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Elymas

Magician from Cyprus who was miraculously made blind, which convinced the proconsul to believe the gospel (Acts 13)

Episodic

Term used by Dr. Bayer to describe Luke's writing in Acts. It means that it is a successive selection of smaller accounts.

Eusebius

Early church historian, who wrote around AD 323 that Luke was the author of Acts

J

Josephus

Jewish historian from the first century. Wrote Antiquities.

L

Luke

Author of the third gospel and the Book of Acts

M

Moses

Old Testament prophet and deliverer. Luke taught that Jesus was a prophet like him.

Muratorian

Name of fragment, earliest known document listing the New Testament books that the Church considered canonical

N

Narrative

Term used by Dr. Bayer to describe discourse that makes a point more indirectly by telling a story

Nero

Roman emperor who blamed the Christians for a fire in 64 A.D.

P

Papyrus 75

Early manuscript containing portions of Luke and John, probably copied between AD 175 and AD 200

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