THIS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU

"The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles were written by the same author, as two volumes of one work." Agree or disagree?

The answer

Agree. Both are addressed to "Theophilus," and Acts 1:1 refers back to "my former book" about Jesus. Scholars treat Luke-Acts as a single two-part work, sharing style, vocabulary, and themes.

Why it’s interesting

In our Bibles John sits between them, splitting the pair — Acts was placed after all four Gospels. Read back-to-back, Luke and Acts form one continuous story from Jesus to the early church.

Scholarly consensus

You can know the Bible.

Not just the stories, but the history, authorship, and scholarship behind it.