| Foreword | x |
| Abbreviations of Periodicals and Other Reference Works | xi |
| Bibliography | xiii |
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| The Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction | 1 |
| I. Acts and the Question of Genre | 2 |
| II. Luke-Acts adn Rhetoric | 39 |
| III. Acts: Authorship, Date, and Audience | 51 |
| IV. The Text of Acts | 65 |
| V. The Structure, Theology, and Purposes of Luke-Acts | 68 |
| VI. Acts Chronology | 77 |
| VII. Pauline Chronology: The Galation Data | 86 |
| VIII. Acts and Hermeneutics | 97 |
| THE COMMENTARY | |
| I. | Prologue and Recapitulation (Acts 1:1-14) | 105 |
| II. | The Rhetoric of Replacement (Acts 1:15-26) | 115 |
| III. | Pentecost: The Medium, the Message, and the Manifestations (9Acts 2:1-47) | 128 |
| A. Power at Pentecost (2:1-13) | 129 |
| B. Preaching at Pentecost (2:14-42) | 137 |
| C. The People of Pentecost (2:42-47) | 156 |
| IV. | The Mighty Work, the Mighty Word, the Mighty Ones (Acts 3:1-4:22) | 164 |
| A. The Mighty Work (3:1-10) | 164 |
| B. The Mighty Word (3:11-26) | 176 |
| C. The Mighty Ones (4:1-22) | 188 |
| V. | Prayer, Possessions, Persecution, and Proclamation (Acts 4:23-8:3) | 199 |
| A. Prayer and Power (4:23-31) | 200 |
| B. The Community of Goods (4:32-37) | 204 |
| C. Ananias and Sapphira (5:1-11) | 213 |
| D. The Sum of the Matter (5:12-16) | 220 |
| E. Portents and Persecutions (5:17-42) | 228 |
| F. The Seven Servants (6:1-7) | 240 |
| G. The Trial, Testimony, and Termination of Stephen (6:8-8:3) | 251 |
| VI. | Philip on the Fringes of Judaism (Acts 8:4-40) | 279 |
| A. Surprise in Samaria (8:4-25) | 279 |
| B. Philip and a Unique Eunuch (8:26-40) | 290 |
| VII. | Saul as the Salient Jewish Convert (Acts 9:1-31) | 302 |
| A. The Assaulting of Saul (9:1-19a) | 302 |
| B. Saul's Early Efforts (9:19b-31) | 320 |
| VIII. | The Petrine Passages (Acts 9:32-11:18) | 327 |
| A. Peter the Healer (9:32-43) | 327 |
| B. Peter's Vision and Missionary Ventures (10:1-11:18) | 339 |
| IX. | The Antioch Chronicles (Acts 11:19-15:35) | 366 |
| A. Christians and Collections (11:19-30) | 366 |
| B. Rescue and Retribution in Jerusalem (12:1-25) | 376 |
| C. The Door for the Gentiles Opens— Part 1 (13:1-14:28) | 390 |
| D. Settlement in Jerusalem (15:1-35) | 439 |
| X. | Making a Second Effort—The Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36-18:23) | 471 |
| A. Back to Galatia and Beyond (15:36-16:10) | 471 |
| B. Macedonian Call and Response (16:11-17:15) | 486 |
| C. Proclaiming the Unknown at Athens (17:16-34) | 511 |
| D. Congregating in Corinth (18:1-23) | 535 |
| XI. | The Third Wave—The Last Missionary Efforts (Acts 18:24-21:16) | 562 |
| A. The Ephesus Chronicles—Part 1: Apollos (18:24-28) | 562 |
| B. The Ephesus Chronicles—Part 2: The Baptist's Disciples (19:1-7) | 569 |
| C. The Ephesus Chronicles—Part 3: Proclamation to Jews and Gentiles (19:8-10) | 572 |
| D. The Ephesus Chronicles—Part 4: Miracles and Magic in Ephesus (19:11-20) | 576 |
| E. The Ephesus Chronicles—Part 5: Riot in Ephesus (19:21-41) | 583 |
| F. Final Tour of Duty (20:1-16) | 600 |
| G. Paul's Farewell Address (20:17-38) | 610 |
| H. Journey to Jerusalem (21:1-16) | 627 |
| XII. | The Trials of Paul (Acts 21:17-26:32) | 642 |
| A. In Church and Temple (21:17-26) | 642 |
| B. Purity and Profanity in the Temple (21:27-36) | 652 |
| C. The First Defense (21:37-22:29) | 659 |
| D. The Hearing before the Sanhedrin (22:30-23:11) | 684 |
| E. The Plot and the Plan (23:12-35) | 694 |
| F. Paul's Trial before Felix (24:1-27) | 702 |
| G. An Appealing Time with Festus (25:1-12) | 717 |
| H. A Royal Visit (25:13-27) | 726 |
| I. Hearing the Last Witness (26:1-32) | 735 |
| XIII. | The Journey to Rome (Acts 27:1-28:12) | 754 |
| A. Faring Well until Fair Havens (27:1-12) | 758 |
| B. Storm and Shipwreck (27:13-44) | 764 |
| C. Hospitality and Healing on Malta (28:1-11) | 775 |
| XIV. | All Roads Lead to... (Acts 28:12-31) | 783 |
| A. Journey's End (28:12-16) | 783 |
| B. Paul and the Roman Jewish Leaders: The First Encounter (28:17-22) | 793 |
| C. Paul and the Roman Jewish Leaders: The Second Encounter (28:23-28) | 800 |
| D. The Beginnings of Christianity (28:30-31) | 807 |
| Appendix 1: Internal Clues of the Earliness of Galatians | 817 |
| Appendix 2: Salvation and Health in Christian Antiquity: The Soteriology of Luke- Acts in Its First-Century Setting | 821 |
| Index of Modern Authors | 844 |
| Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature | 856 |
| Map of Paul's Missionary Journeys | 875 |
