ISG 48: A Commentary on Acts

Introduction
1.1-11: Forty days with the risen Jesus
1.12-26: Waiting and preparation
2.1-13: The disciples are filled with the Spirit
2.14-41: Peter's first witness to the risen Jesus
2.42-47: The fellowship of the believers
3.1-26: The name of Jesus heals a crippled beggar
Theological essay 1: Mission and healing in Acts
Emmanuel Anim
4.1-31: Peter and John before the Sanhedrin
4.32-5.16: The Church overcomes a danger from within
Theological essay 2: Communal sharing and poverty
The Revd Dr Andrea Zaki Stephanous
5.17-42: The apostles before the Sanhedrin
6.1-15: A new leadership emerges
7.1-8.1a: Stephen's speech
8.1b-40: Witnessing in all Judea and Samaria
9.1-30: The conversion of Saul
10.1-11.18: Opening the door: Peter and Cornelius
11.19-30: The church in Antioch
12.1-25: Herod persecutes the Church
13.1-12: Mission to Cyprus
13.13-52: Mission in Antioch of Pisidia 115
14.1-28: The mission to Iconium and Lystra and back 122
15.1-35: The Jerusalem Council 129
15.36-16.10: The gospel spreads to Macedonia 136
16.11-17.15: Paul in Macedonia 141
17.16-34: Paul in Athens 149
18.1-28: Paul in Corinth 154
Theological essay 3: Women in Acts and in Oceania 160
Mercy Ah Siu-Maliko
19.1-44: Paul in Ephesus 169
20.1-38: Paul begins his journey to Jerusalem 177
Theological essay 4: Leadership in the Early Church and today 183
Victor Hernandez-Ramirez
21.1-36: Paul's arrival and arrest 189
22.1-29: Paul defends himself before the crowd 197
22.30-23.35: Paul before the Sanhedrin and the plot to kill him 202
24.1-27: Paul before Felix 207
25.1-27: Paul before Festus and Agrippa 212
26.1-32: Paul's defence before Agrippa 216
27.1-28.16: Paul sails for Rome 222
28.17-31: Paul in Rome 229