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<div class="head">Executable Outlines</div>
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<div class="subhead">Acts of the Apostles</div>
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<div class="levI" align="center" style="color:324395;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;">Introduction</div>
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<p><b>TITLE</b></p>
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<p>Commonly called <b>"The Acts of The Apostles"</b>, it is simply titled <b>"Acts"</b> in some of the oldest manuscripts. It might appropriately be called <b>"Some Of The Acts Of Some Of The Apostles"</b> since it does not try to describe all of the acts of all the apostles. Rather, the focus is clearly on some of the acts or deeds of mostly Peter (the key figure in the first half) and Paul (the key figure in the second). It might also be called <b>"The Acts Of The Holy Spirit"</b>, as that Person of the Godhead is very much an active participant throughout the book.</p>
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<p><b>AUTHOR</b></p>
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<p>Though he does not mention himself by name, the author is undoubtedly <b>Luke</b>, physician and frequent traveling companion of the apostle Paul. From <a id="si-Act 1:1-3" onClick="return mV('Act',1,'1-3');">Act 1:1-3</a>, we learn Acts is the second historical account to Theophilus (see below), the first being the gospel universally attributed to Luke (cf. <a id="si-Luk 1:1-4" onClick="return mV('Luk',1,'1-4');">Luk 1:1-4</a>).</p>
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<p>Luke is described as <b>"the beloved Physician"</b> (<a id="si-Col 4:14" onClick="return mV('Col',4,14);">Col 4:14</a>), and the vocabulary of both the gospel and Acts shows evidence of a medical mind. Mentioned as a "fellow laborer" (<a id="si-Phm 24" onClick="return mV('Phm',1,24);">Phm 24</a>) who was with Paul in his last days (<a id="si-2Ti 4:11" onClick="return mV('2Ti',4,11);">2Ti 4:11</a>), Luke often accompanied Paul on his travels beginning with his second journey. By carefully noting the use of "we" and "they" in the book of Acts, we glean that Luke joined Paul at Troas (<a id="si-Act 16:10-11" onClick="return mV('Act',16,'10-11');">Act 16:10-11</a>), and remained at Philippi (<a id="si-Act 17:1" onClick="return mV('Act',17,1);">Act 17:1</a>) until Paul later picked him up on his way to Troas (<a id="si-Act 20:1-6" onClick="return mV('Act',20,'1-6');">Act 20:1-6</a>). The book ends with Luke accompanying Paul to his imprisonment in Rome (<a id="si-Act 28:16" onClick="return mV('Act',28,16);">Act 28:16</a>).</p>
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<p>It is evident Luke was very careful to provide a historically accurate account in the both the gospel and Acts (cf. <a id="si-Luk 1:1-4, 5" onClick="return mV('Luk',1,'1-4',5);">Luk 1:1-4, 5</a>; <a id="si-Luk 2:1-3" onClick="return mV('Luk',2,'1-3');">Luk 2:1-3</a>; <a id="si-Luk 3:1-2" onClick="return mV('Luk',3,'1-2');">Luk 3:1-2</a>). <b>Sir William Ramsay</b>, archaeologist who started his career to prove Luke to be in error, offered this testimony as a result of his research: "Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy, he is possessed of the true historic sense...in short, this author should be placed along with the greatest of historians." In fact, Luke provides the only record of the first thirty years of the early church.</p>
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<p><b>RECIPIENT</b></p>
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<p>Both the gospel and Acts were written to one man: <b>Theophilus</b> (<a id="si-Luk 1:3" onClick="return mV('Luk',1,3);">Luk 1:3</a>; <a id="si-Act 1:1" onClick="return mV('Act',1,1);">Act 1:1</a>), whose name means "God lover". Ramsay suggests the use of "most excellent" (<a id="si-Luk 1:3" onClick="return mV('Luk',1,3);">Luk 1:3</a>) was a title like "Your Excellency" (cf. <a id="si-Act 23:26" onClick="return mV('Act',23,26);">Act 23:26</a>; <a id="si-Act 26:25" onClick="return mV('Act',26,25);">Act 26:25</a>) and that Theophilus was a government official of high rank. It is not used in Acts (<a id="si-Act 1:1" onClick="return mV('Act',1,1);">Act 1:1</a>), and one intriguing possibility is that he became a believer in between receiving the gospel and Acts. Some have entertained the possibility that Theophilus was a Roman official in charge of administering Paul's case before Caesar, and that the gospel and Acts were written to help him understand the facts of Jesus Christ and Paul's role in the history of the church.</p>
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<p><b>TIME AND PLACE OF WRITING</b></p>
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<p>The book ends abruptly with Paul under house arrest awaiting trial in Rome (<a id="si-Act 28:16, 30-31" onClick="return mV('Act',28,16,30,31);">Act 28:16, 30-31</a>). This may indicate that the book was written before Paul's trial and eventual release. The dates for Paul's first imprisonment in Rome are 60-62 A.D. If the book was just before or after Paul's release, then it was likely written around <b>63 A.D.</b> from <b>Rome</b>.</p>
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<p><b>PURPOSE OF THE BOOK</b></p>
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<p>As indicated previously, the original purpose of both the gospel and Acts may have been to assist Theophilus in some official capacity in learning about Jesus and His apostles. Yet the inspiration and preservation of the book would indicate an important future role in the providence of God. Based on its content, I would offer the following purpose of this book:</p>
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<div class="levA"><b>* To record the establishment and early growth of the church</b></div>
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<p>Other reasons could be given for why this book was written. The detail given to conversions and the involvement of the Holy Spirit would certainly suggest the book is designed to reveal:</p>
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<div class="levA"><b>* Examples of conversions to the gospel of Christ</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>* The ministry of the Holy Spirit in the apostles and the early church</b></div>
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<p>The value of Acts is also seen in that it provides the historical framework for the epistles found in the New Testament. From Romans to Revelation, names, places, and events are mentioned upon which light is shown by the historical account of Acts. Without Acts, the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John would be left without a satisfying answer to the question, "What happened next?"</p>
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<p><b>THEME OF THE BOOK</b></p>
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<p>The book begins in Jerusalem and ends at Rome. It describes the establishment and growth of the Lord's church throughout the Mediterranean world through the work of the apostles and other Christians under the direction of the Holy Spirit. We read their sermons and see the conversions which resulted as they carried out the Great Commission (<a id="si-Mat 28:18-20" onClick="return mV('Mat',28,'18-20');">Mat 28:18-20</a>; <a id="si-Mar 16:15-16" onClick="return mV('Mar',16,'15-16');">Mar 16:15-16</a>). We learn how local churches were established, and much of their work, worship and organization. But mostly we see the faith and efforts of those charged to be witnesses of the Lord and of His resurrection from the dead. An appropriate theme of this book might therefore be:</p>
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<p align="center"><b>"WITNESSES FOR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST"</b></p>
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<p><b>KEY VERSE: <a id="si-Act 1:8" onClick="return mV('Act',1,8);">Act 1:8</a></p>
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<div class="block"><b>"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."</b></div>
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<p> </p>
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<div class="levI" align="center" style="color:324395;font-size:150%;"><b>OUTLINE</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>I. <u>THEIR WITNESS IN JERUSALEM</u> (<span class="noTag">Act 1:1-8:3)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>A. PREPARATION (<span class="noTag">Act 1:1-26</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. Introduction to the book (<a id="si-Act 1:1-3" onClick="return mV('Act',1,'1-3');">Act 1:1-3</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The promise of the Spirit (<a id="si-Act 1:4-8" onClick="return mV('Act',1,'4-8');">Act 1:4-8</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The ascension of Jesus (<a id="si-Act 1:9-11" onClick="return mV('Act',1,'9-11');">Act 1:9-11</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">4. The waiting for the Spirit (<a id="si-Act 1:12-14" onClick="return mV('Act',1,'12-14');">Act 1:12-14</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">5. The selection of Matthias (<a id="si-Act 1:16-26" onClick="return mV('Act',1,'16-26');">Act 1:16-26</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>B. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH (<span class="noTag">Act 2:1-47</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The outpouring of the Spirit (<a id="si-Act 2:1-4" onClick="return mV('Act',2,'1-4');">Act 2:1-4</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The reaction of the crowd (<a id="si-Act 2:5-13" onClick="return mV('Act',2,'5-13');">Act 2:5-13</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The explanation by Peter (<a id="si-Act 2:14-21" onClick="return mV('Act',2,'14-21');">Act 2:14-21</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">4. The first gospel sermon by Peter (<a id="si-Act 2:22-36" onClick="return mV('Act',2,'22-36');">Act 2:22-36</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">5. The conversion of 3000 souls (<a id="si-Act 2:37-41" onClick="return mV('Act',2,'37-41');">Act 2:37-41</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">6. The beginning of the church (<a id="si-Act 2:42-47" onClick="return mV('Act',2,'42-47');">Act 2:42-47</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>C. THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM (<span class="noTag">Act 3:1-8:3</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The healing of the lame man; Peter's second sermon (<a id="si-Act 3:1-26" onClick="return mV('Act',3,'1-26');">Act 3:1-26</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The first persecution against the church; the liberality of the church (<a id="si-Act 4:1-37" onClick="return mV('Act',4,'1-37');">Act 4:1-37</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The first trouble within; increasing persecution without (<a id="si-Act 5:1-43" onClick="return mV('Act',5,'1-43');">Act 5:1-43</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">4. The disturbance within resolved; intensifying persecution without (<a id="si-Act 6:1-15" onClick="return mV('Act',6,'1-15');">Act 6:1-15</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">6. The address and martyrdom of Stephen (<a id="si-Act 7:1-60" onClick="return mV('Act',7,'1-60');">Act 7:1-60</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">7. The persecution involving Saul against the church (<a id="si-Act 8:1-3" onClick="return mV('Act',8,'1-3');">Act 8:1-3</a>)</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>II. <u>THEIR WITNESS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA</u> (<span class="noTag">Act 8:4-12:25</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>A. THE PREACHING BY PHILIP (<span class="noTag">Act 8:4-40</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The conversion of the Samaritans (<a id="si-Act 8:4-25" onClick="return mV('Act',8,'4-25');">Act 8:4-25</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch (<a id="si-Act 8:26-40" onClick="return mV('Act',8,'26-40');">Act 8:26-40</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>B. THE CONVERSION OF SAUL OF TARSUS (<span class="noTag">Act 9:1-31</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The appearance of the Lord on the road to Damascus (<a id="si-Act 9:1-8" onClick="return mV('Act',9,'1-8');">Act 9:1-8</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The baptism of Saul by Ananias (<a id="si-Act 9:9-19" onClick="return mV('Act',9,'9-19');">Act 9:9-19</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The initial ministry and persecution of Saul (<a id="si-Act 9:20-31" onClick="return mV('Act',9,'20-31');">Act 9:20-31</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>C. THE MIRACLES OF PETER (<span class="noTag">Act 9:32-43</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The healing of Aeneas (<a id="si-Act 9:32-35" onClick="return mV('Act',9,'32-35');">Act 9:32-35</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The raising of Dorcas from the dead (<a id="si-Act 9:36-43" onClick="return mV('Act',9,'36-43');">Act 9:36-43</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>D. THE CONVERSION OF CORNELIUS (<span class="noTag">Act 10:1-11:18</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The account recorded by Luke (<a id="si-Act 10:1-48" onClick="return mV('Act',10,'1-48');">Act 10:1-48</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The account retold by Peter (<a id="si-Act 11:1-18" onClick="return mV('Act',11,'1-18');">Act 11:1-18</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>E. THE MINISTRIES OF BARNABAS, SAUL AND PETER (<span class="noTag">Act 11:19 - 12:1-25</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The work of Barnabas and Saul in Antioch (<a id="si-Act 11:19-26" onClick="return mV('Act',11,'19-26');">Act 11:19-26</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The work of Barnabas and Saul in Judea (<a id="si-Act 11:27-30" onClick="return mV('Act',11,'27-30');">Act 11:27-30</a>; <a id="si-Act 12:25" onClick="return mV('Act',12,25);">Act 12:25</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The persecution by Herod; James beheaded, Peter arrested (<a id="si-Act 12:1-4" onClick="return mV('Act',12,'1-4');">Act 12:1-4</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">4. The release of Peter from prison by an angel; Herod's death (<a id="si-Act 12:5-24" onClick="return mV('Act',12,'5-24');">Act 12:5-24</a>)</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>III. <u>THEIR WITNESS TO THE END OF THE EARTH</u> (<span class="noTag">Act 13:1-28, 30-31</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>A. THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF PAUL (<span class="noTag">Act 13:1 - 14:28</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The departure from Antioch of Syria (<a id="si-Act 13:1-3" onClick="return mV('Act',13,'1-3');">Act 13:1-3</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The ministry on the island of Cyprus (<a id="si-Act 13:4-12" onClick="return mV('Act',13,'4-12');">Act 13:4-12</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The preaching in Antioch of Pisidia (<a id="si-Act 13:13-52" onClick="return mV('Act',13,'13-52');">Act 13:13-52</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">4. The work and persecution in Iconium, Lystra and Derbe (<a id="si-Act 14:1-20" onClick="return mV('Act',14,'1-20');">Act 14:1-20</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">5. The confirmation of churches and appointment of elders (<a id="si-Act 14:21-23" onClick="return mV('Act',14,'21-23');">Act 14:21-23</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">6. The return trip to Antioch (<a id="si-Act 14:24-28" onClick="return mV('Act',14,'24-28');">Act 14:24-28</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>B. THE ISSUE OF CIRCUMCISION AND THE LAW (<span class="noTag">Act 15:1-35</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The problem surfaces in Antioch (<a id="si-Act 15:1-3" onClick="return mV('Act',15,'1-3');">Act 15:1-3</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The problem resolved in Jerusalem (<a id="si-Act 15:4-29" onClick="return mV('Act',15,'4-29');">Act 15:4-29</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The letter delivered to Antioch (<a id="si-Act 15:30-35" onClick="return mV('Act',15,'30-35');">Act 15:30-35</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>C. THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF PAUL (<span class="noTag">Act 15:36-18:22</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The separation of Paul and Barnabas (<a id="si-Act 15:36-41" onClick="return mV('Act',15,'36-41');">Act 15:36-41</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The addition of Timothy to Paul and Silas (<a id="si-Act 16:1-5" onClick="return mV('Act',16,'1-5');">Act 16:1-5</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The call to come to Macedonia (<a id="si-Act 16:6-10" onClick="return mV('Act',16,'6-10');">Act 16:6-10</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">4. The conversion of Lydia in Philippi (<a id="si-Act 16:11-15" onClick="return mV('Act',16,'11-15');">Act 16:11-15</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">5. The conversion of the Philippian jailor (<a id="si-Act 16:16-40" onClick="return mV('Act',16,'16-40');">Act 16:16-40</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">6. The proclamation of Christ in Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens (<a id="si-Act 17:1-34" onClick="return mV('Act',17,'1-34');">Act 17:1-34</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">7. The year and a half at Corinth (<a id="si-Act 18:1-17" onClick="return mV('Act',18,'1-17');">Act 18:1-17</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">8. The quick trip back to Antioch (<a id="si-Act 18:18-22" onClick="return mV('Act',18,'18-22');">Act 18:18-22</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>D. THE THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF PAUL (<span class="noTag">Act 18:23-21:17</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The strengthening of disciples in Galatia and Phrygia (<a id="si-Act 18:23" onClick="return mV('Act',18,23);">Act 18:23</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The conversion of Apollos by Aquila and Priscilla (<a id="si-Act 18:24-28" onClick="return mV('Act',18,'24-28');">Act 18:24-28</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The three years at Ephesus, ending with a riot (<a id="si-Act 19:1-41" onClick="return mV('Act',19,'1-41');">Act 19:1-41</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">4. The trip through Macedonia, three months in Greece, and return through Macedonia (<a id="si-Act 20:1-5" onClick="return mV('Act',20,'1-5');">Act 20:1-5</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">5. The breaking of bread and miracle at Troas; heading toward Jerusalem (<a id="si-Act 20:7-16" onClick="return mV('Act',20,'7-16');">Act 20:7-16</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">6. The meeting with the Ephesian elders at Miletus (<a id="si-Act 20:17-38" onClick="return mV('Act',20,'17-38');">Act 20:17-38</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">7. The warnings on the way to Jerusalem; brief stays in Tyre and Caesarea (<a id="si-Act 21:1-14" onClick="return mV('Act',21,'1-14');">Act 21:1-14</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">8. The arrival in Jerusalem (<a id="si-Act 21:15-17" onClick="return mV('Act',21,'15-17');">Act 21:15-17</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA"><b>E. THE ARREST OF PAUL AND JOURNEY TO ROME (<span class="noTag">Act 21:18-28:31</span>)</b></div>
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<div class="lev1">1. The counsel of James and elders of the church in Jerusalem (<a id="si-Act 21:18-25" onClick="return mV('Act',21,'18-25');">Act 21:18-25</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">2. The arrest of Paul in the temple (<a id="si-Act 21:26-40" onClick="return mV('Act',21,'26-40');">Act 21:26-40</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">3. The defense by Paul to the Jewish mob (<a id="si-Act 22:1-30" onClick="return mV('Act',22,'1-30');">Act 22:1-30</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">4. The defense by Paul before the Sanhedrin council (<a id="si-Act 23:1-10" onClick="return mV('Act',23,'1-10');">Act 23:1-10</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">5. The plot against Paul and deliverance to Felix (<a id="si-Act 23:11-35" onClick="return mV('Act',23,'11-35');">Act 23:11-35</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">6. The trial before Felix; procrastination by Felix (<a id="si-Act 24:1-27" onClick="return mV('Act',24,'1-27');">Act 24:1-27</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">7. The appearance before Festus and appeal to Caesar (<a id="si-Act 25:1-12" onClick="return mV('Act',25,'1-12');">Act 25:1-12</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">8. The defense before Festus and King Agrippa (<a id="si-Act 25:13-27" onClick="return mV('Act',25,'13-27');">Act 25:13-27</a>; <a id="si-Act 26:1-32" onClick="return mV('Act',26,'1-32');">Act 26:1-32</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">9. The journey to Rome; shipwreck along the way (<a id="si-Act 27" onClick="return mV('Act', 27,'1-');">Act 27</a>; <a id="si-Act 28:1-16" onClick="return mV('Act',28,'1-16');">Act 28:1-16</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">10. The explanation of Paul to the leaders of the Jews in Rome (<a id="si-Act 28:17-29" onClick="return mV('Act',28,'17-29');">Act 28:17-29</a>)</div>
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<div class="lev1">11. The waiting in Rome for two years, yet preaching and teaching (<a id="si-Act 28:30-31" onClick="return mV('Act',28,'30-31');">Act 28:30-31</a>)</div>
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<p> </p>
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<div class="levI" align="center" style="color:324395;font-size:150%;"><b>REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>1) Who is the author of the book of Acts? What was his profession?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Luke</div>
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<div class="levA">- Physician</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>2) To whom was this book written? What other book is addressed to this person?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Theophilus (<a id="si-Act 1:1" onClick="return mV('Act',1,1);">Act 1:1</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA">- The gospel of Luke (<a id="si-Luk 1:3" onClick="return mV('Luk',1,3);">Luk 1:3</a>)</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>3) What might indicate that this person was an official of high rank?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Being addressed as "most excellent" (<a id="si-Luk 1:3" onClick="return mV('Luk',1,3);">Luk 1:3</a>)</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>4) When was this book likely written? From where? What may be indicative of this?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- 63 A.D.; Rome</div>
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<div class="levA">- It is when and where the book abruptly ends (<a id="si-Act 28:30-31" onClick="return mV('Act',28,'30-31');">Act 28:30-31</a>)</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>5) What is proposed as the primary purpose of the book of Acts?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- To record the establishment and early growth of the church</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>6) Based on content, what else does the book appear designed to reveal?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Examples of conversions to the gospel of Christ</div>
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<div class="levA">- The ministry of the Holy Spirit in the apostles and the early church</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>7) What is offered as the theme of the book of Acts?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Witnesses for the Lord Jesus Christ</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>8) What is the key verse?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." - <a id="si-Act 1:8" onClick="return mV('Act',1,8);">Act 1:8</a></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>9) What are the main divisions of the book as suggested by the key verse and the outline in the introduction?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Their witness in Jerusalem (<span class="noTag">Act 1:1-8:3</span>)</div>
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<div class="levA">- Their witness in Judea and Samaria (<span class="noTag">8:4-12:25</span>)</div>
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<div class="levA">- Their witness to the end of the earth (<span class="noTag">13:1-28:31</span>)</div>
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<p class="bibliobox"><strong>Bibliographic Information:</strong><br>Author: Copeland, Mark A.<br>Title: "The Book of Acts"<br>Work: <em>Executable Outlines</em><br>Date Added: 28 Aug 2003<br>Source: Executable Outlines</p>
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