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The Introduction to Luke
The first commentary in the series on the Acts of the Apostles, this article analyses Luke's introduction (Acts 1.1-3). It presents Luke as the author of the two works addressed to Theophilus, considers the hypothesis that Theophilus commissioned them, and highlights the forty days of teaching about the Kingdom of God after the resurrection. These verses provide the transition between the Gospel and the history of the emerging Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 1.1-3 (King James Version) :The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org