Equipping disciples to GO! Love God and Love Others
1. Introduction ( 1:1–26 )
a. Dedication to Theophilus ( 1:1–5 )
b. The Ascension ( 1:6–11 )
c. Matthias Replaces Judas ( 1:12–26 )
2. Witnesses in Jerusalem ( 2:1–8:3 )
a. Pentecost ( 2:1–47 )
i. The Holy Spirit at Pentecost ( 2:1–13 )
ii. Peter Addresses the Crowd ( 2:14–36 )
iii. Three Thousand Believe ( 2:37–41 )
iv. The Fellowship of Believers ( 2:42–47 )
b. The Early Church in Jerusalem ( 3:1–8:3 )
i. First Controversy at the Temple ( 3:1–4:31 )
1. A Lame Man Walks ( 3:1–10 )
2. Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade ( 3:11–26 )
3. Peter and John before the Sanhedrin ( 4:1–12 )
4. The Name Forbidden ( 4:13–22 )
5. The Believer’s Prayer ( 4:23–31 )
ii. The Church Community ( 4:32–5:11 )
1. Sharing among Believers ( 4:32–37 )
2. Ananias and Sapphira ( 5:1–11 )
iii. Second Controversy at the Temple ( 5:12– )
1. The Apostles Heal Many ( 5:12–16 )
2. The Apostles Arrested and Freed ( 5:17–23 )
3. The Apostles before the Sanhedrin ( 5:24–32 )
4. Gamaliel’s Advice ( 5:33–42 )
iv. Early Persecutions ( 6:1–8:3 )
1. The Choosing of the Seven ( 6:1–7 )
2. The Arrest of Stephen ( 6:8–15 )
3. Stephen’s Defense ( 7:1–53 )
a. Patriarchal Narratives ( 7:1–19 )
i. The Call of Abraham ( 7:1–8 )
ii. Joseph Sold into Egypt ( 7:9–14 )
iii. Israel Oppressed in Egypt ( 7:15–19 )
b. Moses Narrative ( 7:20–38 )
i. The Birth and Adoption of Moses ( 7:20–22 )
ii. The Rejection and Flight of Moses ( 7:23–29 )
iii. The Call of Moses ( 7:30–38 )
c. The Rebellion of Israel ( 7:39–43 )
d. The Tabernacle of the Testimony ( 7:44–50 )
e. The Accused becomes the Accuser ( 7:51–53 )
4. The Stoning of Stephen ( 7:54–60 )
5. Saul Persecutes the Church ( 8:1–3 )
3. Witnesses in Judea and Samaria ( 8:4–12:25 )
a. Philip’s Ministry ( 8:4–40 )
i. Philip Goes to Samaria ( 8:4–8 )
ii. Simon the Sorcerer ( 8:9–25 )
iii. Philip and the Ethiopian ( 8:26–40 )
b. Conversion of Saul of Tarsus ( 9:1–30 )
i. The Road to Damascus ( 9:1–9 )
ii. Ananias Baptizes Saul ( 9:10–19 )
iii. Saul Preaches at Damascus ( 9:20–22 )
iv. The Escape from Damascus ( 9:23–25 )
v. Saul in Jerusalem ( 9:26–30 )
c. Peter’s Ministry ( 9:31–11:18 )
i. The Healing of Aeneas ( 9:31–35 )
ii. The Raising of Tabitha ( 9:36–43 )
iii. Cornelius, the God-Fearing Gentile ( 10:1–11:18 )
1. Cornelius Sends for Peter ( 10:1–8 )
2. Peter’s Vision ( 10:9–16 )
3. Peter Called to Caesarea ( 10:17–23 )
4. Peter Visits Cornelius ( 10:24–33 )
5. Good News for Gentiles ( 10:34–43 )
6. The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit ( 10:44–48 )
7. Peter’s Report at Jerusalem ( 11:1–18 )
d. The Church at Antioch ( 11:19–30 )
e. Herod Persecutes the Church ( 12:1–25 )
i. James Killed, Peter Imprisoned ( 12:1–4 )
ii. The Rescue of Peter ( 12:5–19 )
iii. The Death of Herod ( 12:20–25 )
4. Witnesses to the Ends of the Earth ( 13:1–28:31 )
a. Paul’s First Missionary Journey to Asia Minor ( 13:1–14:28 )
i. The Journey Begins ( 13:1–3 )
ii. On Cyprus ( 13:4–12 )
iii. In Pisidian Antioch ( 13:13–52 )
iv. At Iconium ( 14:1–7 )
v. In Lystra and Derbe ( 14:8–20 )
vi. The Return to Pisidian Antioch ( 14:21–25 )
vii. The Report to the Church at Antioch ( 14:26–28 )
b. The Jerusalem Council ( 15:1–35 )
i. The Dispute over Circumcision ( 15:1–6 )
ii. Peter, Barnabas, and Paul Make Their Arguments ( 15:7–12 )
iii. James, the Brother of Jesus, Makes the Ruling ( 15:13–29 )
1. The Fallen Tent of David ( 15:13–18 )
2. The Four Things ( 15:19–21 )
3. The Letter to the Gentile Believers ( 15:22–29 )
iv. The Believers at Antioch Rejoice ( 15:30–35 )
c. Paul’s Second Missionary Journey to Asia Minor and Greece ( 15:36–18:22 )
i. Division between Paul and Barnabas ( 15:36–41 )
ii. Timothy Joins Paul and Silas ( 16:1–5 )
iii. Paul’s Vision of the Macedonian ( 16:6–10 )
iv. Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi ( 16:11–15 )
v. Persecution on the Road ( 16:16–40 )
1. The Girl with a Spirit of Divination ( 16:16–21 )
2. Paul and Silas Imprisoned ( 16:22–24 )
3. The Conversion of the Jailer ( 16:25–34 )
4. An Official Apology ( 16:35–40 )
vi. The Uproar in Thessalonica ( 17:1–9 )
vii. The Character of the Bereans ( 17:10–15 )
viii. In Athens ( 17:16–34 )
1. The Epicurean and Stoic Philosophers ( 17:16–21 )
2. Paul’s Address in the Areopagus ( 17:22–34 )
ix. In Corinth ( 18:1–11 )
x. Paul before Gallio ( 18:12–17 )
xi. Paul Returns to Antioch ( 18:18–22 )
d. Paul’s Third Missionary Journey to Asia Minor and Greece ( 18:23–20:38 )
i. Apollos ( 18:23–28 )
ii. In Ephesus ( 19:1–41 )
1. The Holy Spirit Received ( 19:1–7 )
2. Paul Ministers ( 19:8–12 )
3. The Sons of Sceva ( 19:13–20 )
4. The Riot ( 19:21–41 )
iii. Paul in Macedonia and Greece ( 20:1–6 )
iv. Eutychus Revived at Troas ( 20:7–12 )
v. From Troas to Miletus ( 20:13–16 )
vi. Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesians ( 20:17–38 )
e. Paul Travels to Jerusalem ( 21:1–22:30 )
i. The Journey to Jerusalem ( 21:1–7 )
ii. Paul Visits Philip the Evangelist ( 21:8–16 )
iii. Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem ( 21:17–26 )
iv. Paul Seized at the Temple ( 21:27–36 )
v. Paul Addresses the Crowd ( 21:37–22:30 )
1. Permission to Speak ( 21:37–40 )
2. Paul’s Defense to the Crowd ( 22:1–21 )
3. Paul the Roman Citizen ( 22:22–30 )
f. Paul on Trial ( 23:1–26:32 )
i. Paul before the Sanhedrin ( 23:1–22 )
1. On Trial for the Hope in the Resurrection of the Dead ( 23:1–11 )
2. The Plot to Kill Paul ( 23:12–22 )
ii. Paul before Felix ( 23:23–24:27 )
1. Paul Sent to Felix ( 23:23–35 )
2. Tertullus Prosecutes Paul ( 24:1–9 )
3. Paul’s Defense to Felix ( 24:10–21 )
4. The Verdict Postposed ( 24:22–27 )
iii. Paul before Festus ( 25:1–22 )
1. Paul’s Trial ( 25:1–9 )
2. Paul Appeals to Caesar ( 25:10–12 )
3. Festus Consults Agrippa ( 25:13–22 )
iv. Paul before Agrippa ( 25:23–26:32 )
1. Agrippa and Bernice Arrive ( 25:23–27 )
2. Paul’s Testimony to Agrippa ( 26:1–23 )
3. Festus Interrupts Paul’s Defense ( 26:24–32 )
g. Paul Travels to Rome ( 27:1–28:31 )
i. The Journey ( 27:1–28:15 )
1. Sailing to Rome ( 27:1–12 )
2. The Storm at Sea ( 27:13–26 )
3. The Shipwreck ( 27:27–44 )
4. Ashore on Malta ( 28:1–10 )
5. Paul Arrives in Italy ( 28:11–15 )
ii. Paul Preaches at Rome ( 28:16–31 )