Acts: A New Testament Commentary

✍ Scribed by Bob Yandian

• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 416
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Acts Overview
1:1–26 After the Cross
I. Waiting for the Promise (1–5)
II. Jesus’ Ascension (6–11)
III. Man Chooses an Apostle (12–26)
2:1–47 The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
I. The Day of Pentecost (1–4)
II. The Crowd’s Reaction (5–13)
III. Peter Preaches to the Crowd (14–40)
IV. The Church Is Born (41–47)
3:1–26 A Call to Repentance
I. Lame Man Healed (1–11)
II. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (12–17)
III. The Messiah Has Come (18–22)
IV. Foretold by the Prophets (23–26)
4:1–37 Behold Their Threatenings
I. Peter, John, and the Religious Council (1–23)
II. Believers in One Accord (24–33)
III. Possessions Pooled (34–37)
5:1–42 Preaching and Prison
I. Ananias and Sapphira (1–11)
II. Signs and Wonders by the Apostles’ Hands (12–16)
III. The Second Arrest of the Apostles (17–24)
IV. The Third Arrest of the Apostles (25–27)
V. The Apostles Brought Before the Council (27–42)
6:1–15 The First Local Church
I. The Local Church
II. Early Development of the Local Church (1–7)
III. The Arrest of Stephen (8–15)
7:1–60 Stephen’s Sermon and Defense
I. Stephen Testifies (1–50)
II. Stephen Accuses the Council (51–53)
III. The Sanhedrin’s Reaction (54–60)
8:1–40 Influence for Revival
I. Saul: Persecutor of the Church (1–4)
II. Philip: The Evangelist (5–8)
III. Simon: The Sorcerer (9–25)
IV. The Ethiopian Eunuch (26–40)
9:1–43 Saul’s Conversion
I. The Road to Damascus (1–19)
II. Saul Preaches (20–22)
III. Saul Escapes to Jerusalem (23–31)
IV. Aeneas and Tabitha (32–43)
10:1–48 Peter’s Housetop Vision
I. Snapshot
II. An Angel Appears to Cornelius (1–8)
III. Peter’s Vision (9–23)
IV. The Meeting of Peter and Cornelius (24–33)
V. The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Gentiles (34–48)
11:1–30 Expansion of the Gospel
I. Opposition to the Spreading of the Gospel (1–18)
II. The Church at Antioch (19–30)
12:1–25 Peter’s Escape from Prison
I. Herod Persecutes the Church (1–4)
II. Peter Miraculously Freed (5–17)
III. Response to Peter’s Escape (18–20)
IV. The Death of Herod (21–22)
V. The Gospel Continues to Spread (24–25)
13:1–52 Revival Spreads
I. The Birth of Missions
II. The Separation of Barnabas and Saul to Ministry (1–3)
III. Preaching in Cyprus (4–12)
IV. Paul Preaches in Antioch (13–42)
V. God’s Grace (43–49)
VI. Paul and Barnabas Expelled (50–52)
14:1–28 Signs, Wonders, and Healings
I. Preaching in Iconium (1–5)
II. Preaching in Lystra (6–7)
III. Healing of the Cripple (8–10)
IV. Paul and Barnabas Deemed Gods (11–18)
V. Stoning of Paul (19–20)
VI. Return to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch (21–23)
VII. Preaching Continues (24–28)
15:1–39 Legalism Versus Grace
I. Legalism in the Early Church
II. The Triumph of the Policy of Grace (1–29)
III. The Triumph of the Ministry of Grace (30–35)
IV. The Triumph of the Deeds of Grace (36–39)
16:1–40 Supernatural Guidance
I. Timothy Accompanies Paul (1–5)
II. Paul’s Vision to Go to Macedonia (6–10)
III. First Converts in Europe (11–18)
IV. Paul and Silas in Prison (19–24)
V. Conversion of the Philippian Jailer (25–34)
VI. Magistrates Release Paul and Silas (35–40)
17:1–34 The Macedonian Tour
I. Paul Reasons with the Thessalonians (1–4)
II. Uprising and Attack on Jason’s House (5–9)
III. Paul and Silas Sent to Berea (10–15)
IV. Paul Encounters Greek Philosophers (16–21)
V. Paul Reasons with Greek Philosophers (22–34)
18:1–28 Paul’s Third Missionary Journey
I. Paul Ministers in Corinth (1–17)
II. Paul’s Return to Antioch (18–23)
III. Ministry of Apollos (24–28)
19:1–41 Paul at Ephesus
I. The Infilling of the Holy Spirit in Ephesus (1–7)
II. The Revival in Ephesus (8–22)
III. A Riot in Ephesus (23–41)
20:1–38 Greece, Troas, Miletus
I. Journeys in Greece (1–6)
II. Paul in Troas (7–12)
III. Paul in Miletus (13–16)
IV. Paul’s Pastors Conference (17–31)
V. Paul Commends the Pastors to God (32–38)
21:1–40 Paul Is Warned
I. Several Warnings About Jerusalem (1–14)
II. Paul and His Team Gladly Received (15–30)
III. A Riot in Jerusalem (31–40)
22:1–30 Paul’s Defense Before the Sanhedrin
I. Beginning of Paul’s Defense (1–3)
II. Paul’s Testimony of the Road to Damascus (4–11)
III. Ananias (12–16)
IV. God Prepares Paul for Ministry in Arabia (17–18)
V. Paul’s Defense to the People (19–21)
VI. Mob Calls for Paul’s Life (22–23)
VII. Paul Is Scourged (24–25)
VIII. Paul’s Roman Citizenship Realized (26–30)
23:1–35 The Conspiracy Against Paul
I. Dissension Between the Pharisees and Sadducees (1–10)
II. The Lord Jesus Encourages Paul (11–16)
III. Paul’s Nephew Is Taken to the Chief Captain (17–22)
IV. The Captain’s Plan (23–24)
V. A Letter to Felix (25–35)
24:1–27 Paul Before Felix
I. Persecution and the Players
II. Paul Brought Before Tertullus (1)
III. Tertullus Accuses Paul (2–9)
IV. Paul’s Defense to Felix (10–21)
V. Paul’s Trial Comes to an End (22–23)
VII. Felix Calls for Paul (24–27)
25:1–27 Paul Before Festus
I. Jewish Leaders Appeal to Festus (1–9)
II. Paul Requests an Audience with Caesar (10–12)
III. King Agrippa and Bernice in Caesarea (13–21)
IV. Agrippa Requests Paul To Be Brought Before Him (22–27)
26:1–32 Paul Before Agrippa
I. Agrippa Permits Paul to Speak (1–11)
II. Paul’s Conversion Recounted (12–18)
III. Paul Recounts His Life After Conversion (19–23)
IV. Paul Continues His Defense Under Pressure (24–32)
27:1–44 Paul Travels to Rome
I. Introduction
II. The First Storm (1–13)
III. The Worst Storm (14–32)
IV. The Shipwreck at Miletas (33–44)
28:1–32 Paul Arrives in Rome
I. Paul’s Ministry on the Island of Miletas (1–11)
II. Heading Toward Rome (12–16)
III. Paul’s First Meeting with the Roman Jews (17–32)