| Foreword | 7 |
| Contributors | 8 |
| Additional Researchers and Writers | 9 |
| Part 1 | The Theology of the Book of Acts | 11 |
| 1. | Introduction | 12 |
| 2. | The Church and the Book of Acts | 34 |
| 3. | The Person of Jesus Christ in Acts | 72 |
| 4. | The Use of Prophecy in Acts | 82 |
| 5. | Demonology and the Book of Acts | 92 |
| 6. | Paul in the Book of Acts | 102 |
| 7. | The Temple in the Book of Acts | 109 |
| Part 2 | The Theology and Work of the Holy Spirit in Acts | 119 |
| 1. | The Theology of the Holy Spirit in Acts | 120 |
| 2. | The Work of the Holy Spirit in Acts | 157 |
| Part 3 | A Verse-by-Verse Background Guide to the Book of Acts | 177 |
| 1. | The Wait for the Coming of the Holy Spirit | 178 |
| 2. | The Outpouring and Empowerment of the Holy Spirit | 198 |
| 3. | The Healing of the Lame Man and Its Results | 215 |
| 4. | The First Organized, Official Persecution | 223 |
| 5. | Problems in the Church; Persecution Outside | 234 |
| 6. | The Selection of Deacons; Stephen Before the Sanhedrin | 243 |
| 7. | Stephen's Sermon and Martyrdom | 255 |
| 8. | The Gospel in Samaria; the Ethiopian Eunuch | 263 |
| 9. | The Conversion of Saul; Saul's Journey to Jerusalem | 270 |
| 10. | Peter and the First Gentile Conversions | 281 |
| 11. | The Gentile Witness Controversy; Saul and the Antioch Church | 287 |
| 12. | Increasing Persecution and the Death of Herod | 295 |
| 13. | First Missionary Journey; Paul at Pisidian Antioch | 302 |
| 14. | Outreach to Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe; Return to Antioch | 312 |
| 15. | The Jerusalem Council; Second Missionary Journey | 317 |
| 16. | The Gospel in Macedonia; the Ministry at Philippi | 323 |
| 17. | The Ministry at Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens | 334 |
| 18. | The Ministry at Corinth; Third Missionary Journey | 343 |
| 19. | The Ministry at Ephesus | 354 |
| 20. | Travels Through Greece and Asia Minor | 361 |
| 21. | Return to Jerusalem; the Arrest of Paul | 368 |
| 22. | Paul's Defense Before the Jerusalem Crowd | 374 |
| 23. | Paul Before the Sanhedrin; Journey to Caesarea | 378 |
| 24. | Paul's Address Before Felix | 381 |
| 25. | Paul's Testimony Before Festus | 385 |
| 26. | Paul's Defense Before Agrippa | 388 |
| 27. | Paul's Journey to Rome | 390 |
| 28. | Paul's Arrival at Rome; Meetings with the Roman Jews | 395 |
| Appendixes | 401 |
| Timelines Acts 1-28 | 402 |
| 1. | The Laying on of Hands in the Old Testament and the Gospels | 405 |
| 2. | The Sign Gifts | 412 |
| 3. | Progressive Dispensationalism and the Book of Acts | 417 |
| Endnotes | 425 |
