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Acts

The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

  • 28Chapters
  • 3Paul's journeys
  • 1:8Program

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

Acts 1:8
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Acts 1:8 — Geographic Program

Jerusalem → Judea & Samaria → the ends of the earth. Four distinct journeys carry the witness across the Mediterranean.

1–7
Jerusalem
8–12
Judea & Samaria
13–28
Ends of the earth

1st journey (Cyprus / Galatia)

13–14
  1. Antioch (Syria)Sent with Barnabas
  2. Cyprus (Paphos)Elymas
  3. Pisidian AntiochSabbath sermon
  4. Iconium · Lystra · DerbeStoned; returning

2nd journey (Greece)

15:36–18:22
  1. Troas — Macedonian vision'Come over…'
  2. PhilippiLydia; jailer
  3. Thessalonica · BereaTurned upside down
  4. Athens (Mars Hill)Unknown God
  5. CorinthEighteen months

3rd journey (Ephesus)

18:23–21:16
  1. EphesusTwo-year ministry
  2. Miletus — farewell'Take heed to yourselves'
  3. Jerusalem — arrestBound for Rome via appeal

Voyage to Rome

27–28
  1. CaesareaSailing
  2. Crete (Fair Havens)Storm warning
  3. Malta (shipwreck)Viper, healings
  4. RomeTwo years, unhindered

Structure

  1. 1–7JerusalemAscension, Pentecost, early church, Stephen.
  2. 8–12Judea and SamariaPhilip, Saul's conversion, Cornelius, Antioch.
  3. 13–28Unto the uttermost part of the earthThree missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Section pages

Each section is one focused part of Acts — purpose, key movements, key verses, Christ-in-this-section. Roughly five minutes each.

  1. 01 · 1–7

    Jerusalem and the Spirit

  2. 02 · 8–12

    Judaea, Samaria, and the conversion of Paul

  3. 03 · 13–28

    To the uttermost part

Themes

Holy Spirit poured out: Pentecost (2), Samaritans (8), Cornelius (10), Ephesus (19) — four outpourings mark four horizons.

Witness: The risen Christ's witnesses carry the word from the temple to Caesar's household.

Church growth: Luke's summary statements (2:47; 6:7; 9:31; 12:24; 16:5; 19:20) pulse growth across the narrative.

Gentile inclusion: Cornelius, the Jerusalem Council (15), Galatia, Macedonia — the 'no difference' argument.

Divine providence in expansion: Storms, shipwrecks, imprisonments — Luke reads them as the gospel's chosen paths.

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Featured studies in this book

The gold numeral is how many passages of Acts each study touches — the brighter the border, the deeper it reaches here.

The Messianic Psalms4×Trees — Eden, Cross, New Jerusalem3×The Suffering Servant2×The Seven Churches of Revelation2×Son of Man1×

Where Acts leads

1,971 cross-references flow out of its 5 heaviest chapters · 8 words are distinctively its own · 5 featured studies cite it.

Counted live from the reference floor (heaviest chapter pairs · tagged word floor · featured-page citations).

Heaviest chapter

Acts 13Sends 537 cross-references outward — the most connected chapter in the book.

Distinctive word

G38285 of its 5 occurrences in all of Scripture fall in this book (100%).

Featured study

Son of ManCites Acts directly — one of 5 featured studies that walk through this book.

The skeleton

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