A peaceful reading of this page.
0:00
"Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
Acts 1:8 · King James Bible
What it is
The Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament — the sequel to Luke's Gospel, by the same author. It tells the story of the earliest Church, from the ascension of Jesus (about AD 30) to Paul's imprisonment in Rome (about AD 62). Twenty-eight chapters. It is the only historical narrative we have of the first generation of Christians.The shape
Acts follows Jesus's own outline in Acts 1:8 — Jerusalem, then Judaea and Samaria, then the ends of the earth.Chapters 1–7: Jerusalem. Pentecost. Peter preaches. Stephen becomes the first martyr.
Chapters 8–12: Judea and Samaria. The Gospel goes to the Ethiopian eunuch, to Cornelius the Roman, and to Antioch — where the disciples are first called Christians.
Chapters 13–28: The uttermost part of the earth. Paul's three missionary journeys, his arrest in Jerusalem, his appeal to Caesar, and his arrival in Rome.