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Acts

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Illustration: The disciples look up as Jesus is taken into a cloud above the Mount of Olives, with two men in white garments nearby.

The Disciples Watch Jesus Ascend

Acts 1:6–11

The disciples look up as Jesus is taken into a cloud above the Mount of Olives, with two men in white garments nearby.

Illustration: Believers gather in an ancient upper room with divided tongues like fire resting above them, expressing wonder at the coming of the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit Comes at Pentecost

Acts 2:1–13

Believers gather in an ancient upper room with divided tongues like fire resting above them, expressing wonder at the coming of the Holy Spirit.

Illustration: Peter and John help the man at the temple gate stand, and he rejoices at his restored ability to walk.

Healing at the Temple Gate

Acts 3:1–10

Peter and John help the man at the temple gate stand, and he rejoices at his restored ability to walk.

Illustration: Early Christian believers share bread, meals, and provisions around a simple courtyard table, caring for one another.

Life Together in the Early Church

Acts 2:42–47

Early Christian believers share bread, meals, and provisions around a simple courtyard table, caring for one another.

Illustration: Philip sits beside an Ethiopian official in an ancient traveling chariot, discussing an open scroll on a desert road.

Philip Explains the Scripture

Acts 8:26–40

Philip sits beside an Ethiopian official in an ancient traveling chariot, discussing an open scroll on a desert road.

Illustration: Saul falls to the ground beneath a brilliant heavenly light on the road to Damascus while his companions stand astonished, with no human portrait of God.

Saul on the Road to Damascus

Acts 9:1–19

Saul falls to the ground beneath a brilliant heavenly light on the road to Damascus while his companions stand astonished, with no human portrait of God.

Illustration: Peter speaks to Cornelius and his gathered household in an ancient Roman home, with people listening and praying together.

Peter Visits Cornelius

Acts 10

Peter speaks to Cornelius and his gathered household in an ancient Roman home, with people listening and praying together.

Illustration: An angel guides Peter past an opened prison door while guards sleep and the chains lie released, in a peaceful nighttime scene.

Peter Freed from Prison

Acts 12:5–17

An angel guides Peter past an opened prison door while guards sleep and the chains lie released, in a peaceful nighttime scene.

Illustration: Paul and Silas pray and sing together inside an ancient prison cell while nearby prisoners listen, before the earthquake.

Paul and Silas Sing in Prison

Acts 16:25–34

Paul and Silas pray and sing together inside an ancient prison cell while nearby prisoners listen, before the earthquake.

Illustration: Shipwreck survivors including Paul reach Malta’s shore as islanders welcome them around a warming fire, with a broken wooden ship offshore.

Safe on the Shores of Malta

Acts 27:39–28:2

Shipwreck survivors including Paul reach Malta’s shore as islanders welcome them around a warming fire, with a broken wooden ship offshore.