I. The witness in Jerusalem 1:1-6:7
A. The founding of the church 1:1-2:46
1. The resumptive preface to the book 1:1-5
2. The command to witness 1:6-8
3. The ascension of Jesus 1:9-11
4. Jesus' appointment of a twelfth apostle 1:12-26
5. The birth of the church 2:1-41
6. The early state of the church 2:42-46
B. The expansion of the church in Jerusalem 3:1-6:7
1. External opposition 3:1-4:31
2. Internal compromise 4:32-5:11
3. Intensified external opposition 5:12-42
4. Internal conflict 6:1-7
II. The witness in Judea and Samaria 6:8-9:31
A. The martyrdom of Stephen 6:8-8:1a
1. Stephen's arrest 6:8-7:1
2. Stephen's address 7:2-53
3. Stephen's death 7:54-8:1a
B. The ministry of Philip 8:1b-40
1. The evangelization of Samaria 8:1b-25
2. Philip's ministry to the Ethiopian eunuch 8:26-40
C. The mission of Saul 9:1-31
1. Saul's conversion and calling 9:1-19a
2. Saul's initial conflicts 9:19b-30
3. The church at peace 9:31
III. The witness to the uttermost part of the earth 9:32-28:31
A. The extension of the church to Syrian Antioch 9:32-12:24
1. Peter's ministry in Lydda and Joppa 9:32-43
2. The conversion of Cornelius 10:1-11:18
3. The initiatives of the Antioch church 11:19-30
4. The persecution of the Jerusalem church 12:1-24
B. The extension of the church to Cyprus and Asia Minor 12:25-16:5
1. The divine appointment of Barnabas and Saul 12:25-13:3
2. The mission to Cyprus 13:4-12
3. The mission to Asia Minor 13:13-14:25
4. Paul and Barnabas' return to Antioch of Syria 14:26-28
5. The Jerusalem Council 15:1-35
6. The strengthening of the Gentile churches 15:36-16:5
C. The extension of the church to the Aegean shores 16:6-19:20
1. The call to Macedonia 16:6-10
2. The ministry in Macedonia 16:11-17:15
3. The ministry in Achaia 17:16-18:17
4. The beginning of ministry in Asia 18:18-22
5. The results of ministry in Asia 18:23-19:20
D. The extension of the church to Rome 19:21-28:31
1. Ministry on the way to Jerusalem 19:21-21:16
2. Ministry in Jerusalem 21:17-23:32
3. Ministry in Caesarea 23:33-26:32
4. Ministry on the way to Rome 27:1-28:15
5. Ministry in Rome 28:16-31
