Journeying through Acts: A Literary-Cultural Reading

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Acts 1-2: Orientation: The journey begins -- The day of Ascension: 1.1-26 -- The day of Pentecost 2.1-47 -- Acts 3-5: Temple tours -- First public Temple tour: 3.1-4.22 -- Private house interlude: 4.23-5.11 -- Second public Temple tour: 5.12-41 -- Acts 6-12: Excursions outside Jerusalem -- Stephen the Martyr in Jerusalem: 6.1-8.3 -- Philip the Evangelist in Samaria and Judea: 8.4-40 -- Saul the Persecutor in Damascus and Jerusalem: 9.1-31 -- Peter the Apostle in Sharon and Caesarea: 9.32-11.18 -- Barnabas the Encourager in Antioch and Judea: 11.19-30 -- Peter the Prisoner in Jerusalem: 12.1-25 -- Acts 13.1-21.36: Expeditions into Gentile territory -- Mediterranean expedition: 13.1-16.5 -- Aegean expedition: 16.6-21.26 -- Acts 21.37-28.15: Prisoner's progress -- Trials in Jerusalem: 21.37-23.10 -- Trek from Jerusalem to Caesarea: 23.11-35 -- Trials in Caesarea: 24.1-26.32 -- Trek from Caesarea to Rome: 27.1-28.15 -- Acts 28.16-31: Reorientation: The journey concludes.