1. Acts of the Apostles

2. Structure The Preparation for the Christian Mission (Acts 1 – 2:13)
The Mission In Jerusalem
(Acts 2:14 – 8:3)
The Mission in Judeo and Samaria
(Acts 8:4 – 9:43)
The Inauguration of the Gentile Mission
(Acts 10 – 15:35)
The Mission of Paul to the Ends of the Earth
(Acts 15:36 – 28:31)

3. Preparation of the Apostles
Jesus Ascends to Heaven
Apostles replace Judas with Matthias
Judas’ death
Pentecost

5. Jesus-Followers in Community
Worship in the temple
Break Bread
Baptism
Miraculous Signs
Selling of Possessions

6. Enemies of Jesus Return
High Priests – Caiaphas & Annas
Sadducees
Trial of Peter and John
Told to not teach in Jesus’ name

7. Arrest and Trial Jesus Followers arrested Angel frees them
Re-Arrested and questioned
Gamaliel’s testimony
Scourged

8. Formalized Leadership
Apostles choose helpers
Early Deacons
Stephen
Stoning of Stephen
Saul

9. Saul Persecutes the Church
Apostles travel throughout Israel
Jerusalem under siege from Saul
New Communities connected to Apostles

10. Samaria Jews and Samaritans despised each other
Philip arrives and baptizes
Requires Peter for the Holy Spirit to come
Magician named Simon Magnus
Tries to buy Holy Spirit

11. Saul in Damascus Saul blinded on the road Brought to Damascus
Blind for 3 days
Baptized
Joins Jewish community in Damascus
Forced to leave
Departs for Jerusalem

12. Back in Jerusalem Saul arrives in Jerusalem Meets the Apostles
Becomes enemies with Greeks
Sent off to Caesarea and Tarsus

13. Progress Continues Communities throughout Galilee, Samaria, and Judea
Goes back to Peter
Continuing to show miraculous signs
Raises Dorcas from the dead

15. Peter and Cornelius: Mission brought to the Gentiles
Cornelius, Roman Centurion
Cornelius’ Vision
Peter’s vision
God does not make unclean things
Gentiles receive the Holy Spirit

16. The Mission spreading Internationally
followers scattered after Stephen’s stoning
Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch
Spread to Greeks
Barnabas and Saul travel to Antioch
First group to call themselves Christians

17. Herod Antipas Kills James Arrests Peter Peter freed again by an Angel
Herod struck down by an Angel of the Lord

18. Leadership Barnabas and Saul commissioned Directed by the Holy Spirit
Travel from Antioch to Cyprus, Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe
Appoint Elders

19. Council of Jerusalem First major debate 49 CE Jewish Laws?
Apostles meet in Jerusalem to settle question
Sent letters clarifying the faith to the community in Antioch

20. Paul’s Arrest Arrested in Jerusalem Mob mentality
Illegal to condemn a Roman without trial
Sent to Governor Felix

21. Paul on Trial Accused by High Priests Paul kept in prison for 2 years
New Governor, Festus
Appeal to Emperor

22. Rome Shipwrecked in Malta Appeals to Rome’s Jewish community
Two years preaching in Rome
Bible doesn’t record Paul or Peter’s death
Paul beheaded under Emperor Nero
Peter crucified upside down