Jesus tells the apostles that they will bring his message to Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (1:8). Luke uses this prophetic statement as an outline for Acts.

Acts introduces readers to people and events in Christianity's earliest history. In Acts we witness the stoning of St. Stephen, remembered as Christianity's first martyr (7:54-60).

Acts of the Apostles features the voices of Wynton Williams, Michael Harris, Chevaughn Clayton, Craig Walters, Caryl Constantine, Grace McDonald, Catecia Smith, and a cast of 50 extraordinary ...

Eben Scheffler, Caring for the Needy in the Acts of the Apostles, Neotestamentica, Vol. 50, No. 3 (2016), pp. 131-166 ...

Archbishop Cordileone: Racism is a virus. The Acts of the Apostles shows us how to fight it. Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone April 16, 2021 ...

They were unlikely leaders. As the Bible tells it, most knew more about mending nets than winning converts when Jesus said he would make them "fishers of men." Yet 2,000 years later, all over the ...

The apocryphal Acts of Peter tell us that the apostle decided to flee Rome in the face of persecution. As he left the city, he encountered Christ. Shocked, he asked, "Domine, quo vadis?" ...