Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles, known in Koine Greek as Πράξεις τῶν Ἀποστόλων (Práxeis Apostólōn) and in Latin as Actūs Apostolōrum, is the fifth book of the New Testament [2][8]. It is classified as a religious text and a literary work belonging to the genre of acts of the apostles, and was composed in Biblical Greek [1][11][12]. The text recounts the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message across the Roman Empire [2].

The work forms the second part of a two-volume composition known as Luke-Acts, with the Gospel of Luke serving as its prequel [2][5]. It is structured across multiple chapters, including Acts 1 through Acts 12 among its constituent parts [3]. The book is commonly abbreviated as "Acts" in English, with equivalent abbreviations in several other languages and traditions [4][10].

Among the prominent figures appearing in the narrative are Saint Peter, Paul the Apostle, John the Apostle, Saint Stephen, Philip the Evangelist, Matthias the Apostle, Simon Magus, and the Ethiopian eunuch, alongside other figures such as Ananias, Sapphira, and Judas Iscariot [7].

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