Publication Date
4-13-2015
School
School of Religion
Major
Religion: Pastoral Ministries
Keywords
Acts, crowd, ochlos
Disciplines
Biblical Studies | Christianity
Recommended Citation
Eagle, Dylan, "Two's Company but Three's a Crowd: A Study on the Crowd in the Book of Acts" (2015). Senior Honors Theses. 505.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/505
Abstract
The book of Acts is an entity of its own. While it is a part of the canonical Bible as one of the sixty-six books, it is unique in that it presents the continuation of God’s plan from Jesus Christ to the growth of the early Christian church. More than that, in the book of Acts God further develops his plan of restoration to include not only the Jews but also the Gentiles. With Acts being a unique work of literature, each component of the work uniquely moves the story along. One component is that of the crowd, specifically the Greek word ochlos. This study will trace and examine the development of the ochlos from Luke’s authorship of his gospel through the book of Acts.
