Acts - Outline Recovery Version

Holy Bible Recovery Version

I. Introduction — 1:1-2
II. The preparation — 1:3-26
1. A. Christ’s preparation — vv. 3-8
  1. 1. Speaking to the disciples the things concerning the kingdom of God — v. 3
  2. 2. Charging them to wait for the baptism in the Holy Spirit — vv. 4-8
2. B. Christ’s ascension — vv. 9-11
3. C. The disciples’ preparation — vv. 12-26
  1. 1. Persevering in prayer — vv. 12-14
  2. 2. Choosing Matthias — vv. 15-26
III. The propagation — 2:1 — 28:31
1. A. In the Jewish land through the ministry of Peter’s company — 2:1 — 12:24
  1. 1. The Jewish believers’ baptism in the Holy Spirit — 2:1-13
    1. a. The economical filling of the Holy Spirit — vv. 1-4
    2. b. The peoples’ amazement — vv. 5-13
  2. 2. Peter’s first message to the Jews — 2:14-41
    1. a. Explaining the economical filling of the Holy Spirit — vv. 14-21
    2. b. Witnessing of Jesus in His work, death, resurrection, and ascension — vv. 22-36
    3. c. Entreating the Spirit-moved ones to repent, be baptized, and be saved — vv. 37-41
  3. 3. The beginning of the church life — 2:42-47
  4. 4. Peter’s second message to the Jews — 3:1-26
    1. a. The healing of a lame man — vv. 1-10
    2. b. The message — vv. 11-26
      1. (1) Testifying of Jesus in His death and resurrection — vv. 11-18
      2. (2) Exhorting people to repent and turn that they may partake of the ascended and coming Christ — vv. 19-26
  5. 5. The beginning of the persecution by the Jewish religionists — 4:1-31
    1. a. The arrest and inquiry by the Sanhedrin — vv. 1-7
    2. b. Peter’s testimony — vv. 8-12
    3. c. The Sanhedrin’s prohibition — vv. 13-18
    4. d. Peter and John’s reply — vv. 19-20
    5. e. The Sanhedrin’s release — vv. 21-22
    6. f. The church’s praise and prayer — vv. 23-31
  6. 6. The continuation of the church life — 4:32 — 5:11
    1. a. The positive scene — 4:32-37
    2. b. The negative scene — 5:1-11
  7. 7. The signs and wonders done through the apostles — 5:12-16
  8. 8. The continuation of the persecution by the Jewish religionists — 5:17-42
    1. a. The Sanhedrin’s arrest of the apostles and the Lord’s rescue — vv. 17-28
    2. b. The apostles’ testimony — vv. 29-32
    3. c. The Sanhedrin’s prohibition and release — vv. 33-40
    4. d. The apostles’ rejoicing and faithfulness — vv. 41-42
  9. 9. The appointment of seven deacons — 6:1-6
  10. 10. The growth of the word and the multiplication of the disciples — 6:7
  11. 11. The increase of the persecution by the Jewish religionists — 6:8 — 8:3
    1. a. The martyrdom of Stephen — 6:8 — 7:60
      1. (1) Opposed and arrested — 6:8 — 7:1
      2. (2) Testifying — 7:2-53
      3. (3) Killed — 7:54-60
    2. b. The devastation of the church in Jerusalem — 8:1-3
  12. 12. The preaching by Philip — 8:4-40
    1. a. In Samaria — vv. 4-25
      1. (1) Proclaiming Christ and the kingdom of God — vv. 4-13
      2. (2) Confirmed by the apostles — vv. 14-25
    2. b. To an Ethiopian — vv. 26-39
    3. c. Unto Caesarea — v. 40
  13. 13. The conversion of Saul — 9:1-30
    1. a. Appeared to by the Lord — vv. 1-9
    2. b. Confirmed through Ananias — vv. 10-19
    3. c. Beginning to preach — vv. 20-30
  14. 14. The building up and multiplication of the church — 9:31
  15. 15. The spreading of Peter’s ministry — 9:32-43
    1. a. To Lydda — vv. 32-35
    2. b. To Joppa — vv. 36-43
  16. 16. The spreading to the Gentiles — 10:1 — 11:18
    1. a. Cornelius’s vision — 10:1-8
    2. b. Peter’s vision — 10:9-16
    3. c. Peter’s visit — 10:17-33
    4. d. Peter’s message — 10:34-43
    5. e. The Gentile believers’ baptism in the Holy Spirit — 10:44-46
    6. f. The Gentile believers’ water baptism — 10:47-48
    7. g. The recognition by the apostles and the brothers in Judea — 11:1-18
  17. 17. The spreading to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch — 11:19-26
  18. 18. The communication between the church in Antioch and the saints in Judea — 11:27-30
  19. 19. The persecution by the Roman politician — 12:1-23
    1. a. The mistreatment of some believers and the martyrdom of James — vv. 1-2
    2. b. The arrest of Peter — vv. 3-19a
      1. (1) Guarded in prison — vv. 3-5a
      2. (2) Rescued by the Lord — vv. 5b-19a
    3. c. The fate of the persecutors — vv. 19b-23
  20. 20. The growth and multiplication of the word — 12:24
2. B. In the Gentile lands through the ministry of Paul’s company — 12:25 — 28:31
  1. 1. The initiation — 12:25
  2. 2. Set apart and sent by the Holy Spirit — 13:1-4a
  3. 3. The first journey — 13:4b — 14:28
    1. a. To Paphos of Cyprus — 13:4b-12
    2. b. To Pisidian Antioch — 13:13-52
      1. (1) Preaching the crucified and resurrected Christ as the Savior — vv. 13-43
      2. (2) Rejected by the Jews — vv. 44-52
    3. c. To Iconium — 14:1-5
    4. d. To Lystra and Derbe of Lycaonia — 14:6-21a
    5. e. Establishing the disciples and appointing elders on the way back — 14:21b-25a
    6. f. Back to Antioch, ending the first journey — 14:25b-28
  4. 4. The trouble concerning circumcision — 15:1-34
    1. a. A conference of the apostles and elders held in Jerusalem — vv. 1-21
    2. b. The solution — vv. 22-34
  5. 5. The problem of Barnabas — 15:35-39
  6. 6. The second journey — 15:40 — 18:22
    1. a. To Syria and Cilicia — 15:40-41
    2. b. To Derbe and Lystra — 16:1-5
    3. c. To Philippi of Macedonia — 16:6-40
      1. (1) The vision of a Macedonian — vv. 6-10
      2. (2) The preaching and its fruits — vv. 11-18
      3. (3) The imprisonment and the release — vv. 19-40
    4. d. To Thessalonica — 17:1-9
    5. e. To Berea — 17:10-13
    6. f. To Athens — 17:14-34
      1. (1) Sent by the brothers — vv. 14-15
      2. (2) Reasoning with the Jews and confronting the Gentile philosophers — vv. 16-18
      3. (3) Preaching on the Areopagus — vv. 19-34
    7. g. To Corinth — 18:1-17
      1. (1) Meeting Aquila and Priscilla — vv. 1-4
      2. (2) Preaching to the Jews and encountering their opposition — vv. 5-17
    8. h. To Ephesus — 18:18-21a
    9. i. Back to Antioch, ending the second journey — 18:21b-22
  7. 7. The third journey — 18:23 — 21:17
    1. a. To the country of Galatia and Phrygia — 18:23
    2. b. To Ephesus again — 18:24 — 19:41
      1. (1) The ministry of Apollos — 18:24-28
      2. (2) Filling up the deficiency in the ministry of Apollos — 19:1-7
      3. (3) The ministry and its fruits — the Lord’s word growing and prevailing — 19:8-20
      4. (4) Purposing to go to Jerusalem and to Rome — 19:21-22
      5. (5) The disturbance — 19:23-41
        
        (a) The cause — vv. 23-34
        
        (b) The quieting — vv. 35-41
    3. c. Through Macedonia and Greece to Troas — 20:1-12
    4. d. To Miletus, meeting with the elders of the church in Ephesus — 20:13-38
    5. e. To Tyre — 21:1-6
    6. f. To Ptolemais — 21:7
    7. g. To Caesarea — 21:8-14
    8. h. To Jerusalem, ending the third journey — 21:15-17
  8. 8. The negative influence of Judaism — 21:18-26
  9. 9. The ultimate persecution of the Jews — 21:27 — 26:32
    1. a. An uproar against Paul — 21:27 — 23:15
      1. (1) Seized by the Jews — 21:27-30
      2. (2) The intervention of the Roman commander — 21:31-39
      3. (3) Defending himself before the rioting Jews — 21:40 — 22:21
      4. (4) Bound by the Romans — 22:22-29
      5. (5) Defending himself before the Sanhedrin — 22:30 — 23:10
      6. (6) Encouraged by the Lord — 23:11
      7. (7) The plot of the Jews — 23:12-15
    2. b. Transferred by the commander to the Roman governor Felix — 23:16 — 24:27
      1. (1) The secrecy of the transfer — 23:16-35
      2. (2) Accused by the Jews’ advocate — 24:1-9
      3. (3) Defending himself before Felix — 24:10-21
      4. (4) Kept in the custody of the unjust and corrupt Roman politician — 24:22-27
    3. c. Left to Festus, the successor of Felix — 25:1 — 26:32
      1. (1) The request of the leaders of the Jews rejected — 25:1-5
      2. (2) Defending himself before Festus — 25:6-8
      3. (3) Appealing to Caesar — 25:9-12
      4. (4) Referred by Festus to King Agrippa — 25:13-27
      5. (5) Defending himself before King Agrippa — 26:1-29
      6. (6) King Agrippa’s judgment — 26:30-32
  10. 10. The fourth journey — 27:1 — 28:31
    1. a. To Fair Havens — 27:1-12
    2. b. The storm and Paul’s prediction of safety — 27:13-26
    3. c. The ascendancy and wisdom of Paul in contrast to the baseness and folly of the sailors and soldiers — 27:27-44
    4. d. To the island of Malta — 28:1-10
    5. e. To Rome, ending the fourth journey — 28:11-31
      1. (1) Through Syracuse to Rome — vv. 11-16
      2. (2) Contacting the Jewish leaders — vv. 17-22
      3. (3) Ministering in Rome — vv. 23-31

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