The True Identity of the People of the Way

The True Identity of the People of the Way demonstrates that Luke alludes to the book of Proverbs when Luke, in Acts 9 and following, calls the Church "the Way." Consequently, this study shows that Luke identifies the people of the Way as followers of the one and true God depicted in Proverbs. Within Acts, Luke's claim was likely shocking to the Jewish people, which relates directly to the function of "the Way." This fresh perspective on "the way" metaphor in Acts provides a more natural and fit