...was parted from them, and carried up into heaven." In the Acts we read: " The former treatise have 1 made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to...and teach. Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: to...

...accordingly return, and, giving themselves to prayer, choose Matthias apostle in the place of Judas. THE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments...

...truths, which it was his object from time to time to teach. And as the records of His Life, even " of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up,"" have been handed down to us in those Scriptures, which were " written for our learning," b it behoves...

...his Gospel:—"The former treatise," meaning thereby his Gospel, " have I made, O Theophilus, of al l that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up." Now, although it would be unreasonable to maintain that St. Luke meant to use the phrase (all that...

...understanding of the truth about Christ's mission and work? In agreement with this, Luke tells us in Acts 1:1, "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach," clearly implying that the book which he is now writing will tell about what Jesus continued to do and...

...contain the books that should be written. Amen. 7he Acts of the Apostles THE CHURCH IN PALESTINE 1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments...

...pointed out by others, namely, that this book of the Acts is a continuation. Luke's opening words are: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of...and teach, until the day in which He was taken up. . . ." As he ends his Gospel at our Lord's ascension, he here begins from it ; so that his second "treatise"...

...and New Testament Christians filled with the Holy Spirit . So very properly in Acts 1:1 we are told, "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach." Here in Acts 1:1 is an important, inspired definition of the relation of the book of Luke and the book...

...them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen. LITURGY ACTS1 1 The former account ed has withe 2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to...

...X<opriata> ra ypoojo/i€vo ^i^Awt. •to contain 'tbe •being written •roUa. APOSTLES ACTS IThe 2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments...