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Title: Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Acts of the apostles
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Jacobus, Melancthon W. (Melancthon Williams), 1816-1876
Subjects: Bible Bible
Publisher: New York, Robert Carter & brother
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ritual opera-tions and sources, and gave assurancecf the very paths and steps of its victo-rious advance. 1. 0 Theophilus. See Notes on Luke1: 3. This man Avas a Christian Gen-tile of rank, who resided probably iuItaly, though some suppose iu Alexan-dria. Luke addresses to him this his-tory with the same object as iu theGospel narrative. \ Of all—lit., con-cerning all things. Luke, in his Intro-duction to the Gospel History, or for-mer book lieie spoken of, claims tofurnish a very full narrative, havinghad perfect understanding of all thiugafrom the verg first. (Luke 1: 3.) Herehe refers back to that declaration withwhich he commenced, as having bejnmet in so far as he had wrvtten a compl.teaccount of the sajings and doings of ourLord, from his point of view and withhis full understanding and facilities.f Began. This would imply that theGospel narrative was only the begin-ning of the history of Jesus doingsand teachings—and that this Book II.,though commonly called the Acts of(25)
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LithofEndicouiCMY THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER I. 1 The former treatise Iiave I made, 0 ^Theophilus, of ^^^all that Jesus began both to do and teach, CHAPTER I.BOOK I. The CnuECH among the Jews. Part I. Founding of the Chris-tian Church. Ch. 1-2 : 40.A. D. 30. Jerusalem.§1. The Nucleus—^about 120, vs.15, (500 and over of DLciples—see 1Cor. 15: 6.) The Forty Days—Ascen-sion. Ch. 1:1-11.The Evangelist, naturally enough,openfj with a reference to ■■ the formertreatise which he has already written,and intimates that this narrative whichhe here begins may be regarded as acontinuation of the History. From themention of Thcophilus we are clear-ly pointed to the Gospel by Luke(which was addressed to this same per-son, Luke 1: 3,) as the former bookIeferred to. Luke, therefore, is thewriter, as we have seen. (Introd.) Lite-rally, the Greek would read, thefirst book. It was Book L of thehistory. It brought the record downto the Ascension of our Lord. TlieEvangelist now (v. 2,) r

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