📖 The Book of Acts
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The risen Christ builds his church through the Spirit to the ends of the earth.
Who wrote Acts?
Author
Luke
Written
c. AD 63
Genre
History
Volume 2 of Luke's work. Narrative ends abruptly in AD 62 with Paul under house arrest.
Why Acts was written
Luke's sequel shows how the gospel spread from Jerusalem through Judea and Samaria to Rome, through the power of the Holy Spirit working in and through ordinary disciples.
Outline of Acts
- 11–2: Pentecost and the birth of the church in Jerusalem
- 23–7: Growth and persecution in Jerusalem; Stephen's martyrdom
- 38–12: The gospel spreads to Samaria, Ethiopia, Syria, and the Gentiles
- 413–21: Paul's three missionary journeys
- 521–28: Paul's arrest, trials, and journey to Rome
Key verses
Acts 1:8Acts 2:38Acts 4:12Acts 17:30-31
How Acts points to Christ
Acts is the story of the risen and ascended Christ continuing his work through his Spirit and his people. Every sermon in Acts centres on the resurrection of Jesus as the vindication of his identity and the basis for the call to repentance and faith.
How Acts begins
1The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
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