📖 Biblical Definition
The New Testament historical book by Luke (sequel to his Gospel) recording the founding of the Christian church — from the ascension of Christ and outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost, through the apostolic preaching in Jerusalem, the spread to Samaria, the conversion of Saul, the inclusion of Gentiles, and Paul's missionary journeys ending in Rome. The book has been called “the Acts of the Holy Spirit” as much as “the Acts of the Apostles.”
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
ACTS, n. plu.
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In the New Testament, a book written by Luke, the evangelist, containing an account of the proceedings of the apostles after our Savior's ascension, particularly of Peter and Paul.
📖 Key Scripture
Acts 1:8 — "Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
Acts 2:42 — "They continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers."
Acts 4:12 — "Neither is there salvation in any other."
Acts 17:6 — "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Modern church-strategy rewrites Acts as the Acts of the Programs; the original was the Acts of the Spirit.
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No major postmodern corruption of the book itself. The risk is simply that it gets read less, or read past. The corruption that hides in the gap is the corruption of forgetting — and forgetting Scripture is the slow corruption.
🔗 Greek & Hebrew Roots
Greek Praxeis.
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G4234 — praxis — deed, act, function
G652 — apostolos — apostle; sent one
G4151 — pneuma — spirit; the Holy Spirit
Usage
"Acts is the most studied and least imitated book in the New Testament."
"Modern strategy mimics Acts-shape and ducks Acts-power; the trade is bad."
"The world is still upside down because Acts 2 happened — not because the program was clever."