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Theophilus
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Theoph'ilus. (friend of God). The person to whom St. Luke inscribes his Gospel, and the Acts of the Apostles. Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1. From the honorable epithet applied to him in Luke 1:3, it has been argued, with much probability, that he was a person, in high official position. All that can be conjectured, with any degree of safety, concerning him comes to this, that he was a Gentile of rank and consideration, who came under the influence of St. Luke, or under that of St. Paul at Rome, and was converted to the Christian faith.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Theophilus'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​t/theophilus.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Theophilus'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​t/theophilus.html. 1901.