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Theophilus

The named recipient of both Luke and Acts, addressed as "most excellent" (kratistos, a title of rank). Luke writes to him so that he might know the certainty concerning the things wherein he was instructed (Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1).

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Theophilus in Scripture

2 verses use this name, in 2 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Theophilus.

First namedLuke 1:3Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,Last namedActs 1:1In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

Named alongside

Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Luke 1 and Acts 1. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.

DavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.Luke 1:27to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
AbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all natio…Luke 1:55as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
JosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exod…Luke 1:27to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
MatthiasChosen by lot to replace Judas among the Twelve, on Peter's stated qualification: a man who had been with them the whol…Acts 1:23So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.
AaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line c…Luke 1:5In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.
AndrewSimon Peter's brother, first a disciple of the Baptist; he brought Peter to Jesus and found the boy with the loaves (Jo…Acts 1:13When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
ElijahThe Tishbite who shut heaven for three years and a half, called down fire on Carmel, heard the still small voice at Hor…Luke 1:17And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
JacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.Luke 1:33and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

Studies that meet Theophilus

These studies quote a verse that names Theophilus.

Acts — The Acts of the Holy SpiritActs 1:1ActsActs 1:1The GospelsLuke 1:3Luke — the Savior of AllLuke 1:3Luke the Historian — the Acts Reliability LedgerLuke 1:3The Canticles — the Four Songs of Luke 1–2Luke 1:3
Studies working in the same chapters2

These do not quote a verse naming Theophilus; they open other passages in the same chapters.

The Messianic PsalmsActs 1The Genealogies of ChristLuke 1

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