Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Introduction ix
Part I Beginning in Jerusalem (1-5) 1
1 The Prologue: Awaiting the Spirit 3
2 When the Spirit Came 22
3 The Power of the Name (1) 38
4 The Power of the Name (2) 49
5 Defining the Boundaries 61
Part II The Initial Expansion (6-12) 75
6 The Stephen Affair 79
7 Stephen's Defence and Martyrdom 89
8 In Samaria and to the End of the Earth 102
9 The Conversion of Saul and Peter's Mission in the Judaean Coastal Plain 117
10 The Conversion of Peter and the Acceptance of Cornelius 131
11 Peter's Action Ratified and Confirmation of the Breakthrough at Antioch 147
12 Update on Events in Jerusalem and Judaea 159
Part III The Mission from Antioch and the Jerusalem Council (l3-15) 169
13 The Mission from Antioch (1) 171
14 The Mission from Antioch (2) 186
15 The Council at Jerusalem 195
Part IV The Aegean Mission (16-20) 212
16 Beginnings in Philippi 215
17 Crisis in Thessalonica and Confrontation in Athens 225
18 A Firm Foundation in Corinth 239
19 A New Centre in Ephesus 252
20 The Close of the Aegean Mission 265
Part V The Final Acts: From Jerusalem to Rome (21-28) 277
21 Arrest in Jerusalem 280
22 Paul's First Defence in Jerusalem 291
23 Paul between Jewish Hostility and Roman Protection 300
24 On Trial before Governor Felix 310
25 The Build-up to the Hearing before Governor Festus and King Agrippa 317
26 The Hearing before Governor Festus and King Agrippa 323
27 The Voyage to Rome and Shipwreck 334
28 Paul Reaches the Goal and Final Centre of His Mission, Rome Itself 343
Index of Names 358
Index of Ancient Sources 362