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ISBN-13:	9780892254378
Publisher:	Gospel Advocate Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/1989
Series:	New Testament Commentaries (Gospel Advocate)
Pages:	460
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	11
Part 1	History of the Church: Peter as the Chief Actor
Section 1	Instruction to the Apstles; Ascension of Christ Descent of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1: 1 to 2: 13)
1.	The forty days (1: 1-5)	17
2.	Commission to the apostles (1: 6-8)	20
3.	Ascension of Jesus (1: 9-11)	22
4.	Waiting for the promise (1: 12-14)	24
5.	Selection of Matthias (1: 15-26)	26
6.	Descent of the Holy Spirit (2: 1-13)	31
Section 2	The Church at Jerusalem (2: 14 to 6: 7)
1.	Peter's address (2: 14-36)	38
2.	The first converts (2: 37-41)	45
3.	The unity of the church (2: 42-47)	50
4.	The lame man healed (3: 1-10)	52
5.	Peter's address to the multitude (3: 11-26)	56
6.	First persecution--Peter and John imprisoned (4: 1-22)	63
7.	Peter and John set free; report to the disciples; their prayer (4: 23-31)	72
8.	Unity of the church; possessions for common good (4: 32-37)	75
9.	Ananias and Sapphira (5: 1-11)	77
10.	Signs and wonders (5: 12-16)	81
11.	Peter and John imprisoned again (5: 17-25)	84
12.	Peter's address to the Sanhedrin (5: 26-32)	87
13.	Speech of Gamaliel (5: 33-42)	90
14.	The seven chosen (6: 1-7)	94
Section 3	Gospel Preached in Judea and Samaria (6: 8 to 8: 25)
1.	Stephen arrested and tried (6: 8-15)	99
2.	Stephen's defense (7: 1-53)	102
3.	Stephen's death (7: 54 to 8: 2)	118
4.	Disciples scattered (8: 3, 4)	122
5.	Philip in Samaria (8: 5-8)	124
6.	Simon the sorcerer (8: 9-13)	125
7.	Peter and John in Samaria (8: 14-25)	128
Section 4	Conversion of the Eunuch, Saul, and Cornelius (8: 26 to 12: 25)
1.	Conversion of the eunuch (8: 26-40)	133
2.	Conversion of Saul (9: 1-19)	140
3.	Paul's preaching at Damascus (9: 20-22)	148
4.	Paul persecuted; escaped in a basket (9: 23-25)	149
5.	Paul at Jerusalem (9: 26-29)	151
6.	Paul in Tarsus; church edified (9: 30, 31)	153
7.	Peter cures Aeneas (9: 32-35)	154
8.	Peter raises Dorcas (9: 36-43)	156
9.	Peter's vision (10: 1-16)	159
10.	Cornelius converted (10: 17-48)	165
11.	Peter justifies his preaching to Gentiles (11: 1-18)	176
12.	Church in Antioch founded (11: 19-21)	180
13.	Barnabas comes to Antioch (11: 22-24)	182
14.	Paul brought to Antioch (11: 25, 26)	184
15.	The famine and relief (11: 27-30)	185
16.	Martyrdom of James (12: 1, 2)	187
17.	Imprisonment and deliverance of Peter (12: 3-19)	188
18.	Death of Herod Agrippa I (12: 20-23)	196
19.	Return of Saul and Barnabas (12: 24, 25)	197
Part 2	History of the Church: Paul as the Chief Actor
Section 1	Paul's First Missionary Journey (13: 1 to 14: 28)
1.	Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus (13: 1-12)	199
2.	Paul and Barnabas in Perga and Antioch in Pisidia (13: 13, 14)	204
3.	Paul's first recorded sermon (13: 15-43)	205
4.	The second speech at Antioch (13: 44-52)	215
5.	Paul and Barnabas at Iconium (14: 1-7)	220
6.	Paul and Barnabas at Lystra and Derbe (14: 8-20)	222
7.	Their return to Antioch in Syria (14: 21-28)	227
Section 2	Dispute About Circumcision Settled (15: 1-35.)
1.	Question raised at Antioch in Syria (15: 1)	232
2.	Paul and Barnabas sent to Jerusalem (15: 2-5)	233
3.	Apostles and elders in council (15: 6-29)	235
4.	Decision received at Antioch (15: 30-35)	245
Section 3	Paul's Second Missionary Journey (15: 36 to 18: 22)
1.	Paul selects Silas (15: 36-41)	248
2.	Paul revisits the churches: Timothy (16: 1-5)	250
3.	Paul enters Europe (16: 6-12)	253
4.	Lydia converted (16: 13-15)	256
5.	Paul and Silas in prison (16: 16-24)	258
6.	The jailer converted (16: 25-34)	262
7.	Paul and Silas released from prison (16: 35-40)	267
8.	Paul and Silas at Thessalonica (17: 1-9)	270
9.	At Berea (17: 10-14)	273
10.	Paul's address at Athens (17: 15-34)	275
11.	Paul at Corinth (18: 1-18)	285
12.	Paul returns to Antioch in Syria (18: 19-22)	293
Section 4	Paul's Third Missionary Journey (18: 23 to 21: 16)
1.	Priscilla, Aquila, and Apollos at Ephesus (18: 23-28)	295
2.	Paul at Ephesus (19: 1-12)	297
3.	The seven sons of Sceva (19: 13-20)	302
4.	The mob; silver shrines of Diana (19: 21-41)	305
5.	Paul revisits Macedonia (20: 1-6)	315
6.	Paul at Troas (20: 7-12)	318
7.	At Miletus with the elders of the church at Ephesus (20: 13-38)	320
8.	Paul returns to Jerusalem (21: 1-16)	330
Section 5	Paul at Jerusalem (21: 17 to 23: 35)
1.	Paul mobbed in the temple (21: 17-26)	338
2.	The riot and Paul's apprehension (21: 27-40)	344
3.	Paul's discourse on the temple stairs (22: 1-30)	350
4.	Paul before the Sanhedrin (23: 1-10)	361
5.	Plot to kill Paul (23: 11-25)	366
6.	Paul sent to Caesarea (23: 26-35)	372
Section 6	Paul at Caesarea (24: 1 to 26: 32)
1.	Paul's accusers before Felix (24: 1-9)	377
2.	Paul's defense before Felix (24: 10-27)	380
3.	Paul before Festus (25: 1-12)	388
4.	Festus and Agrippa (25: 13-27)	392
5.	Paul before Agrippa (26: 1-32)	399
Section 7	Paul's Voyage to Rome (27: 1 to 28: 10)
1.	From Caesarea to Crete (27: 1-12)	412
2.	The storm and shipwreck (27: 13-44)	417
3.	Three months in Melita (28: 1-10)	429
Section 8	Paul at Rome (28: 11-31)
1.	Arrival at Rome (28: 11-16)	434
2.	Interview with the Jews (28: 17-29)	437
3.	Paul a prisoner at Rome two years (28: 30, 31)	444
	Paul's Release, Second Imprisonment, and Death	447
	Index	449

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