0^ActsOpening considerationsA link to LukeJesus returns to HeavenA replacement for Judas IscariotPentecostPeople from all overPeter's proclamationThe reactionThe beginning of the ChurchAll things in commonA man lame from birthPeter heals himPeter preachesPeter and John arrestedPeter's defenseRulers impressedThey are forbidden to use the name ‘Jesus’The reaction of the believersThe young Church consolidatesAnanias and SapphiraThe Apostles distinguish themselvesSadducees X ApostlesApostles infuriate SadduceesGamaliel counsels SadduceesSadducees beat and threaten ApostlesEnter deaconsStephen in a kangaroo courtStephen's discourseDown to EgyptEnter MosesMoses commissionedIsrael's rebellionA dwelling for GodStephen attacksStephen is martyredUnder persecution the Church moves outPhilip's ministrySimon, the sorcererThe Ethiopian treasurerSaul of TarsusJesus chooses SaulAnanias sent to SaulSaul starts preachingSaul escapes deathBarnabas vouches for SaulA brief respitePeter's ministryPeter heals AeneasPeter raises DorcasThe case of CorneliusGod prepares PeterThe messengers arriveOnto CaesareaPeter preachesThe Holy Spirit fallsPeter has to explainEnter BarnabasEnter AgabusEnter HerodEnter angelEnter RhodaPoor guards!Herod gets his ‘comeuppance’The Gentile ChurchMissionary journey I—Barnabas and Saul→Paul1st stop—CyprusOn to Pisidian AntiochPaul expounds the GospelThe reactionIconiumLystraPaul stonedThe return to AntiochThe Jerusalem CouncilThe conflictThe CouncilThe edictGood resultsMissionary journey II—Paul and SilasPaul and Barnabas separatePaul finds TimothyThe ‘Macedonian call’PhilippiPrisonThe jailer convertsMagistrates rebukedThessalonicaBereaAthensPaul's Areopagus addressConsolidation of the Gentile ChurchCorinthThe house of Justus becomes the baseGallioTo Ephesus and AntiochApollosBack to EphesusDisciplesofJohnThe school of Tyrannus becomes the baseSome fake exorcistsDemetriusPaul makes his own plansGreeceTroasMiletusPaul is warned— againAgabus, againJerusalemPaul submits to a false agendaPaul arrestedPaul addresses the mobA Roman citizenThe SanhedrinA plot exposedPaul sent to FelixCaesareaFelixAgrippaPaul's defenseHow he persecuted ChristiansHow Jesus chose himFestus interruptsPaul sent to RomeA difference of opinionThe stormMaltaRomePaul and the JewsTwo tranquil years