The Acts of the
Apostles
Ellen G. White
1911
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Preface
The fifth book of the New Testament has been known
from ancient times as The Acts of the Apostles; but this
title cannot be found in the book itself. One of the earliest
manuscripts, the Codex Sinaiticus, gives as the title the
simple word Acts, with no mention of the apostles. There
is a reason for this. Acts was intended to be more than a
brief history of the service rendered by the twelve disciples,
much more than the principal events in the lifework of its
four leading characters, Peter, James, John, and Paul.
The book of the Acts was written by “the beloved
physician,” Luke, a Gentile convert, for the whole church,
Jews and Gentiles alike. While it covers a period of a little
more than three decades, it is filled with important lessons
for the church in every age. In the book of the Acts God
clearly indicates that the Christian today shall experience
the presence of the same Spirit who came with power at
Pentecost and fanned the gospel message into a flame. The
acts of the Holy Spirit through Peter and Paul, John and
James, and others, can be repeated in the modern disciple.
The abruptness with which the book of Acts closes
is not accidental; it deliberately suggests that the thrilling
narrative is unfinished, and that the acts of God through
the Spirit are to have their sequel throughout the Christian
dispensation—each successive generation adding a chapter
full of beauty and power to the one that preceded it. The acts
recorded in this remarkable book are in the truest
sense the acts of the Spirit, for in apostolic times it was the
Holy Ghost who appeared as the counselor and helper of the
