SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS OF APOSTLES
| BIBLICAL PERIOD |
#12: THE CHURCH |
| FOCUS |
Witness in Jerusalem |
Witness in Judea and Samaria |
Witness to the ends of the earth |
| COVENANT |
THE NEW COVENANT IN CHRIST |
| SCRIPTURE |
1:1———-3:1————-8:5——————–13:1———–21:17—28:31 |
| DIVISION |
Birth
of the Church |
Progress
of the
Church |
Expansion
of the
Church |
Paul’s 3
missionary journeys |
Paul’s
trials |
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TOPIC
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The faithful remnant of the Old Covenant becomes the New Covenant Church |
Samaria [Israel] comes into the New Covenant |
The Gentiles are reunited with the Family of God |
| Simon-Peter’s apostolic mission
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Philip the deacon’s mission |
Paul’s conversion and apostolic mission |
| LOCATION |
Jerusalem |
Judea and Samaria |
The world |
| TIME |
30 years [from 30 AD – c. 60 AD]
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Time Line Of The Church
Jesus Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost
Peter travels to Caesarea shares the Good News with Cornelius’s Gentile family and friends The Holy Spirit falls on all present and the six Jewish believers from Joppa (see Acts…
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Philip shares the good news with an Ethiopian eunich nad shares the gospel in Samaria. During the persecution in 35AD, Philip (one of the seven Greek-speaking ‘deacons’ chosen by the…
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Paul converted. Acts 7:58 Saul looks after the coats of the men who stone Stephen to death in Jerusalem in 35AD. Acts 8:1-3 Saul leads a violent persecution of the…
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Christian deacon in Jerusalem and the first Christian martyr When: AD 36 Where: Jerusalem Why: Stephen was bought before the Sanhedrin (*Jewish religious court) and accused of heresy / blasphemy…
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James, son of Zebedee, also known as James the Greater martyred When : 44AD Where: Jerusalem; Feast day July 25 Why: James was beheaded by order of King Herod Agrippa…
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