Table of Contents
Contributors ix
The International Study Guides x
Acknowledgements xi
Using this Commentary xii
Further reading xiv
Maps xv
Introduction 1
1 1-11: Forty days with the risen Jesus 6
1 12-26: Waiting and preparation 12
2 1-13: The disciples are filled with the Spirit 20
2 14-41: Peter's first witness to the risen Jesus 26
2 42-47: The fellowship of the believers 32
3 1-26: The name of Jesus heals a crippled beggar 35
Theological essay 1 Mission and healing in Acts Emmanuel Anim 40
4 1-31: Peter and John before the Sanhedrin 47
4 32-5 16: The Church overcomes a danger from within 53
Theological essay 2 Communal sharing and poverty The Revd Dr Andrea Zaki Stephanous 57
5 17-42: The apostles before the Sanhedrin 64
6 1-15: A new leadership emerges 68
7 1-8 1a: Stephen's speech 73
8 1 b-40: Witnessing in all Judea and Samaria 80
9 1-30: The conversion of Saul 87
10 1-11 18: Opening the door: Peter and Cornelius 94
11 19-30: The church in Antioch 102
12 1-25: Herod persecutes the Church 106
13 1-12: Mission to Cyprus 111
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 Mercy Ah Siu-Maliko 160
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 Victor Hernández-Ramírez 183
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
Key to study suggestions 233
Index 241
