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Commentaries for the book of Acts

Acts 1

• THE JERUSALEM CHURCH: ITS BEGINNING (1:1--2:47)
• Preparation for Pentecost (1:1-26)
• Jesus' Postresurrection Appearances and Ascension (1:1-11)
• Waiting for the Spirit: The Election of Matthias (1:12-26)

Acts 2

• Pentecost (2:1-41)
• The Coming of the Spirit (2:1-13)
• Peter's Speech (2:14-41)
• New Testament Church Life (2:42-47)

Acts 3

• THE JERUSALEM CHURCH: ITS GROWTH (3:1--9:31)
• A Healing Miracle and Its Consequences (3:1--4:31)
• The Healing of a Crippled Beggar (3:1-10)
• Peter's Speech in Solomon's Porch (3:11-26)

Acts 4

• Temple Arrest, Sanhedrin Hearing and Release (4:1-22)
• The Church's Prayer for Boldness (4:23-31)
• The Church's Common Life (4:32--5:11)
• General Description and Positive Example: Barnabas (4:32-37)

Acts 5

• Negative Example: Ananias and Sapphira (5:1-11)
• The Healing Ministry (5:12-16)
• The Apostles' Healing Ministry and Its Consequences (5:12-42)
• Consequences of the Healing Ministry (5:17-42)

Acts 6

• The Hellenistic Jewish Christian Witness (6:1--8:40)
• Appointment of the Seven (6:1-7)
• Stephen's Witness and Arrest (6:8-15)

Acts 7

• Stephen's Speech (7:1-53)
• Stephen's Martyrdom (7:54--8:3)

Acts 8

• Samaria Responds to the Gospel (8:4-25)
• Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (8:26-40)

Acts 9

• Paul's Conversion and Early Ministry (9:1-31)
• Paul's Conversion (9:1-19)
• Paul's Witness in Damascus and Jerusalem (9:19-31)
• Peter's Healing Ministry at Lydda and Joppa (9:32-43)
• The Mission Is Inaugurated Through Peter (9:32--11:18)
• THE JERUSALEM CHURCH: ITS MISSION TO THE GENTILES (9:32--12:25)

Acts 10

• Cornelius's Vision (10:1-8)
• Peter's Vision (10:9-23)
• Peter's Witness to Cornelius (10:23-48)

Acts 11

• Peter's Defense of His Gentile Mission (11:1-18)
• The Mission Continues and Faces Opposition (11:19--12:25)
• The Gentile Mission at Antioch (11:19-30)

Acts 12

• Herod's Opposition at Jerusalem (12:1-25)

Acts 13

• THE CHURCH IN ALL NATIONS: PAUL'S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS (13:1--21:16)
• The First Missionary Journey (13:1--14:28)
• The Commissioning (13:1-3)
• Witness on Cypress (13:4-12)
• Witness at Pisidian Antioch (13:13-52)

Acts 14

• Witness at Iconium (14:1-7)
• Witness at Lystra (14:8-20)
• Witness at Derbe and the Return Trip (14:21-28)

Acts 15

• The Jerusalem Council (15:1-35)
• The Problem Surfaces (15:1-5)
• The Witness of the Spirit and the Word (15:6-21)
• The Council's Letter (15:22-29)
• Antioch's Reception (15:30-35)
• The Second Missionary Journey (15:36--18:22)
• Mission to Asia Minor and the Macedonian Call (15:36--16:10)

Acts 16

• Witness at Philippi (16:11-40)

Acts 17

• Witness at Thessalonica (17:1-9)
• Witness at Berea (17:10-15)
• Witness at Athens (17:16-34)

Acts 18

• Witness at Corinth and Return to Antioch (18:1-22)
• The Third Missionary Journey (18:23--21:16)
• Witness at Ephesus: Planting the Church (18:23--19:22)

Acts 19

• Witness at Ephesus: Facing Opposition (19:23-41)

Acts 20

• To Jerusalem--Macedonia, Achaia, Troas (20:1-12)
• To Jerusalem--Miletus (20:13-38)

Acts 21

• To Jerusalem--By Sea to Palestine (21:1-16)
• THE CHURCH IN ALL NATIONS: PAUL'S PALESTINIAN MINISTRY (21:17--26:32)
• Paul at Jerusalem (21:17--23:35)
• Promoting Harmony (21:17-26)
• Arrested in the Temple (21:27-36)

Acts 22

• Conversation with a Roman Tribune; Defense Before the Sanhedrin (22:22--23:11)

Acts 23

• Plot Uncovered; Paul Taken to Caesarea (23:12-35)

Acts 24

• Paul at Caesarea (24:1--26:32)
• Before Felix (24:1-27)

Acts 25

• Before Festus (25:1-12)
• Before Agrippa and Bernice (25:13--26:32)

Acts 27

• THE CHURCH IN ALL NATIONS: PAUL'S JOURNEY TO ROME (27:1--28:31)
• By Sea to Malta (27:1-44)
• Caesarea to Crete; the Storm (27:1-26)
• The Shipwreck (27:27-44)

Acts 28

• Ministry at Malta and Rome (28:1-31)
• Malta: Mercy Ministry (28:1-10)
• To Rome: Imprisonment and Witness (28:11-31)

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