Acts
Apostles' recorded deeds
Acts, short for the Acts of the Apostles, is the fifth book of the New Testament.
It narrates the early history of the Christian church following Jesus's ascension, focusing on the ministries of Peter and Paul.
The Book of Acts describes the first Pentecost. (Lowercase acts refers to deeds or performances.)
Luke
Masculine biblical name
missionary · Gospels · canon · disciples · Jerusalem · conversion · martyrdom · tongues · Barnabas · Stephen
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- Bible Abbrev.Gen, Sam, Ezra, Dan, Amos
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- VulgateJerome, Gospels, epistles, Matthew, Mark
formality of rules
Actssuggestions
Proposed ideas or advice
recommendations · guidelines · customs · conventions · norms
action vs. inaction
Actsinactivity
Lack of movement
omissions · passivity · idleness · forbearance · inaction
- caught in the actDiscovered mid-wrongdoing
- act outPerform or misbehave
- acting upBehaving badly or failing
- get in on the actBegin participating in ongoing activity
- act upBehave badly or fail
- Civil Rights ActLaw prohibiting discrimination
act, action, active, actor, acting, actress, react, actual, actions