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Acts 4 is the fourth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke . [ 1 ]
The name "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late 2nd century. It is not known whether this was an existing name for the book or one invented by Irenaeus; it does seem clear that it was not given by the author, as the word práxeis (deeds, acts) only appears once in the text (Acts 19:18) and there it refers not to the apostles but to deeds confessed by their followers.
Saint Luke the Evangelist by Toros Roslin. The Acts of the Apostles is a genre of early Christian literature, recounting the lives and works of the apostles of Jesus.The Acts (Latin: Acta; Greek: Πράξεις Práxeis) are important for many reasons, one of them being the concept of apostolic succession. [1]
Lüdemann views Acts 3:1–4:31 as historical. [58] Wedderburn notes what he sees as features of an idealized description, [59] but nevertheless cautions against dismissing the record as unhistorical. [60] Hengel likewise insists that Luke described genuine historical events, even if he has idealized them. [61] [62]
Compare Philippians 4:6. [12] Acts 1:15 ἀδελφῶν (of the brothers) – א A B C* 33 vid 104 945 1175 pc vg cop sa cop bo WH NR CEI Riv TILC Nv NM [13] μαθητῶν (of the disciples) – (C) D E Ψ it e it gig it p syr cop mae Byz Cyprian Augustine ς ND Dio. [13] ἀποστόλων (of the apostles) – 𝔓 74 [13] Acts 1:18
The Holy Spirit plays a key role in the Acts of the Apostles, leading to the use of the titles Book of the Holy Spirit or the Acts of the Holy Spirit for that book. [4] [5] The Book of Acts was written by Luke, who also wrote the Gospel of Luke. The book covers the history of the first 30 years of the Christian church.
Several historians view the early Christian Church, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (specifically the omnia sunt communia reference in Acts 2:44-45 and Acts 4:32-35), [2] [9] [10] as an early form of communism. [11] [12] [13] Among Christian communists, the view is that communism was just Christianity in practice and Jesus was a ...
Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in ...