44 Acts: Unlearned and Ignorant Commentary

Acts can be considered as a continuation to the Gospel of Luke. It is supposed that Luke is the writer of this book for a few reasons, but the main reason being that he starts this book off the same way he starts his gospel account off, which mentions this “Theophilus” person. Who Theophilus is, we will talk about in the coming verses.

We see a theme of travel, and gospel sharing throughout this entire book. And we see the initiation as well as the growth of the first church that Christ starts after His ascension. The disciples may not have known that they were building churches off the batt, but the Holy Spirit eventually makes it very clear what their purpose and direction is suppose to be.

People have a desire to learn about locations, and directions, and maps of all the places mentioned. I won’t be hanging too much on those details (though I will explain as much as I can in writing about where they were likely to be located and the distances between the travels). My goal is to focus on the people. That is what the church is, it’s the people. Not the location, not the demographic, not the religion… The people are what matters to the story, and it’s what matters to the moving of the Spirit. May we keep our hearts open to people as we go through these pages.