1. Acts
A Witness to the World

2. The Book of Acts The Author: Luke Acts is a sequel.
Luke begins by referencing his first book.
Both books are dedicated to Theophilus.
The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when He was taken up, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. (Acts 1:1-2).

3. Bridging the Gap
The Gospels
The Epistles
Book of Acts

4. Observations on Acts Acts is a book of Victory
Acts is essentially about the ministries of Peter and Paul
Mistakes and successes
Discouragement and great courage
Narratives are not necessarily normative
Preaching in the Book of Acts
Prayer in the Book of Acts

5. Luke Acts Begins with an address to most excellent Theophilus
Begins with an address to Theophilus
Announcement made by angel Gabriel
Announcement made by two angels
Begins in Jerusalem
Begins in Jerusalem
Birth of Jesus as the Spirit comes on Mary
Birth of the Church as the Spirit comes on believers
There is a movement toward Jerusalem
There is a movement away from Jerusalem

6. Acts 1:6-8
6 And so when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.

7. Samaria
Jerusalem
Judea 

8. Primarily Peter Peter & Others Primarily Paul Church Established1
Primarily Peter
Church Established
Preparation
Church Foretold 2
Church Born 3
Church Dispersed
Church Witnessing 6
Church Organized 7
Peter & Others
Church Scattered
Church Expanding 9 10
Gentiles in the Church 13
Primarily Paul
Church Extended
First Missionary Journey 15
Church in Conference 16
Second Missionary Journey 19
Third Missionary Journey 21
Paul Imprisoned
Paul in Jerusalem 24
Paul in Caesarea 27
Paul in Rome

9. Witness to the Resurrection
This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses (Acts 2:32).
But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses. (Acts 3:14-15).
With great power the apostles were giving witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all (4:32).
And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him. (Acts 5:32).

10.  Damascus 
Joppa 
Jerusalem

11. for Saul; 26 and when he had found him, he brought him to 
Tarsus
 Antioch 
Seleucia
25 And he left for Tarsus to look
for Saul; 26 and when he had
found him, he brought him to
Antioch. And it came about that
for an entire year they met with
the church, and taught considerable
numbers; and the disciples were
first called Christians in Antioch.
(Acts 11:25-26)
 Salamis

12. 
Tarsus
Syrian
Antioch  
Seleucia
 Salamis 
Paphos

13. Syrian Syrian Tarsus Antioch Seleucia Paphos  Antioch  Perga   
 Salamis 
Paphos

14. Antioch in
Psidia
Temple of Augustus

15. Pisidian Lystra  Syrian Tarsus Antioch Seleucia Paphos  Antioch
 Iconium
Lystra 
 Derbe
 Perga 
Tarsus
Syrian
Antioch  
Seleucia
 Salamis 
Paphos

16. Pisidian Lystra  Syrian Tarsus Antioch Seleucia Paphos  Antioch
 Iconium
Lystra 
 Derbe
 Perga 
Tarsus
Syrian
Antioch  
Seleucia
 Salamis 
Paphos

17. Must Christians be circumcised in order to be saved?
Acts 15
Must Christians be circumcised in order to be saved?

18.  Philippi 
Berea
 Thessalonica 
Troas 
Corinth
 Athens

20.  Philippi 
Berea
 Thessalonica 
Troas 
Corinth
 Athens

21. Acts 17:11-12
11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.
12 Many of them therefore believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.

22.  Philippi 
Berea
 Thessalonica 
Troas 
Corinth
 Athens

24. Areopagus

25.  Philippi 
Berea
 Thessalonica 
Troas 
Corinth
 Athens

27. Acts 18:2-3
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all
theJews to leave Rome. He came to them, 3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working; for by trade they were tent-makers.

28. In the house of Titius Justus
Bible
Studies
In the Synagogue

29.  Ephesus
Syrian
Antioch 
 Caesarea

33. Syrian Antioch Jerusalem  Ephesus  Be on guard for yourselves
and for all the flock, among which
the Holy Spirit has made you
overseers, to shepherd the
church of God which He
purchased with His own blood.
(Acts 20:28)
 Caesarea 
Jerusalem

36. Acts 28:30-31
30 And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters, and was welcoming all who came to him, 31 preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.