Luke regarding the apostles.”9 By the end of the third century, the name “Acts of the Apostles” had become part of the Acts manuscript and thus, gained a permanent place in the NT canon. Modern biblical scholarship has almost universally reduced the title from the “Acts of the Apostles” to “Acts.” Occasionally, it is referred to as the “Book of Acts.” The reduction might have to do with the fact that there are only a few apostles active in Acts; the majority of the apostles remain inconspicuous throughout