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Acts: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

Alastair Roberts

Acts: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

February 17, 2022
Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts

*CONTENTS*

00:00:00 - Acts 1.1-14: Jesus' Ascension

00:17:20 - Acts 1.15-26: The Choice of Matthias

00:28:34 - Acts 2.1-21: The Day of Pentecost

00:48:17 - Acts 2.22-47: Peter's Sermon at Pentecost

01:06:38 - Acts 3.1—4.4: The Healing of the Beggar at the Beautiful Gate

01:21:00 - Acts 4.5-31: Peter and John Before the Council

01:32:59 - Acts 4.32—5.11: Ananias and Sapphira

01:46:16 - Acts 5.12-42: The Apostles Arrested

01:57:49 - Acts 6.1—7.16: The Appointment of the Seven and the Arrest of Stephen

02:14:01 - Acts 7.17-34: Stephen's Speech

02:20:19 - Acts 7.35—8.3: Stephen Martyred

02:34:14 - Acts 8.4-25: Philip in Samaria

02:44:35 - Acts 8.26-40: The Ethiopian Eunuch

02:56:09 - Acts 9.1-31: The Conversion of Saul

03:06:46 - Acts 9.32-43: Aeneas Healed and Dorcas Raised

03:14:02 - Acts 10.1-23: Peter's Vision

03:21:43 - Acts 10.24-48: Cornelius' House Receive the Gospel

03:32:44 - Acts 11.1-18: Reporting the Gentiles' Receiving of the Gospel to the Church

03:39:25 - Acts 11.19-30: Antioch

03:46:37 - Acts 12.1-24: Peter Delivered from Prison

03:56:54 - Acts 12.25—13.12: Saul and Barnabas Set Out

04:10:51 - Acts 13.13-43: Saul and Barnabas in Pisidia

04:22:21 - Acts 13.44—14.7: Leaving Antioch and Going to Iconium

04:31:16 - Acts 14.8-28: Persecuted at Lystra

04:39:18 - Acts 15.1-21: The Jerusalem Council

04:51:25 - Acts 15.22-35: The Council's Letter to Gentile Christians

05:05:36 - Acts 15.36—16.5: Paul and Barnabas Part Ways and Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

05:15:33 - Acts 16.6-40: Paul and Silas in Philippi

05:27:06 - Acts 17.1-15: In Thessalonica and Berea

05:37:54 - Acts 17.16-34: In Athens

05:47:10 - Acts 18.1-23: In Corinth

05:59:29 - Acts 18.24—19.7: In Ephesus

06:07:31 - Acts 19.8-20: God's Power Seen in Ephesus

06:17:38 - Acts 19.21-41: Riot in Ephesus

06:29:11 - Acts 20.1-16: The Beginning of the Return Journey

06:38:03 - Acts 20.17-38: Paul Addresses the Ephesian Elders

06:52:00 - Acts 21.1-16: Paul Goes to Jerusalem

07:02:07 - Acts 21.17-36: Paul Arrested in the Temple

07:14:52 - Acts 21.37—22.22: Paul Addresses the People

07:24:08 - Acts 22.23—23.11: Paul Addresses the Council

07:35:46 - Acts 23.12-35: Paul Sent to Felix

07:41:32 - Acts 24.1-23: Paul Before Felix

07:52:06 - Acts 24.24—25.12: Paul Appeals to Caesar

08:00:55 - Acts 25.13-27: Paul Before Agrippa and Bernice

08:07:08 - Acts 26: Paul's Defence Before Agrippa

08:20:30 - Acts 27: Paul Shipwrecked

08:36:26 - Acts 28.1-15: Paul on Malta

08:45:57 - Acts 28.16-31: Paul in Rome

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