A Guide to the Acts of the Apostles

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES;

OR,

THE ACCOUNT

OF THE

FIRST SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL

OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

EXPLAINED; WITH SUGGESTIONS

FOR PERSONAL APPLICATION, AND FOR PRAYER :

SERVING AS A CONTINUATION OF

THE COTTAGER'S GUIDE TO THE NEW TESTAMENT.

BY THE REV. ALEXANDER DALLAS, M.A.,

RECTOR OF WONSTON, HANTS.

LONDON.

JAMES NISBET AND CO., 21, BERNERS STREET.
WONSTON JAMES SHAYLER.

MDCCCXLVII.

J. SHAYLER, PRINTER, WONSTON, ANDOVER-ROAD.

CONTENTS.

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PORTION.

First. The Lord's Ascension. Acts i. 1-12. Jeru-
salem and Bethany. Thursday, May 16, A.D. 30.

Second.-Election of Matthias, Acts i. 16-26.

Jerusalem. Between the 16th and the 26th May,

A.D. 30.....

Third. The descent of the Holy Ghost. Acts ii.
1-41. Jerusalem, May 26, A.D. 30. .

Fourth. The state of the Church at the beginning.

Acts ii. 42-47. Jerusalem. A.D. 30....

Fifth-Peter and John heal a lame man at the gate

of the temple. Acts iii.; iv. 1-4. Jerusalem.

A.D. 30.....

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Sixth.-Peter and John before the council. Acts iv.

5-35. Jerusalem. About A.D. 31.....

Seventh.-Ananias and Sapphira. Acts iv. 36, 37

v. 1-11. Jerusalem. About A.D. 31...

Eighth.-The Apostles delivered from prison :--the

advice of Gamaliel. Acts v. 12-42. Jerusalem.

About A.D. 32....

Ninth. The appointment of Deacons. Acts vi. 1-7.

Jerusalem. About A.D. 37.....

Tenth. The martyrdom of Stephen. Acts vi. 8-15;
vii.; viii. 1 (first part). Jerusalem. A.D. 37....

Eleventh.-Persecution in Jerusalem, and dispersion

of the disciples. Acts viii. 1 (latter part) to 4;

xi. 19. Judea and Samaria, Antioch, &c. About

May, A.D. 37.....

Twelfth.-The Gospel preached to the Samaritans.

Acts viii. 5-25. Samaria. About May, A.D. 37. 87

Thirteenth. Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch. Acts

viii. 26-40. Road from Jerusalem to Gaza.

About May, A.D. 37..

PORTION.

Fourteenth.-The conversion of Saul.

(pt.); xxii. 3-16; xxvi. 4, 5, 9-18. Samaria.

About May, A.D. 37....

Fifteenth.-Saul's first preaching. His escape from

Damascus. Acts ix. 19-25. Gal. i. 15-17. 2 Cor.

xi. 32, 33. Arabia.-Damascus. From Autumn

of A.D. 37, to Spring of A.D. 41....

Sixteenth.-Saul first as a disciple at Jerusalem: his

trance there.. Acts ix. 26-30; xxii. 17-21. 2 Cor.

xii. 1-6. Gal. i. 18-24. Jerusalem About April,

A.D. 41....

Seventeenth.-Peter's miracles on Æneas and Dorcas.

Acts ix. 31-43. Lydda and Joppa, Spring,

A.D. 41...

Eighteenth. The conversion of Cornelius. Acts x.

Cæsarea and Joppa. Spring, A.D. 41..........

Nineteenth.-Peter's defence before the Church. Acts

xi. 1-18. Jerusalem. Spring, A.D. 41........ 143

Twentieth. The planting of the Church at Antioch.

Acts xi. 19-30. Antioch. A.D. 41, to Spring,

A.D. 43...

Twenty-first.-Martyrdom of James. Imprisonment

and deliverance of Peter. Jerusalem. Acts xii.

1-19. About the time of the Passover, April 12,

A.D. 43..

Twenty-second.-The death of Herod. Acts xii. 20-23.

Cæsarea. Summer, A.D. 43....

Twenty-third.-The first christian mission to the

Gentiles. Acts xii. 24, 25; xiii. 1-12. Antioch.

Paphos in Syria. From summer, A.D. 43, to spring,

A.D. 44....

Twenty-fourth-The missionaries at Antioch in Pisi-

dia. Paul's sermon in the synagogue. Acts xiii.

13-43. Antioch in Pisidia. A.D. 44...

Twenty-fifth-The gospel preached to the Gentiles at

Antioch in Pisidia. Acts xiii. 44-52.

Twenty-sixth-The planting of the church in Iconium.

The miracle at Lystra. Acts xiv. 1-20. Iconium,

Lystra. A.D. 44..

183

Twenty-seventh-Paul and Barnabas return from the

first missionary journey. Acts xiv. 20-28. Derbe,

Lystra, &c., to Antioch in Syria. A.D. 45...... 188

Twenty-eighth-The Gentile church exempted from

Mosaic rites. Acts xv. 1-35. Antioch and Jeru-

salem. A.D. 48...

Twenty-ninth-Contention between Paul and Barna-

Acts xv. 36-40. Antioch. About May,

Thirtieth-Paul's second journey. Visitation of the

Churches. Acts xv. 41; xvi. 1-12. 1 Tim. iv. 14.

2 Tim. i. 5, 6; iii. 14, 15. Through Syria, Cili-

cia, and Asia Minor, to Philippi and Macedonia.

Beginning about May, A.D. 49..

Thirty-first-Events at Philippi. Acts xvi. 13-40.

Philippi. A.D. 49...

Thirty-second-Progress of the Missionaries. Acts

xvii. 1-15. Phil. iv. 15, 16. 1 Thess. ii. 9.

2 Thess. iii. 7, 8. Thessalonica and Berea. A.D. 49. 220

Thirty-third-Paul waiting at Athens. Acts xvii.

16-34. 1 Thess. iii. 1-5. Athens. A.D. 50.... 227

Thirty-fourth-Paul goes to Corinth. Acts xviii. 1-11.

1 Thess. iii. 6-8. 1 Cor. i. 14-17. 2 Cor. xi.

8-10. Corinth. Spring, A.D. 50....

Thirty-fifth-Paul brought before Gallio. Acts xviii.

12-17. Corinth. From spring, A.D. 50, to autumn,

A.D. 51...

Thirty-sixth-Paul's departure from Corinth; the

conference at Jerusalem; and his return to Antioch.

211

235

242

Acts xviii. 18-22. Gal. ii. 1-14. Corinth, Ephe-

sus, Cæsarea, Jerusalem, Antioch. A.D. 52...... 246

Thirty-seventh-Commencement of Paul's third mis-

sionary journey. Apollos at Ephesus. Paul there

subsequently. Acts xviii. 23-28; xix. 1-7. Gala-

tia and Phrygia, Ephesus. From about May,

A.D. 52, to early in the year 53.....

Thirty-eighth-Success of the gospel at Ephesus.

Acts xix. 8-20. 1 Cor. iv. 17; xvi. 10-12.

Ephesus Two years and three months; from A.D.

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