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- ACT.S1 Acts 1:1-3Luke referred to the Gospel he had written to Theophilus.
- ACT.S2 Jesus commanded his apostles to wait for the Holy Spirit.
- ACT.S3 Jesus said that they would tell about him everywhere, and then he ascended to heaven.
- ACT.S4 Angels told the apostles that Jesus would return later.
- ACT.S5 The apostles and other believers often prayed together.
- ACT.S6 Peter told them why someone must replace Judas.
- ACT.S7 How Judas died.
- ACT.S8 Peter quoted from the Psalms about Judas.
- ACT.S9 Peter concluded that they needed to choose a man to replace Judas.
- ACT.S10 Jesus’ followers prayed and then chose Matthias to replace Judas.
- ACT.S11 The Holy Spirit came and enabled the disciples to speak other languages.
- ACT.S12 Jews from many places were amazed to hear their native languages spoken by the believers.
- ACT.S13 Peter said that the prophet Joel foretold what the Holy Spirit would do.
- ACT.S14 Peter said, “You killed Jesus but God caused him to live again.”
- ACT.S15 David foretold that the Messiah would rejoice about becoming alive again.
- ACT.S16 Peter explained that David wrote that the Messiah would become alive again.
- ACT.S17 Peter said, “Jesus has abundantly given us the Holy Spirit, shown by what you see and hear.”
- ACT.S18 Peter said, “Know surely that God has made this Jesus both Lord and Messiah.”
- ACT.S19 Peter told them to repent, and said that believers would baptize them.
- ACT.S20 Many people became believers and joined the other believers.
- ACT.S21 The apostles performed miracles, all the believers shared everything, and the Lord helped them.
- ACT.S22 Peter healed a lame man, so the people were amazed.
- ACT.S23 The people were amazed.
- ACT.S24 Peter explained that Jesus healed the man, and they should repent.
- ACT.S25 Peter told the people to repent.
- ACT.S26 Jewish leaders arrested Peter and John, but many people became believers.
- ACT.S27 Jewish leaders questioned Peter and John about healing the lame man.
- ACT.S28 Peter told them that Jesus healed the man and only Jesus could save people.
- ACT.S29 The Jewish leaders realized that Peter and John had been associating with Jesus.
- ACT.S30 The Jewish leaders commanded the two apostles to stop teaching people about Jesus.
- ACT.S31 Peter and John said that they needed to continue speaking about Jesus.
- ACT.S32 The Jewish leaders threatened to punish Peter and John and then released them.
- ACT.S33 The believers talked to God about those who opposed him and them.
- ACT.S34 The believers asked God to help them speak boldly to people about Jesus.
- ACT.S35 God shook the place where they were, and his Spirit enabled them to speak his words boldly.
- ACT.S36 The believers shared everything, and the apostles told others about Jesus.
- ACT.S37 Joseph Barnabas sold a field and brought the money to the apostles.
- ACT.S38 Ananias pretended to give the apostles all the money from selling a field.
- ACT.S39 People were terrified when they saw or heard that Ananias had died.
- ACT.S40 Sapphira also died because she lied, and some men buried her beside her husband.
- ACT.S41 The apostles healed many people, and many people believed in Jesus.
- ACT.S42 Jewish leaders jailed the apostles, but an angel freed them to teach people.
- ACT.S43 The Jewish leaders were perplexed because the apostles were not in jail.
- ACT.S44 After finding them, the leaders brought the apostles back to question them.
- ACT.S45 Peter and the other apostles said that they must obey God.
- ACT.S46 After beating the apostles, they followed Gamaliel’s advice and released them.
- ACT.S47 The apostles rejoiced and continued to tell others about Jesus.
- ACT.S48 The believers neglected the Greek-speaking widows.
- ACT.S49 The apostles told the other believers to choose men to care for those widows.
- ACT.S50 The apostles appointed seven men to care for the widows’ needs.
- ACT.S51 The number of people who were becoming believers increased greatly.
- ACT.S52 People opposed Stephen, but could not refute his arguments.
- ACT.S53 People persuaded some men to falsely accuse Stephen.
- ACT.S54 The people saw Stephen’s face shining like the face of an angel.
- ACT.S55 Stephen started to answer the high priest’s accusations by talking about Abraham.
- ACT.S56 God promised to give the land to Abraham and his descendants.
- ACT.S57 God told Abraham that later on he would deliver his descendants from Egypt.
- ACT.S58 God commanded the ceremony of circumcision for Abraham and his descendants.
- ACT.S59 God helped Joseph, so Pharaoh appointed him to govern Egypt.
- ACT.S60 There was a famine in Canaan, so Jacob’s family moved to Egypt.
- ACT.S61 When Jacob and his sons died, people buried them in Canaan.
- ACT.S62 An Egyptian king who did not know about Joseph began to oppress the Israelites.
- ACT.S63 Moses, who grew up as an Egyptian, spoke and acted powerfully.
- ACT.S64 Moses killed an Egyptian, so he had to flee to Midian.
- ACT.S65 God commanded Moses to rescue the Jewish people from Egypt.
- ACT.S66 God sent Moses to lead Israel and tell them of the Prophet who would come.
- ACT.S67 Israel rejected Moses, so God rejected them and said that he would punish them.
- ACT.S68 The Israelite people worshipped God at the tent Moses built and later in the temple that Solomon built.
- ACT.S69 People can worship God anywhere, not only at certain places.
- ACT.S70 Stephen said that those who were listening to him were opposing God.
- ACT.S71 All the people there became very angry with Stephen.
- ACT.S72 After Stephen said that he could see Jesus standing beside God in heaven, they stoned him.
- ACT.S73 He asked the Lord to forgive them, and he died. The disciples fled, some men buried Stephen, and Saul harassed believers. But the believers preached about Jesus wherever they were scattered.
- ACT.S74 Many Samaritans heeded Philip’s words and rejoiced.
- ACT.S75 Philip baptized many Samaritans, including a sorcerer.
- ACT.S76 Samaritan believers received the power of the Holy Spirit.
- ACT.S77 Peter denounced Simon the sorcerer.
- ACT.S78 Peter and John preached to many Samaritans.
- ACT.S79 Philip met an Ethiopian official.
- ACT.S80 The official could not understand what he was reading.
- ACT.S81 Philip preached about Jesus to the official.
- ACT.S82 Philip baptized the official. Then the Spirit took Philip away.
- ACT.S83 Philip preached in towns from Azotus to Caesarea.
- ACT.S84 Saul asked the high priest to authorize him to arrest believers.
- ACT.S85 While Saul was traveling to Damascus, Jesus appeared to him and blinded him.
- ACT.S86 Saul could see again after Ananias had put his hands on him.
- ACT.S87 People there were astonished that Saul had believed in Jesus.
- ACT.S88 Saul escaped from those who plotted to kill him.
- ACT.S89 Barnabas introduced Saul to other believers in Jerusalem.
- ACT.S90 The believers sent Saul to Tarsus because some Jews tried to kill him.
- ACT.S91 The church in Israel had peace and many people believed.
- ACT.S92 Because Peter healed Aeneas, many people believed in Jesus.
- ACT.S93 Dorcas died.
- ACT.S94 Peter resurrected Dorcas.
- ACT.S95 Obeying an angel, Cornelius sent men to summon Peter.
- ACT.S96 Peter’s vision.
- ACT.S97 The Holy Spirit commanded Peter to go with the non-Jewish men.
- ACT.S98 Peter went with the men and met Cornelius.
- ACT.S99 Peter asked why they had sent for him.
- ACT.S100 Cornelius told about his vision.
- ACT.S101 Peter reminded them of what they knew about Jesus.
- ACT.S102 Peter said that God would forgive the sins of all who believe in Jesus.
- ACT.S103 The Holy Spirit came down on the non-Jewish believers.
- ACT.S104 Some Jewish believers criticized Peter.
- ACT.S105 Peter told about his vision.
- ACT.S106 Peter said that the Holy Spirit came to be with the non-Jewish believers. Peter accepted those non-Jews as fellow believers.
- ACT.S107 They praised God that he also saves non-Jewish people.
- ACT.S108 Many non-Jews in Antioch believed in the Lord Jesus.
- ACT.S109 Barnabas encouraged the believers at Antioch.
- ACT.S110 Barnabas and Saul taught many believers at Antioch.
- ACT.S111 Believers in Antioch helped needy believers in Judea.
- ACT.S112 Herod had James killed and Peter put in prison.
- ACT.S113 An angel freed Peter from prison.
- ACT.S114 Peter reported to the other believers.
- ACT.S115 Herod commanded soldiers to execute the guards.
- ACT.S116 An angel caused Herod to die.
- ACT.S117 Many people heard God’s message and became believers. Barnabas and Saul returned to Antioch from Jerusalem.
- ACT.S118 The Holy Spirit commanded Barnabas and Saul to go on a mission.
- ACT.S119 Barnabas and Saul preached the gospel in Jewish meetings place on Cyprus.
- ACT.S120 Saul-Paul denounced a sorcerer, and an official believed in Jesus.
- ACT.S121 The leaders of the Jewish meeting place in Antioch asked Paul and Barnabas to speak to them.
- ACT.S122 Paul said that God helped Israel and gave them the land of Canaan.
- ACT.S123 Paul told about God’s removing Saul and appointing David to be Israel’s king.
- ACT.S124 Paul said that God sent David’s descendant, Jesus, to Israel to save them.
- ACT.S125 Paul said that God resurrected Jesus and caused many people to see him.
- ACT.S126 Paul said that God had done what he had promised that he would do by resurrecting Jesus.
- ACT.S127 Paul informed them that God would forgive their sins if they believed in Jesus.
- ACT.S128 People asked Paul and Barnabas to speak to them again the next Jewish day of rest.
- ACT.S129 Many non-Jews believed in Jesus and told others about him.
- ACT.S130 People expelled the apostles, but the believers continued on.
- ACT.S131 Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel and performed miracles in Iconium.
- ACT.S132 Before people could attack the apostles, they escaped to Lystra and Derbe.
- ACT.S133 God enabled Paul to heal a lame man.
- ACT.S134 The apostles stopped the people from worshipping them.
- ACT.S135 Some Jews incited people to stone Paul at Lystra.
- ACT.S136 The apostles revisited believers and appointed leaders.
- ACT.S137 Paul and Barnabas reported to the believers at Syrian Antioch.
- ACT.S138 Some Jewish believers said that God will save only people who are circumcised.
- ACT.S139 Paul and Barnabas reported what God had enabled them to do.
- ACT.S140 Some Jewish believers said that non-Jewish believers must obey Moses’ laws.
- ACT.S141 Peter told about non-Jews becoming believers when he preached to them.
- ACT.S142 Barnabas and Paul reported what God had helped them to do among the non-Jews.
- ACT.S143 James recommended what they should tell the non-Jewish believers.
- ACT.S144 The church leaders sent messengers with a letter to non-Jewish believers.
- ACT.S145 The letter and messengers encouraged the believers at Antioch.
- ACT.S146 Paul and Barnabas continued to teach and preach in Antioch.
- ACT.S147 Paul and Barnabas separated, and Paul chose Silas.
- ACT.S148 Paul chose Timothy to work with him and Silas.
- ACT.S149 Paul, Silas and Timothy told believers in Galatia what the church leaders had decided.
- ACT.S150 Because of a vision in Troas, Paul went to preach in Macedonia.
- ACT.S151 Paul’s company went from Troas to Philippi.
- ACT.S152 Paul preached the gospel and Lydia became a believer.
- ACT.S153 Paul expelled a demon from a slave girl, so officials imprisoned Paul and Silas.
- ACT.S154 Paul and Silas helped the jailer and his household to become believers.
- ACT.S155 Paul and Silas encouraged the believers and then left Philippi.
- ACT.S156 In Thessalonica, Paul convinced many people that Jesus is the Messiah.
- ACT.S157 Some Jews there incited people to oppose Paul and Silas.
- ACT.S158 In Berea, Paul helped many Jews and non-Jews to believe in Jesus.
- ACT.S159 Jews from Thessalonica incited people to oppose Paul.
- ACT.S160 In Athens, idols distressed Paul, so he talked to many people about Jesus.
- ACT.S161 When Paul talked about Jesus, he perplexed some teachers.
- ACT.S162 Athens Council members asked Paul to explain what he had been teaching.
- ACT.S163 Paul told them about the God whom they did not know.
- ACT.S164 Some Council members believed in Jesus.
- ACT.S165 In Corinth, Paul helped many people to become believers.
- ACT.S166 Paul helped many non-Jews become believers.
- ACT.S167 Jesus commanded Paul to continue speaking about him, so Paul did that.
- ACT.S168 Gallio refused to judge Paul.
- ACT.S169 At Ephesus, Paul parted from Priscilla and Aquila.
- ACT.S170 Paul visited Jerusalem, then he went on to Antioch in Syria and then he returned to visit the believers throughout Galatia and Phrygia.
- ACT.S171 Priscilla and Aquila instructed Apollos about the gospel.
- ACT.S172 Apollos helped believers in Achaia.
- ACT.S173 Paul helped some men to become real believers in Jesus.
- ACT.S174 Paul helped many people in Asia province to hear the gospel.
- ACT.S175 God enabled Paul to do amazing miracles.
- ACT.S176 People honored Jesus’ name, after Jewish exorcists misused it and failed.
- ACT.S177 Many believers confessed their former sins and burned their books of magic.
- ACT.S178 Demetrius made silver shrines of the goddess Artemis.
- ACT.S179 Demetrius incited people to shout and to riot.
- ACT.S180 The crowd shouted, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- ACT.S181 The city secretary quieted, warned and dismissed the crowd.
- ACT.S182 After being in Macedonia and Greece, Paul went to Troas.
- ACT.S183 At Troas, Paul encouraged believers by resurrecting Eutychus.
- ACT.S184 Paul and his companions traveled from Troas to Miletus.
- ACT.S185 Paul reminded the Ephesian elders how he had conducted himself and had taught them.
- ACT.S186 Paul told them that they would never see him again.
- ACT.S187 Paul entrusted them to God and to the message about God’s goodness.
- ACT.S188 Paul prayed with them and they sadly told him goodbye.
- ACT.S189 Paul, Luke and his other companions traveled from Miletus to Tyre.
- ACT.S190 At Tyre, believers warned Paul not to go to Jerusalem, but he went on anyway.
- ACT.S191 Paul and his companions sailed from Tyre to Caesarea.
- ACT.S192 The believers could not persuade Paul from going on to Jerusalem.
- ACT.S193 Paul and other believers went from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
- ACT.S194 Paul agreed with church leaders to perform a Jewish purifying ritual.
- ACT.S195 Some Jews seized Paul in the Temple courts.
- ACT.S196 Roman soldiers ran to where those Jews were trying to kill Paul.
- ACT.S197 After the commander arrested Paul, soldiers carried him towards the fort.
- ACT.S198 Paul defended his believing in Jesus, but the Jews wanted to kill him.
- ACT.S199 Paul told about the Lord’s commanding him to go to non-Jewish people.
- ACT.S200 Paul said that he was a Roman citizen, so soldiers did not flog him.
- ACT.S201 The commander’s soldiers brought Paul to the Jewish Council.
- ACT.S202 Paul apologized for unknowingly denouncing the high priest.
- ACT.S203 The commander rescued Paul from the Council members.
- ACT.S204 The Lord revealed that Paul would tell people about him in Rome.
- ACT.S205 Some Jews plotted to kill Paul.
- ACT.S206 Paul’s nephew warned that some Jews had plotted to kill Paul.
- ACT.S207 Many soldiers escorted Paul safely to Governor Felix at Caesarea.
- ACT.S208 Paul defended himself, and the governor Felix promised to judge him.
- ACT.S209 Paul disproved what they had said, but admitted that he was a Christian.
- ACT.S210 Governor Felix adjourned the trial.
- ACT.S211 Felix often talked to Paul, hoping that Paul would give him money.
- ACT.S212 Festus told the Jews to go and accuse Paul at Caesarea.
- ACT.S213 Paul appealed to Caesar, so Festus agreed to that.
- ACT.S214 Festus told King Agrippa about Paul.
- ACT.S215 Festus asked King Agrippa to tell him what to write to Caesar about Paul.
- ACT.S216 Paul requested that his hearers would listen to him.
- ACT.S217 Paul told about being a Pharisee who believed that God would resurrect people.
- ACT.S218 Paul told about how he had persecuted Christians.
- ACT.S219 Paul told how he had become a believer in Jesus.
- ACT.S220 Paul said that he obeyed what Jesus commanded him from heaven.
- ACT.S221 Paul said that he proclaimed what the prophets had written about the Messiah.
- ACT.S222 Paul talked to Festus and Agrippa, urging them to become believers in Jesus.
- ACT.S223 The officials said that Paul was innocent but must go to Rome.
- ACT.S224 Paul and other prisoners sailed from Caesarea to Crete.
- ACT.S225 Paul warned them not to travel on, but the ship’s officials decided to go on anyway.
- ACT.S226 Paul told them that an angel from God said that they would all survive.
- ACT.S227 Paul thwarted some sailors who tried to sneak ashore in the lifeboat.
- ACT.S228 Paul urged them to eat some food, so they did and then lightened the ship.
- ACT.S229 The waves began to break up the ship after it struck a shoal.
- ACT.S230 The officer saved Paul and commanded all to go to the shore, so they did that.
- ACT.S231 The Maltese thought that Paul was a god because a snake did not harm him.
- ACT.S232 Paul healed many Maltese, so they supplied what he and the others needed.
- ACT.S233 Paul and the others sailed to Puteoli, then went by land towards Rome.
- ACT.S234 Christians came out from Rome and escorted Paul into that city.
- ACT.S235 The Jewish leaders asked Paul to tell them about Christianity.
- ACT.S236 Paul told the Jews that non-Jews would believe the gospel.
