A Structural View of Acts

I.) The Message of Christ in and Around Jerusalem (Acts 1:1-7:60)

1. Introduction and Instructions Concerning Holy Spirit (Acts 1:1-8)
2. The Ascension (Acts 1:9-11)
3. Matthias, the selected Replacement of Judas (Acts 1:12-26)
4. Pentecost Arrival and Church Formation in Jerusalem (Acts 2:1-47)
5. First Encounter of the Church with the Religious Leaders (Acts 3:1-4:35)
6. The Passing of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 4:36-5:16)
7. Apostles Encounter Hostile Jewish Religious Leaders (Acts 5:17-42)
8. The Seven Servants Chosen to Serve (Acts 6:1-7)
9. The Seizure, Speech, and Stoning of Stephen (Acts 6:8-7:60)

II.) The Witness of Christ in Judea and Samaria (Acts 8:1-12:25)

1. Saul’s Persecution upon the Church and the Scattering of Christians (Acts 8:1-2)
2. Philip the Evangelist in Samaria (Acts 8:3-8)
3. Peter and Simon the Magician (Acts 8:9-25)
4. Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:26-40)
5. The Conversion of Saul (Acts 9:1-19)
6. Saul Shares Christ in Damascus and Jerusalem (Acts 9:20-31)
7. Peter’s Ministry in Judea with Aeneas and the Raising of Dorcas (Acts 9:32-42)
8. The vision of Cornelius, the Roman Centurion (Acts 10:1-8)
9. The vision of Peter, the Apostle of Christ (Acts 10:9-22)
10. Peter Visits Cornelius in Caesarea (Acts 10:23-33)
11. Gospel to the Gentiles and the Arrival of the Holy Spirit upon them (Acts 10:34-48)
12. Peter Reports to Jerusalem the Gospel for the Gentiles (Acts 11:1-18)
13. The Antioch Church: Barnabas’s Ministry & Retrieval of Saul (Acts 11:19-30)
14. Peter’s Deliverance and Escape from Prison (Acts 12:1-19)
15. The Angelic Killing of Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:20-25)

III.) The Witness of Christ to the Ends of the Earth (Acts 13:1-28:31)

A.) First Missionary Journey at Cyprus and Pisidian Antioch – (Acts 13:1-52)

1. First Missionary Journey at Iconium – (Acts 14:1-7)
2. First Missionary Journey at Lystra and Derbe (Acts 14:8-20)
3. Return to Antioch Syria: Completion of First Missionary Journey (Acts 14:21-28)

B.) The Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:1-35)

C.) Paul’s Second Missionary Journey through Asia-Minor (Acts 15:36-41)

1. Paul’s Second Missionary Journey at Macedonia (Acts 16:1-15)
2. Paul and Silas were Jailed at Philippi in Macedonia (Acts 16:16-40)
3. Paul at Thessalonica and Berea in Macedonia (Acts 17:1-15)
4. Paul at Athens and Mars Hill in Achaia (Acts 17:16-34)
5. Paul at Corinth in Achaia with Pricilla, Aquilla, and Apollos (Acts 18:1-18)
6. Return to Antioch Syria: Completion of Second Missionary Journey (Acts 18:19-22)

D.) Paul’s Third Missionary Journey at Asia-Minor to Ephesus (Acts 18:23-19:41)

1. Paul Travels to Macedonia and Achaia (Acts 20:1-12)
2. Paul’s Travels to Miletus and Returns to Ephesus (Acts 20:13-20:38)
3. Return to Jerusalem: Completion of Third Missionary Journey (Acts 21:1-26)
4. Paul Seized in Jerusalem for Trial before Sanhedrin (Acts 21:27-23:11)
5. Paul Travels Guarded to Caesarea Under Threat of Harm (Acts 23:12-35)
6. Paul is Incarcerated and Appears before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa II (Acts 24:1-26:32)
7. Paul Extradited to Rome to Appear before Caesar  (Acts 27:1-28:10)
8. Paul’s Ministry at Rome (Acts 28:11-31)

The Book of Acts