Acts

From Commontary

The Acts of the Apostles

Author

Date

Occasion & Purpose

Themes

Outline

Acts 1:1-3 Introduction

Acts 1:4-11 Commission and Promise of the Holy Spirit

Acts 1:12-26 Choosing of Matthias

Acts 2:1-13 Pentecost

Acts 2:14-41 Peter's Sermon

Acts 2:42-47 The New Community

Acts 3:1-10 Peter Heals a Crippled Beggar

Acts 3:11-26 Peter's Second Sermon

Acts 4:1-22 Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin

Acts 4:23-31 The Community's Prayer of Faith

Acts 4:32-37 Description of the New Community

Acts 5:1-16 Ananias and Sapphira

Acts 5:17-42 Persecution, the Speech of Gamaliel, Worship of the Community

Acts 6:1-7 Deacons

Acts 6:8-8:1a Stephen's Sermon and Stoning

Acts 8:1b-25 Persecution, Philip in Samaria, Simon Magus

Acts 8:26-40 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch

Acts 9:1-31 Saul's Conversion

Acts 9:32-43 Aeneas and Dorcas

Acts 10:1-48 Cornelius and the Gospel to the Gentiles

Acts 11:1-30 Controversy in the Church, and the Church in Antioch

Acts 12:1-25 Peter's Jailbreak, Herod and the Worms

Acts 13:1-12 Commissioning of Barnabas and Paul

Acts 13:13-52 Preaching in Pisidian Antioch

Acts 14:1-28 More Preaching and Persecution

Acts 15:1-35 The Council at Jerusalem

Acts 15:36-16:5 Paul and Barnabas Split

Acts 16:6-40 The Macedonian Call and the Philippian Jailer

Acts 17:1-15 Thessalonica and Berea

Acts 17:16-34 Athens and Mars Hill

Acts 18:1-28 Corinth, and Priscilla, Aquilla, and Apollos

Acts 19:1-41 Ephesus and the Artemis Riot

Acts 20:1-38 Eutychus and the Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

Acts 21:1-36 Paul Goes to Jerusalem

Acts 21:37-22:29 Paul's Defense and Arrest

Acts 22:30-23:35 Paul's Trial and Transfer to Caesarea

Acts 24:1-27 Before Felix

Acts 25:1-12 Before Festus

Acts 25:13-26:32 Festus and Agripa

Acts 27:1-44 Paul Sails for Rome; Storm and Shipwreck

Acts 28:1-15 Malta and Arrival at Rome

Acts 28:17-31 Paul's Preaching at Rome and Conclusion