I see plenty 'us' and 'we' in acts? who are they? luke and paul? was luke with paul even he was transferred to rome for his trial before caesar?
2007-10-19 04:46:55 · 5 answers · asked by martha 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you read through Acts, you will find several "we" sections. During these times the author of the book, Luke, is traveling with Paul and company. Luke does accompany to Paul to Rome on the last trip recorded in Acts and is staying in Paul's home there when the book ends.
If you look at the beginnings of both Luke and Acts, you will find that they are addressed to someone called "most excellent Theophilus". That would imply that this is a person with a high office within the Roman government. Many scholars believe that he may have been one of the judges or attorneys involved in Paul's trial.
The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts may have been original written as court documents to details the Christian teaching and the history of the church and Paul as part of defense before Nero Caesar. Luke may well have acted as Paul's attorney during that trial.
If these is true, it places the authorship of both Luke and Acts to somewhere between 62 AD (which is when the books ends) and 67 AD when Paul was executed. As Luke directly quotes the Gospel of Mark over 400 times, it means that Mark had to have predated Luke, probably several years for Luke to be that familiar with his writings.
The "we" sections of Acts are one of the best proofs of both the age and accuracy of Acts. The author was an actual part of the events that he is recording.
2007-10-19 05:07:11 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was Luke, and Paul, and Luke stayed with Paul until the end.
Minister
2007-10-19 11:49:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably eluding to Luke (the author).....or Paul & Barnabus.
And don't forget about the recipient of the book....Theophilous.
2007-10-19 11:48:54 · answer #3 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "we" and "us" occur in the later chapters of Acts and are evidence that the author Luke was in the company of those he was writing about.
2007-10-19 11:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do know it wasn't 'we' or 'us' in 2007 - a lot of people try to interpret the Bible as if it's written to 'us' in 2007 - the Bible is for us who believe, but is not written TO us - good question, though
2007-10-19 11:50:48 · answer #5 · answered by ironwood9 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋