Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- I. Foundations for the Church and Her Mission -- A. Preliminary Steps -- Review of Jesus's Ministry and Instructions -- The Ascension of Jesus -- B. The Replacement of Judas -- C. Pentecost: The Church is Born -- The Event: The Exalted Jesus Sends the Spirit -- The Evidence of the Spirit's Coming: Foreign Languages -- The Explanation: Peter's Message -- Peter's Use of Psalm 16 -- The Expansion: The Growth of the Early Church -- II. The Early Church in Jerusalem -- A. A Miracle and Its Aftermath -- The Miracle -- Peter's Temple Sermon -- The Aftermath: Peter and John's Arrest and Bold Witness -- Trouble Within and Without -- The Sharing of Property in the Early Church -- Further Growth in Numbers and Geographical Extension -- Another Attempt to Stop the Movement -- Gamaliel, Theudas, and Luke's Accuracy -- Serving the Hellenists' Widows: Potential Conflict Avoided -- III. Initial Expansion: Stephen, Samaria, and Saul -- A. Suffering: One of the Servants Arrested and Martyred -- The Charges against Stephen -- Stephen's Defense -- Stephen's Martyrdom -- Palestine and Syria: Philip, Saul, and Peter -- Saul the Persecutor -- The Gospel Spreads to Samaria through Philip -- Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch -- Saul's Conversion -- Saul's Post-Conversion Days -- Summary: Judea, Galilee, and Samaria -- Continued Expansion: The First Gentile Converts -- The Proof of Gentile Conversion -- The Healing of Aeneas -- The Raising of Tabitha (Dorcas) -- The Conversion of Cornelius -- Apostolic Confirmation -- Gentile Conversion in Antioch and the Return of Paul -- Events in Jerusalem -- The Famine Relief Visit -- Persecution in Jerusalem --

The Death of Herod Agrippa I -- The Gentile Mission : Part 1, Asia Minor -- First Missionary Journey -- Syrian Antioch: Sent Out -- Cyprus: Proconsul Sergius Paulus Believes -- Pisidian Antioch: Gentiles Believe Despite Jewish Opposition -- South Galatia: Iconium, Derbe, Lystra -- Jerusalem Council -- Setting -- The Formal Council : Dispute and Testimony -- James's Response on Behalf of the Jerusalem Church -- The Letter Sent to the Gentile Churches -- Return to Syrian Antioch -- Second Missionary Journey Begins -- The Gentile Mission: Part 2, Greece -- Continuing the Second Missionary Journey -- Ministry in Philippi -- Ministry in Thessalonica -- Ministry in Berea -- Ministry in Athens -- Ministry in Corinth -- Return Trip -- Third Missionary Journey -- Remnants of the Baptist Instructed and Converted -- Paul's Ministry to the Ephesian Jews -- Miracles at Ephesus -- VII. To the Ends of the Earth: On to Rome -- From Ephesus to Jerusalem -- Ephesus: Opposition by Demetrius -- Paul's Journey to Macedonia and Greece, Seven Days in Troas -- Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders -- Paul's Journey to Jerusalem -- Paul's Final Visit to Jerusalem and His Removal to Caesarea -- Paul's Visit with James and the Elders -- Paul Arrested at the Temple -- Paul's Defense -- Paul before the Sanhedrin -- Paul's Removal to Caesarea -- Paul's Case before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa -- The Jews' Charges against Paul -- Paul's Defense before Felix -- Paul's Defense before Felix -- Paul's Defense before Festus and His Appeal to Caesar -- Paul before Agrippa: Charges Specified -- Paul's Trip to Rome -- Sea Voyage and Shipwreck -- Paul Preaches the Gospel Openly in Rome.

Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Publisher's Preface -- General Introduction to the EGGNT Series -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I. Foundations for the Church and Her Mission (1:1-2:47) -- A. Preliminary Steps (1:1-14) -- B. The Replacement of Judas (1:15-26) -- C. Pentecost: The Church Is Born (2:1-47) -- II. The Early Church in Jerusalem (3:1-6:7) -- A.A Miracle and Its Aftermath (3:1-4:31) -- B. Trouble Within and Without (4:32-6:7) -- III: Initial Expansion: Stephen, Samaria, and Saul (6:8-9:31) -- A. Suffering: One of the Servants Arrested and Martyred (6:8-8:1a) -- B. Palestine and Syria: Philip, Saul, and Peter (8:1b-9:30) -- C. Summary: Judea, Galilee, and Samaria (9:31) -- IV. Continued Expansion: The First Gentile Converts (9:32-12:24) -- A. The Proof of Gentile Conversion (9:32-11:18) -- B. Gentile Conversion in Antioch and the Return of Paul (11:19-26) -- C. Events in Jerusalem (11:27-12:24) -- V. The Gentile Mission: Part 1, Asia Minor (12:25-16:5) -- A. First Missionary Journey (12:25-14:28) -- B. Jerusalem Council (15:1-35) -- C. Second Missionary Journey Begins (15:36-16:5) -- VI: The Gentile Mission: Part Two, Greece (16:6-19:20) -- A. Continuing the Second Missionary Journey (16:6-18:23) -- B. Third Missionary Journey (18:24-19:20) -- VII: To the Ends of the Earth: On to Rome (19:21-28:31) -- A. From Ephesus to Jerusalem (19:21-21:16) -- B. Paul's Final Visit to Jerusalem and His Removal to Caesarea (21:17-23:35) -- C. Paul's Case Before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa (24:1-26:32) -- D. Paul's Trip to Rome (27:1-28:31) -- Exegetical Outline -- Grammar Index -- Scripture Index

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