tradition by which the book has reached us, under the headings of Text, and Acts and its Author. This is followed by a short account of the sources and plan of Acts 1–14. The text of Acts is to be recovered from a large number of Greek MSS, written at many different periods of Christian history; from a number of ancient versions; and from quotations made by ancient writers. Here there is neither space nor need for detailed descriptions, which may be found in various standard works.1 The