, 44; 6:42, 52; 7:41, 42,
48; 8:13, 14, 45; 12:26, 44; 20:9. (6) From the following study the
results of unbelief, 3:18, 20, 36; 4:13, 14; 6:35, 53, 58; 8:19, 34,
55; 14:1, 28; 15:5; 16:6, 9. (7) Make a list of all the night scenes
of the book and study them. (8) Study each instance of someone
worshiping Jesus. (9) Name each chapter of the book so as to indicate
some important event in it-as the vine chapter or Good Shepherd
chapter. (10) Find where and how many times each of the following
words and phrases occurs and study them as time will admit. (1)
Eternal life, 17 times, only 18 in all the other gospels, (2) believe,
(3) believe on, (4) sent, (5) life, (6) sign or signs (Revised
version), (7) work or works, (8) John the Baptist, (9) verily, always
double and used by Jesus, (10) receive, received, etc., (11) witness,
or testify, testimony, etc.. (12) truth, (13) manifest, manifested,
(14) "I am" (spoken by Jesus).

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Chapter XXVIII.

Acts.

The Author. The author is Luke who wrote the gospel of Luke. Facts
concerning him may be found in chapter twenty-seven. He wrote this
book about A. D. 63 or 64.

The Purpose. It was addressed to an individual as a sort of
continuation of the former thesis and aims to chronicle the growth and
development of the movement inaugurated by Jesus as it was carried on
by the apostles after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. It is
taken up largely with the history of Christian work among the Gentiles
and only gives enough of the history of the Jerusalem church to
authenticate the work among the Gentiles. The chief purpose,
therefore, seems to be to give an account of the spread of
Christianity among the Gentiles. This view is further strengthened in
the fact that Luke himself was a gentile (Col. 4:10) and that he was a
companion of Paul (Col. 4:14) and the "we" section of Acts. The book
does not, therefore, claim to be a complete account of the labors of
the early apostles. But it does give in a simple, definite and
impressive manner an account of how the religion of Jesus was
propagated after his death and of how it was received by those to whom
it was first preached.

The Spirituality. In the Old Testament God the Father was the active
agent. In the gospels God the Son (Jesus) was the active agent. In
Acts (and ever after) God the Holy Spirit is the active agent. He is
mentioned about seventy times in Acts. The Savior had told the
apostles to wait at Jerusalem