THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

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THE TITLE prefixed to this Treatise on "The Acts," &c, is read differently in different versions and MSS.
In some, it is "Acts of Apostles;" in others, "The Acts of the Apostles;" in others, "The Acts of the Holy Apostles" with the addition, " written by Luke, the Evangelist."

Owing to this diversity, Critics generally maintain, that the title, admittedly of very high antiquity, was not prefixed by the Sacred writer himself.

"Acts of Apostles"—πραξας Αποστολων—without the definite article is supposed to be the earliest title. It accurately conveys the Subject of this Treatise, which contains a summary of the doings of the Chief among the Apostles, viz.: Peter and Paul.

The Title "The Acts of the Apostles" with the definite article, the, might be calculated to mislead, as conveying that this Treatise was a record, or memoir of the doings of the