en_tn_condensed/act/01/01.md

# The former book I wrote

The former book is the Gospel of Luke.

# Theophilus

Luke wrote this book to a man named Theophilus. Some translations follow their own culture's way of addressing a letter and write "Dear Theophilus" at the beginning of the sentence. Theophilus means "friend of God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# until the day that he was taken up

This refers to Jesus' ascension into heaven. AT: "until the day on which God took him up to heaven" or "until the day that he ascended into heaven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# commands through the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit led Jesus to instruct his apostles on certain things.

# After his suffering

This refers to Jesus' suffering and death on the cross.

# he presented himself alive to them

Jesus appeared to his apostles and to many other disciples.
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The former book I wrote`
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			`The former book is the Gospel of Luke.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Theophilus`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Luke wrote this book to a man named Theophilus. Some translations follow their own culture's way of addressing a letter and write "Dear Theophilus" at the beginning of the sentence. Theophilus means "friend of God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# until the day that he was taken up`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This refers to Jesus' ascension into heaven. AT: "until the day on which God took him up to heaven" or "until the day that he ascended into heaven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# commands through the Holy Spirit`
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added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`The Holy Spirit led Jesus to instruct his apostles on certain things.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# After his suffering`
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			`This refers to Jesus' suffering and death on the cross.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# he presented himself alive to them`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Jesus appeared to his apostles and to many other disciples.`