Three brief rough outlines of Acts
Two apostles, with some overlap
a. Peter chapters 1-12
b. Paul chapters
9-28
Three places of witness
(Acts 1:8 furnishes the framework on which to build the
history.)
a. In Jerusalem chapters 1-7
b. In Judaea and in Samaria chapters 8-12
c. Unto the uttermost parts chapters 13-28
- The
establishment of the church from Jerusalem, 1:1—12: 25.
- The
establishment of the church from Antioch, 13:1—28: 31. [1]
Highlights from
the body of the book
A. The day of Pentecost: Acts
2:1ff.; read vs. 1-4
B. Gospel to the Samaritans: Acts
8:5ff.; read vs. 5-6
C. Gospel to the Gentiles: Acts
10:1ff.; read
D. Gospel to the World: Acts 13:1ff;
read vs. 2-4
1. The church consultation at
2. Paul’s missionary journeys
a. First: 13-14
b. Second:
c. Third:
d. Fourth:
The book of Acts begins in Jerusalem and ends in Rome. Paul’s imprisonment, which begins in Jerusalem and ends in Rome, encapsulates this. Also, note that Luke begins his first writing to Theophilus in the temple in Jerusalem and ends his second writing in the capital in Rome.
G. Campbell Morgan called the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles “the Pentateuch of New Testament history.” “Four of these books present the Person of our Lord; while the fifth gives the first page of the history of the Church...”[2]
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