luke was the author of the book of acts in the bible.
luke was the author of the book of acts in the bible.
who is the author of the book of acts in the bible?
luke
acts 19









































acts 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the acts of the apostles in the new testament of the christian bible. it records part of the third missionary journey of paul. the author of the book containing this chapter is anonymous but early christian tradition uniformly affirmed that luke composed this book as well as the gospel of luke.









































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the original text was written in koine greek. this chapter is divided into 41 verses.









































section::::text.:textual witnesses.









































some early manuscripts containing this chapter are:









































bullet::::- papyrus 38 (~ad 250)









































bullet::::- codex vaticanus (325–350)









































bullet::::- codex sinaiticus (330–360)
acts 19
luke–acts was also originally a single book. in "the new testament in its literary environment", david aune describes it as an example of the "general history" genre that "focused on the history of a particular people… from mythical beginnings to a point in the recent past." the book was divided into two parts not because of its length, but so that its first half, luke, could be grouped with the other stories of jesus' life (the gospels of matthew, mark, and john). the second half, acts, is traditionally placed after the gospels, so that the book of john creates a barrier between the halves. "the books of the bible" reunites luke and acts and treats them as "two volumes of a single work." luke-acts was also presented as a single book in "the original new testament" (1985).) in 2006 the international bible society published luke-acts as a separate volume in the format of "the books of the bible" under the title "kingdom come, kingdom go."
the books of the bible