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Who was Theophilus in the book of Acts?

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Acts is addressed to a person named Theophilus, the same addressee as Luke’s earlier account (Acts 1:1). In Acts, no further details are given about him beyond his name in the opening line (Acts 1:1).

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1The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

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