Table of Contents

Introduction     1
Acts of the Apostles     15
Acts 1:1-3: Introduction to Acts for Luke's Patron     15
Acts 1:4-12:24: Jesus' First Command: To the Eleven (Twelve)-Their Activities among Israelite Majority Populations     20
Acts 1:4-26: The First Command of the Resurrected Lord and Its Setting     20
Acts 2:1-47: The Promise of the Resurrected Lord Is Realized, Witnessing in Jerusalem Begins     27
Acts 3:1-5:12: Witnessing in Jerusalem and First Elite Reactions: Two Days in the Jerusalem Temple     37
Acts 5:13-42: Witnessing in Jerusalem and Subsequent Elite Reactions: A Dispute in the Temple     49
Acts 6:1-8:4: Witnessing in Jerusalem: The Story of the Greek Deacon Stephen     54
Acts 8:5-40: Witnessing in Samaria: The Story of the Greek Deacon Philip     62
Acts 9:1-30: The Story of Why/How Paul Was Baptized: From Damascus to Jerusalem     66
Acts 9:31-11:18: Witnessing at Land's End: Peter's Travels     74
Acts 11:19-30: Events among Judeans in Antioch     82
Acts 11:30-12:24: Events among Judeans in Jerusalem     83
Acts 12:25-28:31: Jesus' Second Command: To Saul/Paul-His Activities among Israelite Minority Populations     87
Acts 12:25-15:35: Proclaiming the Resurrected Lord in the Mediterranean World     87
Acts 15:36-21:26: Witnessing inthe Aegean Region     112
Acts 21:27-28:31: Paul Witnesses from Jerusalem to Rome     152
Recurring Scenes in Luke and Acts     181
Reading Scenarios for the Acts of the Apostles     185
Bibliography     239
List of Scenarios     245