The Synoptic Gospels & Acts

 


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Outline of the Acts of the Apostles
New Jerome Biblical Commentary

  1. Outline
  1. Introduction to the Era of the Church (1:1-26)
    1. Witness’ Commission and Jesus’ Ascension (1:1-14)
      1. Proemium (1:1-8)
      2. The Ascension (1:9-14)
    2. The Restoration of the Twelve (1:15-26)

 

  1. The Mission in Jerusalem (2:1-5:42)
    1. The Appeal to Israel (2:1-3:26)
      1. The Pentecost Event (2:1-13)
      2. The Pentecost Sermon (2:14-41)
      3. First Major Summary (2:42-47)
      4. The Healing in the Temple (3:1-11)
      5. Peter’s Temple Sermon (3:12-26)
    2. The Life and Trials of the Apostolic Church (4:1-5:42)
      1. Peter and John before the Sanhedrin (4:1-22)
      2. The Apostle’s Prayer (4:23-31)
      3. Second Major Summary (4:32-35)
      4. Singular Cases (4:36-5:11)
      5. Third Major Summary (5:12-16)
      6. The Second Persecution (5:17-42)
  2. The Mission’s Outward Path from Jerusalem (6:1-15:35)
    1. The Hellenists and Their Message (6:1-8:40)
      1. The Commission of the Seven (6:1-7)
      2. The Testimony of Stephen (6:8-8:3)
        1. Mission and trial (6:8-7:1)
        2. The speech of Stephen (7:2-53)
        3. The martyrdom of Stephen (7:54-8:3)
      3. Philip and the Advance of the Word (8:4-40)
        1. The gospel’s triumph in Samaria (8:4-25)
        2. Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch (8:26-40)
    2. The Persecutor Becomes the Persecuted (9:1-31)
      1. The conversion of Saul (9:1-19a)
      2. Saul’s Preaching and Peril in Damascus (9:19b-25)
      3. Saul’s Confrontations in Jerusalem (9:26-31)
    3. Peter as Missionary (9:32-11:18)
      1. Miracles in Lydda and Joppa (9:32-43)
      2. The Conversion of Cornelius and His Household (10:1-11:18)
        1. The vision of Cornelius (10:1-8)
        2. The vision of Peter (10:9-16)
        3. Reception of the messengers (10:17-23a)
        4. Proceedings in Cornelius’s house (10:23b-48)
        5. Peter’s accounting at Jerusalem (11:1-18)
    1. Between Jerusalem and Antioch (11:19-12:25)
      1. The First Church of the Gentile Mission (11:19-30)
      2. Herod’s Persecution and Peter’s Escape (12:1-25)
    2. The First Missionary Journey of Paul (13:1-14:28)
      1. Prelude to the Journey (13:1-3)
      2. A Contest Won by Paul in Cyprus (13:4-12)
      3. Mission and Rejection at Pisidian Antioch (13:13-52)
        1. Mise-en-scene and sermon (13:13-43)
        2. Beleaguered missionaries turn to the Gentiles (13:44-52)
      4. Mixed Receptions in Central Asia Minor (14:1-20)
        1. Iconium (14:1-7)
        2. Lystra and Derbe (14:8-20)
      5. Return to Antioch (14:21-28)
    3. The Jerusalem Conference and Resolution (15:1-35)
      1. Prehistory (15:1-5)
      2. Peter’s Appeal to Precedent (15:6-12)
      3. James’ Confirmation and Amendments (15:13-21)
      4. Resolution (15:22-29)
      5. Aftermath (15:30-35)

 

 

    • Paul’s Path to Rome (15:36-28:31)
      • The Major Missions of Paul (15:36-20:38)
      1. Missions Journeys Resumed (15:36-41)
      2. The Road to Europe (16:1-10)
        1. Timothy’s circumcision (16:1-5)
        2. Paul’s vision (16:6-10)
      3. The Mission in Greece (16:11-18:17)
        1. The evangelization of Philippi (16:11-40)
        2. Paul in Thessalonica and Beroea (17:1-15)
        3. Paul in Athens (17:16-34)
        4. Paul in Corinth (18:1-17)
      4. Return to Antioch and Journeys Resumed (18:18-23)
      5. The Mission in Ephesus (18:24-19:40)
        1. The ministry of Apollos (18:24-28)
        2. Paul and the Baptist’s disciples (19:1-7)
        3. Paul’s mighty word and wonders in Ephesus (19:8-20)
        4. The silversmiths’ riot and Paul’s departure (19:21-40)
      6. Final Travels between Asia and Greece (20:1-16)
        1. To Greece and back to Troas (20:1-6)
        2. Eutychus resurrected (20:7-12)           
        3. Troas to Miletus (20:13-16)
      7. Paul’s Farewell to His Missions (20:17-38)
      • Paul as Prisoner and Defendant in Palestine (21:1-26:32)
      1. The return to Caesarea (21:1-14)
      2. Paul’s Imprisonment and Testimony in Jerusalem (21:15-23:11)
        1. Paul’s reception by the church (21:15-26)
        2. Riot and imprisonment (21:27-36)
        3. Paul’s defense and appeal to Roman law (21:37-22:29)
        4. Paul before the Sanhedrin (22:30-23:11)
      3. Paul before the Governor and King at Caesarea (23:12-26:32)
        1. Transfer to Caesarea (23:12-35)
        2. The governor’s hearing (24:1-23)
        3. Paul’s confinement at Caesarea (24:24-27)
        4. Appeal to Caesar (25:1-12)
        5. Festus informs King Agrippa II (25:13-22)
        6. Paul before King Agrippa (25:23-26:32)
      • Paul’s Last Journey and Ministry in Rome (27:1-28:31)
        • The Journey to Rome (27:1-28:16)
        1. Sea voyage, shipwreck, and deliverance (27:1-44)
        2. Paul on Malta (28:1-10)
        3. Paul’s arrival in Rome (28:11-16)
        • Paul in Rome (28:17-31)

 




 

 

 

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