Talk about Simon the magician and Samaria in the first century

Acts 7 - Stephen witnesses to a group of foreign Jewish freemen. He is martyred by stoning.

Acts 6 the appointment of deacons and a congregational meeting

Acts Chapter 2. The new church worships and teaches at the temple but also spends time together eating and in communion.

The Holy Spirit appears as fire to the believers. The gift of other tongues is given immediately. Peter preaches the first sermon after the resurrection of Jesus. Many come to believe!

The disciples and others get to spend 40 days with Jesus after his ascension and brief return. The Holy Spirit is promised

Why Luke broke it into two parts, gospel and Acts. What it shows us of discipleship and Jesus being alive in the world. Would the epistles have made any sense without this book? Luke's second book could be called the Acts of Jesus or the Acts of Jesus and the Spirit. It is the only account that we have of what happens after Jesus' resurrection before we get into the second century non-biblical Christian writings talking about the church.

A discussion about his books: