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Originally Posted by ute4ever
Luke 1:3:
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus.
Acts 1:1:
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Joseph Smith:
The book called the Acts of the Apostles was written by Luke, and may be considered as a continuation of his Gospel.
(Scrapbook of Mormon Literature, 1:375).
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Ancient scribes were masters at copying the styles of other ancient authors, so the mere mention of the same person doesn't necessarily convince me one way or another. And the context in which JS was examining and commenting would be important. My witness of JS doesn't hinge upon his declaration regarding acts. JS may have merely been reciting what he had heard others state.
And again, it might be Luke.
I'll try to dig into the linguistic comparisons to determine what others believe.
Here's one work discussing it.
http://books.google.com/books?id=9Dt...esult#PPA54,M1
A competent evangelical scholar weighs in.
Witherington.
http://books.google.com/books?id=2P7...ad=1_1#PPR8,M1