Contents

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Introduction

List of Sidebars

List of Charts

Index of Photos and Maps

Abbreviations

Acts

Clinton E. Arnold

Introduction (1:1–5)

The Ascension (1:6–11)

The Disciples Wait and Pray (1:12–14)

Peter Addresses a Group of 120 (1:15–26)

The Day of Pentecost (2:1–13)

Peter Stands Up and Preaches the Gospel (2:14–36)

A Great Response to the Message (2:37–41)

The Early Christian Experience and Practice (2:42–47)

Peter and John Heal a Lame Beggar (3:1–10)

Peter Speaks at the Temple (3:11–25)

Peter and John Are Arrested (4:1–22)

The Believers Gather and Pray for Confidence to Proclaim the Gospel (4:23–31)

The Community Experience of the Early Believers (4:32–37)

Ananias and Sapphira (5:1–11)

Signs, Wonders, and the Growth of the Church (5:12–16)

The Apostles Are Arrested and Then Set Free By an Angel (5:17–26)

The Apostles Appear Before the Sanhedrin (5:27–42)

The Neglect of the Greek-Speaking Widows (6:1–7)

The Story of Stephen (6:8–15)

Stephen Speaks to the Sanhedrin (7:1–53)

Stephen Is Martyred (7:54–8:1a)

The Church Faces Persecution (8:1b–3)

Philip’s Ministry in Samaria (8:4–8)

Simon, the Magician (8:9–25)

Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (8:26–40)

The Lord Appears to Saul on the Road to Damascus (9:1–9)

Ananias Meets With Saul (9:10–19a)

Saul Immediately Proclaims Jesus in Damascus (9:19b–25)

Saul Goes to Jerusalem (9:26–31)

Peter Heals Aeneas and Dorcas (9:32–43)

The Conversion of Cornelius (10:1–48)

Peter Reports to Jerusalem (11:1–18)

The Establishment of the Church in Antioch (11:19–30)

Herod Agrippa I Persecutes the Church (12:1–25)

Saul and Barnabas Are Commissioned (13:1–3)

The Mission to the Island of Cyprus (13:4–12)

The Mission to Antioch of Pisidia (13:13–52)

The Evangelization of Iconium (14:1–7)

The Evangelization of Lystra (14:8–21a)

Revisiting and Strengthening the New Galatian Churches (14:21b–23)

Returning to Antioch, Syria (14:24–28)

The Jerusalem Council (15:1–29)

The Church at Antioch Receives the News (15:30–33)

Paul Returns to South Galatia (15:36–40)

Revisiting the Galatian Churches (Acts 16:1–5)

Paul’s Vision of a Man in Macedonia (Acts 16:6–10)

The Evangelization of Philippi (Acts 16:11–40)

Reaching Thessalonica (Acts 17:1–9)

In Berea (17:10–15)

In Athens (17:16–21)

Paul Addresses the Areopagus (17:22–34)

In Corinth (18:1–17)

Paul’s Initial Ministry In Ephesus (18:18–23)

The Ministry of Apollos in Ephesus (18:24–28)

Paul and the Disciples of John the Baptist in Ephesus (19:1–7)

Preaching in the Synagogue and the Hall of Tyrannus (19:8–10)

God Does Extraordinary Miracles Through Paul (19:11–12)

A Failed Exorcism and the Public Renunciation of Magic (19:13–20)

Paul’s Plans (19:21–22)

Opposition From the Cult of the Ephesian Artemis (19:23–41)

Paul Travels to Macedonia and Greece (20:1–6)

Eutychus Falls and Is Healed (20:7–16)

Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders (20:17–38)

The Journey From Asia Minor to Jerusalem (21:1–16)

Paul Meets With the Jerusalem Church (21:17–26)

Jews From Ephesus Provoke Hostility Against Paul (21:27–40)

Paul’s Address to the Crowd in Jerusalem (22:1–21)

The Crowd Reacts Violently (22:22–29)

Paul Appears Before the Sanhedrin (23:1–11)

A Plot to Kill Paul Is Discovered (23:12–22)

Paul Is Sent to Caesarea (23:23–35)

Paul’s Trial Before the Roman Procurator Felix (24:1–21)

Paul’s Caesarean Imprisonment (24:22–27)

Paul Stands Trial Before Festus (25:1–12)

Paul Appears Before Agrippa (25:13–27)

Paul’s Explains His Conversion to Agrippa (26:1–23)

The Response of Agrippa and Festus (26:24–32)

The Voyage to Rome and Shipwreck (27:1–44)

Paul Spends the Winter in Malta (28:1–10)

Paul Arrives in Rome (28:11–31)

Credits for Photos and Maps

The New International Version Appendix