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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
General Editors’ Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Table of Sidebars
INTRODUCTION
A. Authorship
B. Addressee or Audience
C. Date of Composition
D. Genre of Acts
E. Sources and Intertextuality
F. Textual-Critical Issues
G. Literary Features
H. Theology and Acts
I. Engaging Acts in a New Day
COMMENTARY
I. Preface: Continuity, Commission, and Promise (Acts 1:1-11)
II. God and the People of God: Restoration and Division in Jerusalem (Acts 1:12—8:3)
A. Gathering and Preparations (1:12-26)
B. Pentecost and the Fulfillment of God’s Promises to Israel (2:1-47)
1. The Coming of the Holy Spirit (2:1-13)
2. Peter Speaks to the Gathered Crowd (2:14-41)
3. The Spirit-Created Community of Believers (2:42-47)
C. A Healing that Leads to Opposition (3:1—4:31)
1. The Healing of a Crippled Man at the Temple (3:1-26)
a. The Account of the Healing (3:1-10)
b. Peter Explains What Happened (3:11-26)
2. Religious Leaders Oppose Peter and John (4:1-22)
3. The Believers’ Response to Opposition (4:23-31)
D. Additional Images of the Community of Believers (4:32—5:11)
1. Unity and Sharing among the Believers (4:32-37)
2. The Violation of Unity and Sharing—Ananias and Sapphira (5:1-11)
E. Intensified Opposition from Religious Leaders (5:12-42)
1. The Church’s Mission Continues in Jerusalem (5:12-16)
2. Hostile Reaction by Jewish Leaders (5:17-42)
F. Internal Struggles and Caring for Widows (6:1-7)
G. The Persecution of Believers in Jerusalem (6:8—8:3)
1. Stephen’s Arrest and Murder (6:8—7:60)
a. Stephen’s Arrest (6:8-15)
b. Stephen’s Speech before the Jewish Council (7:1-53)
c. Stephen’s Murder by the Jewish Council (7:54-60)
2. Persecution Extends to All Believers (8:1-3)
Excursus: God and the People of God (Acts 1:12—8:3)—The Narrative Portrait of the Church in Jerusalem
III. God and the Spreading Gospel: The People of God and Other “Peoples” (Acts 8:4—14:28)
A. The Ministry of Philip (8:4-40)
1. Philip and the Samaritans (8:4-25)
2. Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (8:26-40)
B. The Transformation of Saul—from Persecutor to Persecuted Preacher (9:1-31)
1. The Healing and Call of Saul (9:1-19a)
2. The Initial Ministry of Saul in Damascus (9:19b-25)
3. The Introduction of the Transformed Saul in Jerusalem (9:26-31)
C. The Extension of Peter’s Ministry outside Jerusalem (9:32—11:18)
1. Peter’s Miracles among Some Believers (9:32-43)
a. Peter’s Healing of Aeneas (9:32-35)
b. Peter’s Raising of Tabitha (9:36-43)
2. Peter, Cornelius, and the Salvation of Gentiles (10:1-48)
a. An Angel Appears to Cornelius (10:1-8)
b. Peter’s Heavenly Vision (10:9-16)
c. Cornelius’ Representatives Meet Peter (10:17-23a)
d. Peter at Cornelius’ House (10:23b-48)
3. Peter’s Response to Questions from Jerusalem Believers (11:1-18)
D. The Beginnings of a New Church in Antioch (11:19-30)
E. Politics and Persecution of the Church (12:1-25)
F. The Ministry Journey of Barnabas and Saul/Paul (13:1—14:28)
1. Call, Commission, and Contention (13:1-12)
2. Proclamation in Antioch of Pisidia (13:13-52)
3. Continuation and Confirmation of Ministry (14:1-28)
Excursus: God, the People of God, and Other “Peoples” (Acts 8:4—14:28)—The Developing Narrative Portrait of the Church
IV. God and the Expanding Mission: Tension and Reconstitution of the People of God (Acts 15:1—19:41)
A. The Jerusalem Council (15:1-35)
1. The Problem (15:1-5)
2. The Debate and Evidence (15:6-12)
3. The Assessment by James (15:13-21)
4. The Letter to Gentile Believers (15:22-29)
5. The Delivery and Reception of the Letter (15:30-35)
B. Changes to Paul’s Ministry after the Jerusalem Council (15:36—16:10)
1. A Serious Disagreement between Paul and Barnabas (15:36-41)
2. An Addition to Paul’s Ministry Team (16:1-5)
3. The Vision of the Macedonian Man (16:6-10)
C. The Ministry of Paul in Philippi (16:11-40)
1. The Conversion of Lydia (16:11-15)
2. The Conversion of the Philippian Jailer (16:16-40)
a. The Conflict and Arrest over a Slave Girl (16:16-24)
b. The Earthquake and the Conversion of the Jailer (16:25-34)
c. The Release and Departure of Paul and Silas (16:35-40)
D. The Ministry of Paul in Macedonia and Greece (17:1-34)
1. Paul and Silas in Thessalonica (17:1-9)
2. Paul and Silas in Berea (17:10-15)
3. Paul in Athens (17:16-34)
E. The Ministry of Paul in Corinth (18:1-17)
F. The Ministry of Paul in Ephesus (18:18—19:41)
1. Paul’s Travels, with a Stop in Ephesus (18:18-23)
2. Apollos in Ephesus (18:24-28)
3. Summary of Paul’s Ministry in Ephesus (19:1-10)
4. Effects of Paul’s Ministry in Ephesus (19:11-22)
5. Controversy: Ephesian Defenders of Artemis (19:23-41)
Excursus: God, the People of God, and the Expanding Mission (Acts 15:1—19:41)—The Portrait of the Church within the Roman Empire
V. God and the Purposes of God: Scrutiny and Validation of the Reconstituted People of God (Acts 20:1—28:31)
A. Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem: Revisiting the Churches (20:1—21:17)
1. Travels from Ephesus to Macedonia, Greece, and Troas (20:1-6)
2. Believers in Troas (20:7-12)
3. Travels from Troas to Miletus (20:13-16)
4. Paul’s Speech to the Ephesian Elders (20:17-38)
5. Travels from Miletus to Caesarea (21:1-8a)
6. Believers in Caesarea (21:8b-14)
7. Travels from Caesarea to Jerusalem (21:15-17)
B. Paul’s Defense of His Ministry in Jerusalem (21:18—23:35)
1. The Meeting with the Jerusalem Church Leaders (21:18-26)
2. Troubles at the Temple (21:27-36)
3. Paul’s Speech before the Jewish Crowd (21:37—22:29)
4. Paul’s Hearing before the Jewish Council (22:30—23:11)
5. Jewish Plots and a Change of Venue (23:12-35)
C. Paul’s Defense of His Ministry in Caesarea (24:1—26:32)
1. Paul’s Trial before Felix (24:1-27)
a. The Charges against Paul (24:1-9)
b. The Defense by Paul (24:10-21)
c. The Response from Felix (24:22-27)
2. Paul’s Hearing before Festus (25:1-22)
a. Festus in Jerusalem with Jewish Leaders (25:1-5)
b. Paul’s Appeal to the Emperor (25:6-12)
c. Festus’ Recounting of Paul’s Case (25:13-22)
3. Paul’s Hearing before King Agrippa (25:23—26:32)
a. Paul’s Case Reintroduced (25:23-27)
b. Paul’s Defense (26:1-23)
c. Paul’s Exchange with Festus and Agrippa (26:24-29)
d. Paul’s Case Reviewed (26:30-32)
D. Paul’s Journey to Rome: Shipwreck and Salvation (27:1—28:16)
1. Beginning the Journey (27:1-12)
2. Storms and Shipwreck (27:13-44)
a. Storm and Despair (27:13-20)
b. Paul’s Attempt to Encourage (27:21-26)
c. Drifting at Sea (27:27-32)
d. Paul’s Successful Attempt to Encourage (27:33-38)
e. Shipwreck and Safety on Land (27:39-44)
3. Stay in Malta (28:1-10)
a. Paul and the Snake (28:1-6)
b. Paul’s Ministry among the Maltese (28:7-10)
4. Final Leg over Land to Rome (28:11-16)
E. Paul in Rome (28:17-31)
1. Paul’s Initial Meeting with Local Jewish Leaders (28:17-22)
2. Paul’s Second Meeting with Jewish Leaders (28:23-28[29])
3. Paul’s Ministry Continues (28:30-31)
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