Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Part 1: Acts 1-7, the sense of a beginning -- Acts 1, the beginning of the church -- Acts 2, the miracle and meaning of Pentecost -- Acts 3:1-4:31, the healing of a lame man -- Acts 4:32-5:42, tensions within and without -- Acts 6-7, Stephen and the seven -- Part 2: Acts 8-12, beyond Jerusalem : Philip, Saul, Peter, and others -- Acts 8, Philip : a man on a mission -- Acts 9:1-31, Saul and Ananias : conversion and call -- Acts 9:32-11:18, Peter : his words and deeds -- Acts 11:19-12:25, Barnabas, Peter, and Herod -- Part 3: Acts 13-19, Paul's mission to the gentile world -- Acts 13-14, Paul's initial missionary campaign -- Acts 15:1-16:5, the Jerusalem Conference -- Acts 16:6-17:15, Paul in Macedonia -- Acts 17:16-18:17, Paul in Achaia -- Acts 18:18-19:41, Paul in Ephesus -- Part 4: Acts 20/28, Paul's farewell journey -- Acts 20:1-21:16, Paul's last journey to Jerusalem -- Acts 21:17-23:35, Paul in Jerusalem -- Acts 24-26, Paul before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa -- Acts 27-28, the sea voyage to Rome.