# Outline of the Acts of the Apostles
1\. Preface (**1:1-5)**
2\. From the Ascension to Pentecost (**1:6-2:13)**
A. Ascension of Jesus (1:6-14)
B. Replacement of Judas (1:15-26)
C. Pentecost (2:1-13)
3\. The Gospel in Jerusalem (**2:14-8:3)**
A. The Spirit\'s Descent on Jerusalem (2:14-47)
B. Peter\'s Ministry and First Imprisonment (3:1-4:31)
C. Donations and Discipline among Believers (4:32-5:11)
D. Peter\'s Ministry and Second Imprisonment (5:12-42)
E. Selection of the Seven (6:1-7)
F. Stephen\'s Ministry and Martyrdom (6:8-7:60)
G. The First Persecution of the Church (8:1-3)
4\. The Gospel in Judea and Samaria (**8:4-12:25)**
A. Philip\'s Ministry in Samaria and Judea (8:4-40)
B. The Conversion of Saul (9:1-31)
C. Peter\'s Ministry in Lydda, Joppa, and Caesarea (9:32-11:18)
D. Gentile Conversions in Syrian Antioch (11:19-30)
E. The Persecution and Death of Herod Agrippa (12:1-25)
5\. The Gospel to the End of the Earth (**13:1-28:31)**
A. Paul\'s First Missionary Journey: Cyprus and Asia Minor (13:1-14:28)
B. The Council of Jerusalem (15:1-35)
C. Paul\'s Second Missionary Journey: Asia Minor, Greece, Ephesus (15:36-18:22)
D. Paul\'s Third Missionary Journey: Asia Minor, Ephesus, Greece (18:23-21:15)
E. Paul\'s Arrest in Jerusalem and Imprisonment in Caesarea (21:16-26:32)
F. Paul\'s Journey to Rome (27:1-28:16)
G. Paul\'s Ministry in Rome (28:17-31)
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> Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, *The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament*, Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010).