All through the narrative we see the ever-present, all-controlling power of the ever-living [[Saviour (EBD)|Saviour]]. He worketh all and in all in spreading abroad his truth among [[Man (EBD)|men]] by his Spirit and through the instrumentality of his apostles.
The time of the writing of this history may be gathered from the fact that the narrative extends down to the close of the second year of Paul's first imprisonment at Rome. It could not therefore have been written earlier than A.D. 61 or 62, nor later than about the end of A.D. 63. Paul was probably put to [[Death (EBD)|death ]] during his second imprisonment, about A.D. 64, or, as some think, 66.
The place where the book was written was probably Rome, to which Luke accompanied Paul.