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 Gentile
Acts 8:1-12
• Philip, Peter, and
John go to Samaria

• Simon tries to buy

the Holy Spirit
Salvation for Both Jew and Gentile
Acts 8:26-40
• Philip preaches to
the Ethiopian
Eunuch in Gaza
Salvation for Both Jew and Gentile
Acts 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 Gentile
Acts 9:32-43
• Peter heals Aeneas
healed, and raises
Dorcas from the
dead.
Salvation for Both Jew and Gentile
Acts 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 Gentile
Acts 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 Gentile
Acts 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 Gentile
Acts 12:1-25
• Peter is arrested.

• Peter released from

prison by an angel

• Herod Agrippa I
blasphemes and
dies
 To the Ends of the Earth
Acts 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 Earth
Acts 13:44—14:5
• Jews oppose Paul,
who turns to the
Gentiles

• Many believe in
Iconium
 To the Ends of the Earth
Acts 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 Earth
Acts 15:1-34
• Council at
Jerusalem with
Peter, Paul, and
Barnabas

• Circumcision
question settled
 To the Ends of the Earth
Acts 15:36—16:15
• The Second
Missionary Journey

• First convert in
Europe: Lydia by the
riverside in Philippi.
 To the Ends of the Earth
Acts 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 Earth
Acts 17:1-15
• The Gospel first
preached in
synagogues in the
cities of Macedonia:
Thessalonica and
Berea.
 To the Ends of the Earth
Acts 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 Earth
Acts 18:24—19:20
• Paul teaches in
Ephesus for nearly
three years.

• Believers burn their

magical books
 To the Ends of the Earth
Acts 19:21—20:4
• Demetrius, the
silversmith, causes
an uproar in
Ephesus over the
worship of Diana
 To the Ends of the Earth
Acts 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 Earth
Acts 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 Earth
Acts 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 Earth
Acts 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 Earth
Acts 27
• On the island of
Melita (Malta) Paul is
shipwrecked.

• All 276 on board

escape safely to
land.
 To the Ends of the Earth
Acts 28:1-10
• On the Island of
Melita Paul is bitten
by a viper.

• Father of Publius is
healed.
 To the Ends of the Earth
Acts 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 Earth
After 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 Earth
After 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 Earth
Acts 13-28
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