After speaking to them, Jesus was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight (Acts 1:9). Two men in white robes said he would come in the same way they saw him go into heaven (Acts 1:10–11).

An angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out at night (Acts 5:19). The angel told them to stand in the temple and speak “all the words of this Life” (Acts 5:20).

Acts reports that those who received Peter’s word were baptized (Acts 2:41). It says “there were added that day about three thousand souls” (Acts 2:41).

Peter told the man that he had no silver or gold, but gave what he had: “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6). Taking him by the right hand, Peter raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong (Acts 3:7).

Gamaliel urged the council to keep away from the men and let them alone (Acts 5:38). He said that if the plan was of man it would fail, but if it was of God they would not be able to overthrow it (Acts 5:38–39).

Jesus said the apostles would receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they would be his witnesses (Acts 1:8). He listed the scope as Jerusalem, all Judea and Samaria, and “to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

Jesus ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for “the promise of the Father” (Acts 1:4). He said they would be baptized with the Holy Spirit “not many days from now” (Acts 1:5).

Peter said, “there is salvation in no one else” (Acts 4:12). He added that there is no other name under heaven given among men by which people must be saved (Acts 4:12).

When the crowd asked what to do, Peter said to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:37–38). He also said they would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38).

Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God (Acts 7:55). He said he saw “the heavens opened” and the Son of Man standing at God’s right hand (Acts 7:56).

Acts says they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship (Acts 2:42). It also lists “the breaking of bread” and “the prayers” (Acts 2:42).

The disciples were all together when a sound like a mighty rushing wind filled the house and divided tongues “as of fire” appeared and rested on each of them (Acts 2:1–3). They were filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gave utterance (Acts 2:4).

Ananias kept back part of the proceeds while presenting the gift as if it were the whole amount, and Peter confronted him about lying to the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:1–4). Ananias fell down and died, and later Sapphira also fell down and died after the same deception was exposed (Acts 5:5; Acts 5:9–10).

The crowds paid attention to what Philip said when they heard him and saw the signs he did (Acts 8:6). Acts reports unclean spirits came out and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed, and there was much joy in the city (Acts 8:7–8).

Opponents brought false witnesses who said Stephen spoke against “this holy place and the law” (Acts 6:13). They claimed he said Jesus would destroy the place and change the customs Moses delivered (Acts 6:14).

Acts names Saul as someone who was ravaging the church (Acts 8:3). It says he entered house after house, dragged off men and women, and committed them to prison (Acts 8:3).

Acts describes him as an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her treasure (Acts 8:27). He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning while reading Isaiah in his chariot (Acts 8:27–28).

Acts is addressed to a person named Theophilus, the same addressee as Luke’s earlier account (Acts 1:1). In Acts, no further details are given about him beyond his name in the opening line (Acts 1:1).

Jews from many nations were in Jerusalem, and each heard the disciples speaking in his own language (Acts 2:5–8). The crowd was amazed because the speakers were Galileans, yet the message was heard in many languages (Acts 2:7–11).

Peter said Judas’s place needed to be filled and described qualifications for someone who had accompanied them during Jesus’s ministry and become a witness to the resurrection (Acts 1:21–22). After prayer, they cast lots, and the lot fell on Matthias (Acts 1:24–26).

They were speaking to the people in the temple when the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them (Acts 4:1). Acts says the leaders were annoyed because they were teaching and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead (Acts 4:2).

A complaint arose because Hellenist widows were being neglected in the daily distribution (Acts 6:1). The apostles directed the church to choose seven men for this need so the apostles could devote themselves to prayer and the ministry of the word (Acts 6:2–4).