SUMMARY OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
| BIBLICAL PERIOD | #12 THE NEW COVENANT CHURCH | |||||||
| FOCUS | Witness in Jerusalem | Witness in Judea and Samaria | Witness to the ends of the earth | |||||
| THE COVENANT | THE NEW COVENANT IN CHRIST | |||||||
| SCRIPTURE | 1:1 |
3:1 |
8:5 |
13:1 |
21:17–28:31 | |||
| DIVISION | Birth of
the Church |
Progress of
the Church |
Expansion of
the Church |
Paul's three
missionary journeys |
Paul's Trials | |||
| TOPIC | The faithful remnant of the Old Covenant becomes the New Covenant Church | Samaria [Israel] comes into the New Covenant | The Gentiles are reunited with the Family of God | |||||
| Simon-Peter's apostolic mission | Philip the deacon's mission | Paul's conversion and apostolic mission | ||||||
| LOCATION | Jerusalem | Judea and Samaria | The world | |||||
| TIME | 30 years [ from AD 30-c. AD 60] | |||||||
TIME LINE
WORLD EMPIRE: Rome [Roman Province of Judea]
| AD 30 | AD 35 | AD 42 | AD 49 | AD 62 | AD 64 | AD 66 | AD 70 |
| Jesus' Crucifixion. Resurrection. Ascension. 2nd Great Pentecost | James, son of Zebedee, martyred. Church in Antioch (Turkey) founded by Peter | Peter founds Church in Rome. Paul's first mission (AD 44-49) | Council of Jerusalem. Second mission of Paul (AD 49-52). Paul's third mission (AD 53-58) | James, Christian Bishop of Jerusalem martyred | Fire destroys Rome. Christian persecution by Romans | Jewish revolt against Rome. AD 67? Peter and Paul martyred in Rome | Romans destroy Jerusalem and the Temple |