was unaware of it;
Ireneaus is the first to use and mention Acts, specifically against
Marcionism.
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