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Originally Posted by pelathais
Luke is writing much later - most likely around 30 years after Peter had preached that sermon. When he says, "Apostle's doctrine" in chapter 2, he has the whole 30 year time span in mind. We can "fill in the blanks" as it were, by reading what Paul and the others had written during that 30 year time period (and even after, as in the case of the "Prison Epistles").
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The Book of Acts ends up with Paul in Rome. It was probably around the end of AD 61. During the time in prison there he had written Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. There are differences of opinion, but it is generally held that Paul was released and traveled for a few more years, was imprisoned again, and wrote 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus. The Gospel of Luke was written some time before the Book of Acts --possibly while Paul was under arrest in Jerusalem. Here Luke would have had ample time to interview people who had interacted with Jesus, maybe even His family members for material for what became the Book of Luke.