Acts 1:1

former. Literally first. This links the Acts with Luke's Gospel, see p. 1575.

treatise. account. Greek. logos. App-121.

have. Omit.

Theophilus. See note on Luke 1:3.

of. concerning. Greek. peri. App-104.

Jesus. App-98.

began. This shows that the Acts records the continuation of the Lord's ministry to the Circumcision (Romans 15:8).

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¹ The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

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