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Book of Acts Report

The document summarizes the key points of the Book of Acts in the Bible. It was written by Luke between A.D. 63 and 70 with the purpose of chronicling the early Christian church and its spread of the gospel. The book focuses on how the apostles witnessed about Jesus in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the rest of the world empowered by the Holy Spirit. It describes the church facing persecution but continuing to grow and spread its message from Jerusalem out to Judea/Samaria and eventually "the ends of the earth."

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Book of Acts Report

The document summarizes the key points of the Book of Acts in the Bible. It was written by Luke between A.D. 63 and 70 with the purpose of chronicling the early Christian church and its spread of the gospel. The book focuses on how the apostles witnessed about Jesus in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the rest of the world empowered by the Holy Spirit. It describes the church facing persecution but continuing to grow and spread its message from Jerusalem out to Judea/Samaria and eventually "the ends of the earth."

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Book of Acts

AUTHOR: LUKE
DATE WRITTEN:
A.D. 63 and A.D. 70
AUDIENCE:
1. A man called theophilus
2. Gentiles or non jewish
Purpose of Writing
“
Acts were written as a chronicle of the
early church. The book's main focus is
on completing the Great Commission.
The apostles were Christ's witnesses in
Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the
rest of the world. It exposes the Holy
Spirit's gift of empowerment, guidance,
teaching, and so on. The gospel's power
to spread over the world and alter lives
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1. JERUSALEM
(chapters 1-7)
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The apostles' ministry (3:1-26) brought not only
conversions (4:4; 5:12-16) but also persecution
(4:1-22; 5:17-42; 6:8-7:60). However nothing
could stop them, though Ananias and Sapphira's
deception almost destroyed the very thing the
church was becoming known for and was
ruthlessly deale with (5:1-11). The persecution
climaxed in Stephen's martyrdom (7:54-60).
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2. Judea and samaria
(chapter 8)
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The church got stuck in Jerusalem and Judea, enjoying
success but failing to push out Rome in 27.1. further, so
God used the persecution to drive them out of their
comfort zone (8:1). Philip preached so successfully in
Samaria (8:4-13) that the apostles had to go and see what
was happening and pray for the new believers to receive
the Spirit (8:14-25). At last, the gospel had escaped its
Jewish confines. An African eunuch's conversion was
another step in the church reaching out to everybody
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(8:26-40).
2. Ends of the earth
(chapters 9-28)
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A huge turning point was Saul's conversi (9:1-18),
leading to the gospel reaching Damascus and Tarsus
(9.20-31) Meanwhile Peter's vision prepared him for God
giving his Spiric to Gentiles (10:1-11-18). Another
breakthrough came when Saul (now Paul) made Antioch
his base, from which his missionary travels stretched
ever-deeper into the Roman empire, with churches
planted in Asia Minor, Greece and even Rome itself
(chapters 13-28). Acts has an open-ending, underlining
that the work of the gospel still continues
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Key Themes
1. Spirit and effort
2. Jew and gentile
3. Empire and kingdom
4. Obstacle and opportunity
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GREEK WORD
“PRAXIS” often used in
early Christian literature to
describe the great deeds of the
apostles or other significant
believers.
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Bible difficulties
Acts 15 and Galatians 2: 1-10 are
describing the same event.

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