Background:
1. What was the primary language of the New Testament? Why?
2. Who is the author of the book of Acts?
3. When was the book of Acts written?
4. To which of the Gospels is the book of Acts directly related? How is it related?
5. What do you learn about the author of Acts from the following scriptures?
Colossians 4:14
2 Timothy 4:11
Philemon 1:24
6. To what audience was the book of Acts written? Provide support for your answer.
Going deeper: How does this original audience and Luke’s addressing him/them impact how we understand the book of Acts today? How will it impact our application of the book of Acts?
Read the Preface to the gospel of Luke (Luke 1:1-4) Note that this is also the preface to Acts as these two books, Luke and the Book of Acts (of the Apostles) were originally two volumes of the same book. “It was custom in antiquity, whenever a work was divided into more than one volume, to prefix to the first a preface for the whole.” (See John R.W. Stott, The Message of Acts)
1. What sort of work does the author say he has put together in Luke 1:1-3?
2. To whom was this writing directed according to Luke 1:3?
3. For what purpose was the writing given to Theophilus according to Luke 1:4?
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