Integral to one’s understanding of the book of Acts is a working knowledge of Luke’s intent in his Gospel account of Jesus’s life. In the preface to his Gospel, Luke writes that he is desirous that one named Theophilus might “know the certainty of the things about which [he has] been instructed.” (Lk 1:3–4) The rest of the Lukan account revolves around this premise, examining with assurance and conviction the deeds of the Savior, and the countless lives he touched and transformed with the message of forgiveness. Luke’s assertion regards the incontrovertible certitude of Jesus of Nazareth living and dying and rising again as the exalted Son of God. The Acts of the Apostles, therefore, is a continuation of this thesis on the veracity of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.
Luke’s christological apologetics in Acts.
Luke’s christological apologetics in Acts.
Luke’s christological apologetics in Acts.
Integral to one’s understanding of the book of Acts is a working knowledge of Luke’s intent in his Gospel account of Jesus’s life. In the preface to his Gospel, Luke writes that he is desirous that one named Theophilus might “know the certainty of the things about which [he has] been instructed.” (Lk 1:3–4) The rest of the Lukan account revolves around this premise, examining with assurance and conviction the deeds of the Savior, and the countless lives he touched and transformed with the message of forgiveness. Luke’s assertion regards the incontrovertible certitude of Jesus of Nazareth living and dying and rising again as the exalted Son of God. The Acts of the Apostles, therefore, is a continuation of this thesis on the veracity of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.