acts outline

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)