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Acts: Outline of Contents

I. Prologue (1:1–3)

II. Christianity in Jerusalem (1:4–8:3)

A. Promise of the Spirit (Acts 1:4–5)

B. The ascension (1:6–11)

C. Reconstitution of the twelve (1:12–26)

D. Day of Pentecost (2:1–47)

E. Healing of a lame man (3:1–26)

F. Arrest of Peter and John (4:1–31)

G. Communal life (4:32–5:11)

H. Apostles arrested again (5:12–42)

I. Selection of the seven (6:1–7)

J. Martyrdom of Stephen (6:8–8:3)

III. Christianity in Judea and Samaria (8:4–12:25)

A. Mission in Samaria (8:4–40)

B. Paul joins the Movement (9:1–31)

C. Missions in Lydda and Joppa (9:32–43)

D. Cornelius is baptized (10:1–11:18)

E. Mission in Antioch (11:19–30)

F. Persecution under Herod Agrippa (12:1–25)

IV. Paul’s activity in gentile lands (13:1–21:14)

A. First missionary journey (13:1–14:28)

1. Cyprus (13:1–12)

2. Antioch of Psidia and Iconium (13:13–14:7)

3. Lystra and Derbe (14:8–28)

B. Jerusalem Council (15:1–35)

C. Second missionary journey (15:36–18:22)

1. Departure and recruitment of Timothy (15:36–16:5)

2. Through Asia Minor to Troas (16:6–10)

3. Philippi (16:11–40)

4. Thessalonica to Athens (17:1–34)

5. Corinth (18:1–17)

6. Return to Antioch (18:18–22)

D. Third missionary journey (18:23–21:14)

1. Galatia and Phrygia (18:23)

2. Apollos in Ephesus (18:24–28)

3. Paul in Ephesus (19:1–41)

4. Philippi, Thessalonica, and Beroea (20:1–6)

5. Troas (20:7–12)

6. Return (20:13–21:14)

V. Paul’s activity in Jerusalem (21:15–22:30)

VI. Paul’s trials (23:1–26:32)

VII. Paul’s trip to Rome (27:1–28:15)

VIII. Paul in Rome (28:16–31)

HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, ed. Mark Allan Powell (New York: HarperCollins, 2011), 11.