PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS OF THE

APOSTOLIC AGE.

PART I. THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM: From the Ascension of Jesus until the Death of Stephen.

PART II. THE CHURCH SCATTERED ABROAD AND PREACHING THE WORD: From the Death of Stephen until the Sending out of Missionaries from Antioch.

PART III.

MISSIONS IN

ASIA MINOR, MACEDONIA, AND

GREECE: From the Beginning of Paul's First Missionary
Journey until his Last Arrival in Jerusalem.

PART IV. THE LAST YEARS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL: From Paul's Last Arrival in Jerusalem until his Death.

PART V. THE CLOSING PERIOD OF THE APOSTOLIC AGE: From the Death of the Apostle Paul until the Death of the Apostle John.

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ANALYTICAL OUTLINE OF THE

APOSTOLIC AGE.

ARRANGED IN PARTS, CHAPTERS, AND SECTIONS.

SECTION

PART I.

THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM.

FROM THE ASCENSION OF JESUS UNTIL THE DEATH OF STEPHEN.

Chapter I. Waiting for the Coming of the Spirit.

1. The promise of the Spirit, and the ascension of Jesus. Acts 1: I-14.

2. The choosing of Matthias.

Acts 1: 15-26.

Chapter II. The Great Day of Pentecost.

3. The coming of the Spirit.

Acts 2:1-13.

4. Peter's sermon on the Day of Pentecost. Acts 2: 14-36.

5. The conversion of the three thousand. Acts 2:37-42.

6. The church in peace and favour.

Acts 2: 43-47.

Chapter III. The Growth of the Church in Jerusalem.

7. The healing of the lame man by Peter and John. Acts 3: 1-10.

8. Peter's sermon in Solomon's porch.

Acts 3: 11-26.

SECTION

9. The first imprisonment of Peter and John.

Acts 4:1-31.

10. The unity of the church, and the community of goods. Acts 4: 32-37.

II. Ananias and Sapphira.

Acts 5: I-II.

12. Signs and wonders done by the apostles. Acts 5: 12-16.

13. The second imprisonment of the apostles.

Acts 5:17-42.

Chapter IV. The Appointment of the Seven, and the Martyrdom of Stephen.

14. The appointment of the seven.

Acts 6:1-7.

15. The trial and death of Stephen the Martyr.

Acts 6: 8-8: 1a.

PART II.

THE CHURCH SCATTERED ABROAD AND PREACHING THE WORD.

FROM THE DEATH OF STEPHEN UNTIL THE SENDING OUT OF
MISSIONARIES FROM ANTIOCH.

Chapter V. The Work of Philip the Evangelist.

16. The scattering of the church by persecution. Acts 8: 16-3 [4].

17. The planting of the church in the city of Samaria. Acts 8:4-25.

18. Philip and the Ethiopian treasurer.

Acts 8: 26-40.

Chapter VI. The Early Christian Life of Saul.

19. The conversion of Saul.

Acts 9:1-194. [Acts 22: 5-16.] [Acts 26: 12-18.]