Foundation of Acts

The Bible is a book of sacred writings used in Jewish and Christian religion. The book of Acts is a book in the Bible that follows the four gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John. The foundation of any book gives it purpose and understanding. The basic core of the book will help you better grasp the message relayed in the story. In this research paper we will identify the author, the date when it was written, the location in which it was written, the language in which it was written in, and for whom the book was written for. All of these fundamental elements will come together to create the foundation of the book of Acts. The book of Acts tells the “story of Christianity from the Resurrection of Jesus to the end of the career of Paul.” The author of Acts has always been unknown until the end of the second century when Luke became a possibility. When scholars started to compare Paul’s letters and Acts they found the link to be Luke, the physician. In his letters, there are several references to Luke being the one to travel with Paul. Throughout the book of Acts there is the use of “we” referring to more than one traveling. The use of the words “we”, “they”, and “us” can be noticed in 16:10, 17:20, 20:5, 21:1, and 28:16 to just name a few. It can be seen how the author refers to Paul as a travel companion “When we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding.”(Acts 28:16) The truth is no one can fully identify Luke as the author of Acts. The date in which Acts was written has been just as much a mystery as the author who wrote it. Most scholars agree that it was written after Luke placing the time somewhere between 85 to 95 CE. Though some “arguments have been advanced for an early second century” date. There have been three prominent time periods that Acts could have been written according to scholars: “an early,