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  1. The Acts of the Apostles (Koinē Greek: Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, Práxeis Apostólōn; Latin: Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire.

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  2. Mar 14, 2024 · The book of Acts shows how God essentially took a group of fisherman and commoners and used them to turn the world upside down (Acts 17:6). God took a Christian-hating murderer and transformed him into history’s greatest Christian evangelist, the author of almost half the books of the New Testament.

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  4. The Book of Acts Summary by Chapter. Chapter 1 – The Ascension of Jesus. Chapter 1 witnesses the ascension of our Lord Jesus into heaven after He instructs the apostles to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit. The apostles return to Jerusalem and choose Matthias to replace Judas Iscariot among the Twelve.

  5. The book of Acts is about Jesus leading his people through the Spirit to go out into the world and invite all nations to live under his reign. The story will begin with that message spreading in Jerusalem (chs. 2-7), into the neighboring regions of Judea and Samaria full of non-Jewish people (chs. 8-12), and from there out to the nations and ...

  6. Acts is the only biblical book that chronicles the history of the church immediately after Jesus’s ascension. As such, it provides us with a valuable account of how the church was able to grow and spread out from Jerusalem into the rest of the Roman Empire.

  7. At the end of each section is a summary statement (6:7, 9:31, 12:24, 16:5, 19:20, 28:30-31). The progression begins in Jerusalem ( 1:1-6:7 ), extends to Judea, Galilee, and Samaria ( 6:8-9:31 ), Syria and Cyprus ( 9:32-12:24 ), Pisidia, Pamphylia, Lycaonia, and Cilicia ( 12:25-16:5 ), Asia and Greece ( 16:6-19:20 ), and finally Rome ( 19:21-28: ...

  8. Acts Summary. by Jay Smith. The genre of the book of Acts is Narrative History with several Sermons. Luke, the author of the Gospel of Luke, was a doctor and Gentile. He wrote this book circa 60-62 A.D. It is Luke’s sequel to the Gospel of Luke. It is titled "Acts" to emphasize that this book records the "Acts of the Apostles through the work ...

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