The Book of Acts

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The Book of Acts
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Acts 1-2

• Acts 18 is programmatic
• Acts 238 covers all three themes
• Acts 242-47 discusses communal/discipleship

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Acts 3-4

• Acts 3 Healing Preaching
• Acts 4
• Verse 12 No salvation outside Jesus
• Verses 32-35 Communal/Discipleship

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Acts 5-8

• 5 Ananias and Sapphira, healing, persecution
• 6 Church leadership, arrest of Stephen
• 7
• Stephens speech (connection with Judaism of OT)
  
• stoning of Stephen (connection with Jesus)
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• Acts 81 Saul scattering of Christians
  (Claudius, 48)
• Samaria Holy Spirit poured out (816)
• Ethiopian Eunuch (connection with Isaiah)

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Acts 9-11

• 9 Conversion of Saul / Peter in same chapter!
• 10 Cornelius
• Prayer actions offering/memorial (84)
• Peters slow realization
• Gentile conversion
• 11 Peters report to church at Jerusalem
• Do not bind Jewish law on Christians!
• Agabus (prophecy leads to service)

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Acts 12

• 12
• Murder of James (by Agrippa I)
• Peter delivered from prison
• The death Herod Agrippa

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Acts 13-20

• Chapter 13
• Verse 39
• Chapter 15
• Verses 19-21
• Chapter 20
• Verse 28

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1st Missionary Journey
Acts 134-1428
Galatia Lystra
Paul Barnabas (John Mark)
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2nd Missionary Journey
Acts 1540-1823a
Philippi Thessalonica Corinth
Paul Silas (Timothy)
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3rd Missionary Journey
Acts 1823b-203a
Ephesus
Paul
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Journey to Rome
Acts 203b-2115
Troas
Paul
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Acts 21-28

• Acts 221-2, 16
• Acts 231
• Acts chapter 26 (Paul before Agrippa II)
• Acts 2823-31

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Final Questions

• Ending?
• What happens to Paul?
• Community/Discipleship in Acts?