Appendix: Catalogue of Gospel Declarations in Acts
not rep. = message not reported
reference | preacher | place | hearers | length | notes on content | miracles | results |
2:14-39 | Peter | Jerusalem | Jews | full | OT, Christ, death, res, repent, bapt, fulfilment, confront |
tongues | 3000 saved |
3:6-7 | Peter | Temple gate | lame man | 1 sentence | Christ | lame healed | man saved |
3:11-4:4 | Peter | Solomon's porch | Jews | full | O.T. Christ, fulfilment, confront, judgement, repent, death, res, faith, forgiveness |
lame healed | arrested. many believed. |
4:8-12 | Peter | Sanhedrin | Jews | short | confront, death, res, Christ | lame healed | forbidden to teach |
5:29-32 | Peter | Sanhedrin | Jews | short | Confront, res, repent, forgiveness | beaten | |
7:2-53 | Stephen | Sanhedrin | Jews | very full | O.T. history, confront | had done great wonders and signs | stoned |
8:4 | disciples | Judea | Jews | not rep. | the word | ||
8:5-13 | Philip | Samaria | Samaritans | not rep. | Kingdom, Jesus Christ | demons, lame, paralysed, signs, miracles | great joy in the city. Men & women baptized |
8:25 | Apostles | Samaritan villages | Samaritans | not rep. | the gospel | ||
8:26-39 | Philip | road | Ethiopian | short | Jesus (from Is. 53) | saved, baptized | |
8:40 | Philip | cities | Jews | not rep. | - | ||
9:20-22 | Paul | Damascus | Jews | not rep. | Christ is the Son of God. Proved Jesus is the Christ | amazed and confounded the Jews | |
9:28-29 | Paul | Jerusalem | Jews / Hellenists | not rep. | in the name of the Lord Jesus | attempted to kill him | |
9:32-43 | Peter | the country | Jews | no actual sermon | healing and raising from dead | many believed. | |
10:34-48 | Peter | home of Cornelius | Gentiles | full | peace, Jesus Christ, dead, res, judgement, O.T. faith, forgiveness, (baptised) |
2 visions | Spirit fell on them: tongues |
11:19-21 | those scattered | as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus & Antioch | Jews only | not rep. | the word | great number believed & turned to the Lord | |
13:5 | Paul & Barnabas | Salamis in Cyprus | Jews in synagogues | not rep. | the word of God | ||
13:6-12 | Paul | Paphos in Cyprus | proconsul | not rep. | the teaching of the Lord | Elymas the sorcerer blinded | proconsul believed |
13:14-41 | Paul | Antioch in Pisidia | Jews in synagogue | full | OT (long), Jesus, death, res, forgiveness, believe, justified, warning of perishing |
ultimately many saved (see below) | |
13:42-43 | Paul & Barn. | Antioch in Pisidia | Jews and devout proselytes | not rep. | persuaded them to continue in the grace of God | (see below) | |
13:44-52 | Paul & Barn. | Antioch in Pisidia | Jews and Gentiles | brief | OT, judgement & confrontation of Jews, light to Gentiles | many believed | |
14:1-5 | Paul & Barn. | Iconium | Jews and Greeks | not rep. | speaking boldly | signs and wonders by their hands | a great multitude, both Jews and Greeks believed |
14:6-7 | Paul & Barn. | Lystra, Derbe & other cities | not rep. | preaching the gospel | |||
14:8-20 | Paul & Barn. | Lystra | Gentiles | brief | Witness of creation: idolatry vs. living God repentance | lame man healed | stoned almost to death |
14:21 | Paul & Barn. | Derbe | not rep. | preached the gospel | many disciples | ||
14:25 | Paul & Barn. | Perga | not rep. | preached the word | |||
15:35 | Paul & Barn. | Antioch | teaching and preaching the word of the Lord | ||||
16:12-15 | Paul & comp | Philippi | Jewish women | not rep. | we sat down and spoke to the women | The Lord opened her heard to heed the things | |
16:25-34 | Paul & Silas | Philippi | Jailer & family | brief | believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved | earthquake | all household saved |
17:1-4 | Paul | Thessalonica | Jews & devout Greeks | brief | reasoned from OT. expl. that Christ had to die & rise. Jesus is the Christ |
some Jews, multitude of Greeks | |
17:10-13 | Paul & Silas | Berea | Jews & Greeks | not rep. | they received the word & searched the Scriptures |
many believed | |
17:16-17 | Paul | synagogue at Athens | Jews & Gentile worshippers | not rep. | he reasoned daily | ||
17:18-34 | Paul | Areopagus at Athens | Gentiles | full | idolatry, the true creator God, seek him, repent, judgement, righteousness, res |
some believed | |
18:4-6 | Paul | synagogue at Corinth | Jews & Greeks | not rep. | reasoned & persuaded, testified that Jesus is the Christ | opposed him and blasphemed | |
18:7-11 | Paul | house at Corinth | Gentiles | not rep. | teaching the word of God | many believed and were baptised | |
18:19 | Paul | synagogue at Ephesus | Jews | not rep. | reasoned with them | wanted him to stay | |
18:27-28 | Apollos | Achaia | Jews | not rep. | vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ |
greatly helped believers | |
19:8-9c | Paul | synagogue at Ephesus | Jews | not rep. | reasoning and persuading concerning K. of God | some hardened, some disciples | |
19:9d-20 | Paul | school of Tyrannus, Ephesus | Jews & Greeks | not. rep. | continued for two years reasoning daily |
unusual miracles (19:11) healing & demons, naked exorcists | many believed, word of the Lord grew mightily |
20:20-21 | Paul | Ephesus, publicly and from house to house | Jews and Greeks | brief | repentance & faith toward Jesus Christ | ||
21:40-22:29 | Paul | steps of Jerusalem barracks | Jews | full | testimony, Jesus, Gentiles | attempted lynching | |
22:30-23:10 | Paul | Sanhedrin | Jews | brief | testimony, res. | great dissension | |
24:10-22 | Paul | before Felix | Gentiles, Jews | full | O.T., testimony, judgement | ||
24:25 | Paul | before Felix & Drusilla | Gentiles | brief | righteousness, self control & judgement to come | Felix afraid, said ‘go away’ | |
25:6-12 | Paul | before Festus | Gentiles, Jews | not rep. | nothing | ||
26:1-32 | Paul | before Agrippa | Gentiles, Jews | full | testimony, OT, res, Jesus, repent, forgiveness, inheritance, faith, works, believe, Gentiles |
convicted | |
28:1-10 | Paul | Malta | Gentiles | not rep. | Paul survived viper, and healed many | not rep. | |
28:17-29 | Paul | lodging in Rome | Jews | brief | testimony, OT (both law & prophets), kingdom of God, Jesus, Gentiles, salvation |
some persuaded, some not | |
28:30-31 | Paul | lodging in Rome | Gentiles | brief | preaching the K. of God, teaching re. Jesus Christ | continued 2 years with confidence |
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