The Acts of the Holy Spirit

The Early Church

The Earliest Days of the Church Acts 1-7

• Pentecost

The Earliest Days of the Church Acts 3:1 to Acts 4:31

• Peter Heals The Crippled Beggar

• First persecution

• Peter addresses the

The Earliest Days of the Church Acts 4:32 to Acts 5:11

• Ananias and Sapphira, two hypocrites in the Early Church

The Earliest Days of the Church Acts 5:12-42

• Second persecution, Peter and the Apostles before the high priest and the Sadducees

The Earliest Days of the Church Acts 5:12-42

• Second persecution, Peter and the Apostles are imprisoned, but released by an angel

The Earliest Days of the Church Acts 6-7

• The Preaching of Stephen

• The Stoning of Stephen under Saul’s supervision

Salvation for Both Jew and GentileActs 8:1-12

• Philip, Peter, and John go to Samaria

• Simon tries to buy the Holy Spirit

Salvation for Both Jew and GentileActs 8:26-40

• Philip preaches to the Ethiopian Eunuch in Gaza

Salvation for Both Jew and GentileActs 9:1-20

• Saul persecutes Christians, and his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus

Salvation for Both Jew and Gentile Acts 9:21-32; Acts 22:17-21; Galatians 1:17-24

• Paul in Damascus - let down in a basket and rescued

Salvation for Both Jew and GentileActs 9:32-43

• Peter heals Aeneas healed, and raises Dorcas from the dead.

Salvation for Both Jew and GentileActs 10:1—11:18

• Cornelius sends for Peter

• Peter’s vision of a great sheet let down from Heaven

• Peter goes to Caesarea

Salvation for Both Jew and GentileActs 10:1—11:18

• Peter’s sermon to Gentiles in the house of Cornelius

• Theme: Salvation through faith

• Holy Spirit is given to gentile believers

Salvation for Both Jew and GentileActs 11:19-30

• The Church at Antioch where believers were first called Christians

• Church at Antioch sends gift to Jerusalem believers

Salvation for Both Jew and GentileActs 12:1-25

• Peter is arrested.

• Peter released from prison by an angel

• Herod Agrippa I blasphemes and dies

To the Ends of the EarthActs 13:1-43

• The First Missionary Journey

• Barnabas and Sal set apart by the Holy Spirit

• Justification by faith preached at Antioch in Pisidia

To the Ends of the EarthActs 13:44—14:5

• Jews oppose Paul, who turns to the Gentiles

• Many believe in Iconium

To the Ends of the EarthActs 14:6-28

• Impotent man healed in Lystra

• Paul and Barnabas mistaken for Mercrius and Jupiter

• Paul stoned at Lystra

To the Ends of the EarthActs 15:1-34

• Council at Jerusalem with Peter, Paul, and Barnabas

• Circumcision question settled

To the Ends of the EarthActs 15:36—16:15

• The Second Missionary Journey

• First convert in Europe: Lydia by the riverside in Philippi.

To the Ends of the EarthActs 16:16-40

• Paul and Silas are arrested and beaten

• The earthquake and the Philippian Jailor

• What must I do to be saved?

To the Ends of the EarthActs 17:1-15

• The Gospel first preached in synagogues in the cities of Macedonia: Thessalonica and Berea.

To the Ends of the EarthActs 17:16—18:23

• In Athens Paul tells the philosophers of Greece about the Unknown God

• Some mocked and some believed

To the Ends of the EarthActs 18:24—19:20

• Paul teaches in Ephesus for nearly three years.

• Believers burn their magical books

To the Ends of the EarthActs 19:21—20:4

• Demetrius, the silversmith, causes an uproar in Ephesus over the worship of Diana

To the Ends of the EarthActs 20:5—21:17

• At Troas, Eutychus falls asleep and falls from a third story window and dies while Paul is preaching at midnight, Paul raises him back to life.

To the Ends of the EarthActs 21:18—23:10

• In Jerusalem Paul is Seized by a mob in the Temple, then arrested by the chief captain

To the Ends of the EarthActs 23:11—14:27

• In Caesarea Paul in chains, is brought before Felix, and left in jail, until Festus becomes the new governor.

To the Ends of the EarthActs 25-26

• In Caesarea, Paul appeals to Caesar Nero.

• Governor Festus and King Agrippa II listen to Paul's story.

To the Ends of the EarthActs 27

• On the island of Melita (Malta) Paul is shipwrecked.

• All 276 on board escape safely to land.

To the Ends of the EarthActs 28:1-10

• On the Island of Melita Paul is bitten by a viper.

• Father of Publius is healed.

To the Ends of the EarthActs 28:11-31

• Paul arrives at Rome and is placed under house arrest chained to a Roman soldier.

• Paul writes Ephesians; Philippians; Colossians; and Philemon.

To the Ends of the EarthAfter Acts 28

• According to tradition Paul stands before Nero and is released around A.D. 60.

• Paul goes to Spain and preaches the gospel. Paul writes 1 Timothy and Titus.

• Nero burns Rome in A.D. 64 and when Paul returns to Rome he is arrested and placed in the Mamertine Prison by order of Nero.

To the Ends of the EarthAfter Acts 28

• Paul writes 2 Timothy.

• Nero has Paul beheaded as a Roman citizen, and Peter crucified upside down as a non-citizen around A.D. 66.

Mamertine Prison

To the Ends of the EarthActs 13-28

• For more information on the 12 Apostles:

• http://www.biblestudents.ca/pages/12apostles/12_toc.html

• http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN500APOSTLES%20FATE.htm