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Acts of the Apostles

Acts of the Apostles

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A book in the New Testament that tells about the early Christian church from Jesus' Ascension until Paul reached Rome
  • proper noun
  • Literature
: Hechos de los Apóstoles
  • Many miracles performed by the apostles are described in the Acts of the Apostles.

Examples

  • These uncontested works included: the four Gospels, The Acts of the Apostles, and the thirteen epistles of the Apostle Paul.

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  • You are correct in asserting that there was one Church—established officially at Pentecost, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles.

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  • In the Acts of the Apostles, the early church's community life is vividly depicted.

  • The conversion of Saul on the road to Damascus is a key event in the Acts of the Apostles.

Synonyms

Acts
vsActs of the Apostles
  • Literature
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The fifth book of the Bible that tells how the Christian church began after Jesus went to heaven

focuses on the church's development up to Paul's arrival in Rome

Surface Forms

Acts of the Apostles main

Morphology

Acts + of + the + Apostle

The phrase transparently combines 'Acts' (deeds, actions) with 'of the Apostles' (belonging to the apostles), so a learner who knows those words will infer it refers to the deeds or activities of the apostles. This possessive, compositional structure is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish Hechos de los Apóstoles), so although a learner might not know it names the specific fifth book of the New Testament, the core meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

The book Acts of the Apostles is named for the acts, the 'deeds', of the apostles, the first followers who traveled, taught and started early churches. So the title means a record of what these apostles did after Jesus left.