Person of Interest

    Theophilus

    meaning: friend of God

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Dictionary Summary:Lover of God, a Christian, probably a Roman, to whom Luke dedicated both his Gospel ([Luke 1:3](/luke#Luke.1.3)) and the Acts of the Apostles (1:1). Nothing beyond this is known of him. From the fact that Luke applies to him the title “most excellent”, the same title Paul uses in addressing Felix ([Acts 23:26](/acts#Acts.23.26); [24:3](/acts#Acts.24.3)) and Festus (26:25), it has been concluded that Theophilus was a person of rank, perhaps a Roman officer. 2



Cross References
BookCross-References
Luke
    1.3 
Acts
    1.1 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.