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The Acts
of the Apostles
I. |Introduction—1:1-2II. |The preparation—1:3-26A. |Christ's preparation—vv.|3-8
1. |Speaking to the disciples the things concerning the kingdom of God—v.|3
2. |Charging them to wait for the baptism in the Holy Spirit—vv.|4-8
B. |Christ's ascension—vv.|9-11C. |The disciples' preparation—vv.|12-26
1. |Persevering in prayer—vv.|12-14
2. |Choosing Matthias—vv.|15-26
III. |The propagation—2:1-28:31A. |In the Jewish land through the ministry of Peter's company—2:1-12:24
1. |The Jewish believers' baptism in the Holy Spirit—2:1-13
a. |The economical filling of the Holy Spirit—vv.|1-4b. |The peoples' amazement—vv.|5-13
2. |Peter's first message to the Jews—2:14-41
a. |Explaining the economical filling of the Holy Spirit—vv.|14-21b. |Witnessing of Jesus in His work, death, resurrection, and ascension—vv.|22-36c. |Entreating the Spirit-moved ones to repent, be baptized, and be saved—vv.|37-41
3. |The beginning of the church life—2:42-47
4. |Peter's second message to the Jews—3:1-26
a. |The healing of a lame man—vv.|1-10b. |The message—vv.|11-26(1) |Testifying of Jesus in His death and resurrection—vv.|11-18(2) |Exhorting people to repent and turn that they may partake of the ascended and coming Christ—vv.|19-26
5. |The beginning of the persecution by the Jewish religionists—4:1-31
a. |The arrest and inquiry by the Sanhedrin—vv.|1-7b. |Peter's testimony—vv.|8-12c. |The Sanhedrin's prohibition—vv.|13-18d. |Peter and John's reply—vv.|19-20e. |The Sanhedrin's release—vv.|21-22f. |The church's praise and prayer—vv.|23-31
6. |The continuation of the church life—4:32-5:11
a. |The positive scene—4:32-37b. |The negative scene—5:1-11
7. |The signs and wonders done through the apostles—5:12-16
8. |The continuation of the persecution by the Jewish religionists—5:17-42
a. |The Sanhedrin's arrest of the apostles and the Lord's rescue—vv.|17-28b. |The apostles' testimony—vv.|29-32c. |The Sanhedrin's prohibition and release—vv.|33-40d. |The apostles' rejoicing and faithfulness—vv.|41-42
9. |The appointment of seven deacons—6:1-6
10. |The growth of the word and the multiplication of the disciples—6:7
11. |The increase of the persecution by the Jewish religionists—6:8-8:3
a. |The martyrdom of Stephen—6:8-7:60(1) |Opposed and arrested—6:8-7:1(2) |Testifying—7:2-53(3) |Killed—7:54-60b. |The devastation of the church in Jerusalem—8:1-3
12. |The preaching by Philip—8:4-40
a. |In Samaria—vv.|4-25(1) |Proclaiming Christ and the kingdom of God—vv.|4-13(2) |Confirmed by the apostles—vv.|14-25b. |To an Ethiopian—vv.|26-39c. |Unto Caesarea—v.|40
13. |The conversion of Saul—9:1-30
a. |Appeared to by the Lord—vv.|1-9b. |Confirmed through Ananias—vv.|10-19c. |Beginning to preach—vv.|20-30
14. |The building up and multiplication of the church—9:31
15. |The spreading of Peter's ministry—9:32-43
a. |To Lydda—vv.|32-35b. |To Joppa—vv.|36-43
16. |The spreading to the Gentiles—10:1-11:18
a. |Cornelius's vision—10:1-8b. |Peter's vision—10:9-16c. |Peter's visit—10:17-33d. |Peter's message—10:34-43e. |The Gentile believers' baptism in the Holy Spirit—10:44-46f. |The Gentile believers' water baptism—10:47-48g. |The recognition by the apostles and the brothers in Judea—11:1-18
17. |The spreading to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch—11:19-26
18. |The communication between the church in Antioch and the saints in Judea—11:27-30
19. |The persecution by the Roman politician—12:1-23
a. |The mistreatment of some believers and the martyrdom of James—vv.|1-2b. |The arrest of Peter—vv.|3-19a(1) |Guarded in prison—vv.|3-5a(2) |Rescued by the Lord—vv.|5b-19ac. |The fate of the persecutors—vv.|19b-23
20. |The growth and multiplication of the word—12:24
B. |In the Gentile lands through the ministry of Paul's company—12:25-28:31
1. |The initiation—12:25
2. |Set apart and sent by the Holy Spirit—13:1-4a
3. |The first journey—13:4b-14:28
a. |To Paphos of Cyprus—13:4b-12b. |To Pisidian Antioch—13:13-52(1) |Preaching the crucified and resurrected Christ as the Savior—vv.|13-43(2) |Rejected by the Jews—vv.|44-52c. |To Iconium—14:1-5d. |To Lystra and Derbe of Lycaonia—14:6-21ae. |Establishing the disciples and appointing elders on the way back—14:21b-25af. |Back to Antioch, ending the first journey—14:25b-28
4. |The trouble concerning circumcision—15:1-34
a. |A conference of the apostles and elders held in Jerusalem—vv.|1-21b. |The solution—vv.|22-34
5. |The problem of Barnabas—15:35-39
6. |The second journey—15:40-18:22
a. |To Syria and Cilicia—15:40-41b. |To Derbe and Lystra—16:1-5c. |To Philippi of Macedonia—16:6-40(1) |The vision of a Macedonian—vv.|6-10(2) |The preaching and its fruits—vv.|11-18(3) |The imprisonment and the release—vv.|19-40d. |To Thessalonica—17:1-9e. |To Berea—17:10-13f. |To Athens—17:14-34(1) |Sent by the brothers—vv.|14-15(2) |Reasoning with the Jews and confronting the Gentile philosophers—vv.|16-18(3) |Preaching on the Areopagus—vv.|19-34g. |To Corinth—18:1-17(1) |Meeting Aquila and Priscilla—vv.|1-4(2) |Preaching to the Jews and encountering their opposition—vv.|5-17h. |To Ephesus—18:18-21ai. |Back to Antioch, ending the second journey—18:21b-22
7. |The third journey—18:23-21:17
a. |To the country of Galatia and Phrygia—18:23b. |To Ephesus again—18:24-19:41(1) |The ministry of Apollos—18:24-28(2) |Filling up the deficiency in the ministry of Apollos—19:1-7(3) |The ministry and its fruits—the Lord's word growing and prevailing—19:8-20(4) |Purposing to go to Jerusalem and to Rome—19:21-22(5) |The disturbance—19:23-41(a) |The cause—vv.|23-34(b) |The quieting—vv.|35-41c. |Through Macedonia and Greece to Troas—20:1-12d. |To Miletus, meeting with the elders of the church in Ephesus—20:13-38e. |To Tyre—21:1-6f. |To Ptolemais—21:7g. |To Caesarea—21:8-14h. |To Jerusalem, ending the third journey—21:15-17
8. |The negative influence of Judaism—21:18-26
9. |The ultimate persecution of the Jews—21:27-26:32
a. |An uproar against Paul—21:27-23:15(1) |Seized by the Jews—21:27-30(2) |The intervention of the Roman commander—21:31-39(3) |Defending himself before the rioting Jews—21:40-22:21(4) |Bound by the Romans—22:22-29(5) |Defending himself before the Sanhedrin—22:30-23:10(6) |Encouraged by the Lord—23:11(7) |The plot of the Jews—23:12-15b. |Transferred by the commander to the Roman governor Felix—23:16-24:27(1) |The secrecy of the transfer—23:16-35(2) |Accused by the Jews' advocate—24:1-9(3) |Defending himself before Felix—24:10-21(4) |Kept in the custody of the unjust and corrupt Roman politician—24:22-27c. |Left to Festus, the successor of Felix—25:1-26:32(1) |The request of the leaders of the Jews rejected—25:1-5(2) |Defending himself before Festus—25:6-8(3) |Appealing to Caesar—25:9-12(4) |Referred by Festus to King Agrippa—25:13-27(5) |Defending himself before King Agrippa—26:1-29(6) |King Agrippa's judgment—26:30-32
10. |The fourth journey—27:1-28:31
a. |To Fair Havens—27:1-12b. |The storm and Paul's prediction of safety—27:13-26c. |The ascendancy and wisdom of Paul in contrast to the baseness and folly of the sailors and soldiers—27:27-44d. |To the island of Malta—28:1-10e. |To Rome, ending the fourth journey—28:11-31(1) |Through Syracuse to Rome—vv.|11-16(2) |Contacting the Jewish leaders—vv.|17-22(3) |Ministering in Rome—vv.|23-31Outline of Acts
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