Acts of the Apostles

C. K. Barrett FBA is Emeritus Professor of Divinity in the University of Durham and Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.

• Preface Commentaries Abbreviations Map INTRODUCTION I Text II Acts and its Author III Acts 1-14: Sources and Plan IV Acts as a Historical Source V Use and Interpretation VI Theology of Acts VII Conclusion COMMENTARY I Necessary Preliminary Steps (1.1.-26) II The Church in Jerusalem (2.1-5.42) III Problems and Persecution (6.1-8.3) IV Samaria and Beyond (8.4-40) V Saul the Evangelist (9.1-31) VI The First Preacher to the Gentiles (9.32-11.18) VII The Church Founded at Antioch (11.19-30) VIII Return to Jerusalem (12.1-25) IX Antioch Initiates the Wider Mission (13.1-14.28) X The Council in Jerusalem (15.1-35) XI Paul's Mission Breaks New Ground (15.36-18.23) XII The Mission Based on Ephesus (18.24-20.38) XIII Paul Returns to Jerusalem (21.1-22.29) XIV Paul and the Jews (22.30-23.35) XV Paul and the Romans (24.1-26.32) XVI Paul Reaches Rome (27.1-28.28) XVII Conclusion (28.29-31)

"Barrett's ICC volumes contain a vast amount of detail, especially textual and grammatical . . . excellent . . . represents the distillation of decades of reading and thinking and the writing of numerous articles on aspects of Acts that arose during the preliminary stages of preparing this commentary; his is a very detailed analysis of the Greek texts and the variants . . ."--Novum Testamentum, 2000