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The Preparation for the Christian Mission • (Acts 1 – 2:13)The Mission In Jerusalem • (Acts 2:14 – 8:3)The Mission in Judeo and Samaria • (Acts 8:4 – 9:43)The Inauguration of the Gentile Mission • (Acts 10 – 15:35)The Mission of Paul to the Ends of the Earth • (Acts 15:36 – 28:31)
Preparation of the Apostles
• Jesus Ascends to Heaven• Apostles replace Judas with
Matthias• Judas’ death• Pentecost
Jesus-Followers in Community
• Worship in the temple• Break Bread• Baptism• Miraculous Signs• Selling of Possessions
Enemies of Jesus Return
• High Priests – Caiaphas & Annas
• Sadducees• Trial of Peter and John• Told to not teach in
Jesus’ name
Arrest and Trial
• Jesus Followers arrested• Angel frees them• Re-Arrested and
questioned• Gamaliel’s testimony• Scourged
Saul Persecutes the Church
• Apostles travel throughout Israel
• Jerusalem under siege from Saul
• New Communities connected to Apostles
Samaria
• Jews and Samaritans despised each other
• Philip arrives and baptizes• Requires Peter for the
Holy Spirit to come• Magician named Simon
Magnus• Tries to buy Holy Spirit
Saul in Damascus
• Saul blinded on the road• Brought to Damascus• Blind for 3 days• Baptized• Joins Jewish community
in Damascus• Forced to leave• Departs for Jerusalem
Back in Jerusalem
• Saul arrives in Jerusalem • Meets the Apostles• Becomes enemies with
Greeks• Sent off to Caesarea and
Tarsus
Progress Continues
• Communities throughout Galilee, Samaria, and Judea
• Goes back to Peter• Continuing to show
miraculous signs• Raises Dorcas from the
dead
Peter and Cornelius: Mission brought to the Gentiles
• Cornelius, Roman Centurion• Cornelius’ Vision• Peter’s vision• God does not make unclean
things• Gentiles receive the Holy Spirit
The Mission spreading Internationally
• followers scattered after Stephen’s stoning
• Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch• Spread to Greeks• Barnabas and Saul travel to
Antioch• First group to call themselves
Christians
Herod Antipas
• Kills James• Arrests Peter• Peter freed again by an
Angel• Herod struck down by an
Angel of the Lord
Leadership
• Barnabas and Saul commissioned
• Directed by the Holy Spirit• Travel from Antioch to
Cyprus, Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe
• Appoint Elders
Council of Jerusalem
• First major debate• 49 CE• Jewish Laws?• Apostles meet in Jerusalem
to settle question• Sent letters clarifying the
faith to the community in Antioch
Paul’s Arrest
• Arrested in Jerusalem• Mob mentality• Illegal to condemn a
Roman without trial• Sent to Governor Felix
Paul on Trial
• Accused by High Priests• Paul kept in prison for 2
years• New Governor, Festus• Appeal to Emperor