OVERVIEW OF ACTS

Chapter(s) Events Approx.
Year(s) AD
1-6 The early church in Jerusalem 30 - 37
  1 Jesus' ascension    
  1 replacement for Judas    
  2 Day of Pentecost    
  3-4 more conversions, Peter & John arrested and released;
continued sharing among brethren		    
  5 apostles arrested, released    
  6 provision for widows    
6-9 The persecution 37
  6 Stephen falsely charged    
  7 Stephen's defense & stoning    
  8 the church is dispersed, the gospel is spread (e.g., Samaria, Ethiopia)    
  9 Saul's conversion;
Peter's continued work in Palestine		    
10-11 Inclusion of Gentiles 38 - 43
  10 Cornelius' conversion    
  11 Convincing the Jews;
Paul & Barnabas at Antioch		    
12 Herod's role in the persecution 44
  12 death of James;
Peter's imprisonment & escape;
Herod's death		    
13-14 Preaching tour: Paul and Barnabas 45 - 49
  13 from Antioch in Syria to Seleucia, Cyprus, Perga, Antioch of Pisidia, & Iconium    
  14 to Lystra, Derbe and home    
15:1-35 Judaizers rebuffed 50
15:36-18:23 Preaching tour: Paul and Silas 50 - 52
  15 Disagreement concerning Mark,Paul & Barnabas part company, Paul takes Silas, tours Syria &Cilicia    
  16-17 to Derbe, Lystra, Phrygia, Galatia, Troas, Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, Caesarea, & home    
18:23-21:26 3rd tour: Paul preaches & solicits "alms" for the saints in Jerusalem 52 - 58
  18 Galatia, Phrygia (Apollos at Ephesus)    
  19 Ephesus    
  20-21 Macedonia, Greece, then to Jerusalem by way of Macedonia, Troas, Miletus, Tyre, and Caesarea    
21:27-28:21 False charges against Paul, and his subsequent trials and confinements 58 - 62