Acts: chapter summaries

The early church spreads from Jerusalem to Rome.

28 chapters · New Testament

1. 1 The ascension; Matthias chosen
2. 2 Pentecost
3. 3 A lame man healed at the temple
4. 4 Peter and John before the council
5. 5 Ananias and Sapphira; the apostles arrested
6. 6 The seven chosen; Stephen seized
7. 7 Stephen’s speech and death
8. 8 Philip in Samaria; the Ethiopian official
9. 9 Saul’s conversion
10. 10 Peter and Cornelius
11. 11 Peter defends the Gentile mission; Antioch church
12. 12 James killed; Peter freed from prison
13. 13 Paul and Barnabas sent out
14. 14 Iconium, Lystra and Derbe
15. 15 The Jerusalem council
16. 16 Philippi: Lydia and the jailer
17. 17 Thessalonica, Berea and Athens
18. 18 Corinth; Priscilla and Aquila; Apollos
19. 19 Ephesus; the riot of the silversmiths
20. 20 Eutychus; farewell to the Ephesian elders
21. 21 Paul arrives in Jerusalem and is arrested
22. 22 Paul’s defense before the crowd
23. 23 Paul before the council; the plot
24. 24 Paul before Felix
25. 25 Paul appeals to Caesar
26. 26 Paul before Agrippa
27. 27 The storm at sea
28. 28 Malta and Rome