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The Book of Acts does not tell us the full story of early Church history. It provides only partial information.
The Book of Acts does not tell us the full story of early Church history. It provides only partial information.
This is obvious from the fact that it covers just the period between A.D. 33 and 60, when it suddenly stops (providing us an important clue to when it was written). Even within that time frame, though, it is only a partial record.
For example, the book of Acts tracks the activities of basically three individuals:
- Peter (chapters 1-6, 9-12)
- Philip the Evangelist (chapter 8)
- Paul (chapters 9, 11, 13-28)
Luke tells us almost nothing of the activities of the other apostles, or of other Christians, and so the book is also incomplete in that way.
It does not even give us a complete record of what its main figures did:
- Peter vanishes from the narrative after chapter 12, except for a brief reappearance in chapter 15.
- Philip has only a single chapter devoted to his activities.
- And, as we will see, Acts does not record many of the activities of Paul.
Continued below.
What Acts Leaves Out
The Book of Acts does not tell us the full story of early Church history. It provides only partial information . . . but for more, you have to look elsewhere.