30 AD

• 3 Destinations For The Gospel - Ac.1

  • Jerusalem - Judea/Samaria – World

• 3 Admonitions / 3 Persecutions, in 3 Years - Ac.2-7                

  • 1st Admonition - Get rid of sin. Repent and be baptized.

    • Numerical growth Ac.2:41-47;

    • 1/3 of Peter's sermons - Ac.2:14-40; 3:12-26; 10:34-48;

  • 1st Persecution - Ac.3:1f Sanhedrin arrests Peter/John

    • Spiritual growth - Ac.4:31

    • Warned not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus - Ac.4:18;

  • 2nd Admonition - Ac.5:1-16; Get rid of hypocrisy – Ananias/Sapphira

    • Numerical growth - Ac.5:14

  • 2nd Persecution - Ac.5:17-42; Sanhedrin jails the apostles

    • Spiritual growth - Ac.5:41; 

    • Re-arrested, Gamaliel defends - beaten - then released.

    • Speak no more in the name of Jesus.

    • 1/3 Miraculous jail breaks - Ac.12:7; 16:27;

  • 3rd Admonition - Ac.6:1-7; Get rid of partiality - Hellenistic widows

    • Numerical growth - Ac.6:7;

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33 AD                                

• 1/3 - 7 good men - Ac.11:12; 20:4;

• 3rd Persecution - Ac.6:8:7:60; Sanhedrin kills Stephen.

  • Spiritual growth - church was scattered.

  • 1/3 Martyrs - Ac.12:1-3; James; Ac.14:19; Paul

• 3 CONVERSIONS - Ac.8:1 – 9:30;

  • Simon the Magician - Ac.8:1-25;

    • 1/3 Magicians Ac.13:8; Bar/Jesus; Ac.19:19; Ephesus

  • Ethiopian Eunuch - Ac.8:26-40;

  • Saul Ac.9:3-19; blind for 3 days. 36 AD

    • 1/3 Paul's conversion - Ac.22:3-21; 26:1-20;

    • 1/3 Plots to kill Paul - Ac.20:3; 23:12-14;

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36 AD            

• Saul to Arabia 3 yrs. Gal.1:17; 18; Ac.9:26-30; 36 - 39 AD

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39 AD              

• Saul to Tarsus 3 yrs. Gal.1:21; Ac.11:25; 39 - 42 AD

• 3 ACTS OF PETER - Ac.9:31 – 11:18;

  • Miracles - heals Aenaeus/ raises Dorcas - Ac.9:36-43;

    • 1/3 resurrections  Ac.14:20; 20:9;

  • Cornelius 10:1ff - vision 3 times - 3 men arrive, 40 AD

    • 1/3 acts human worship  Ac.12:22,23; 14:11-15;

    • Defends Gentile conversion in Jerusalem  Ac.11:1-18;

  • Missions converge on Antioch - Ac.11:19-30            

    • Men from Cyprus and Cyrene -      Ac.11:20;

    • Jerusalem sends Barnabas -           Ac.11:22;

    • Barnabas gets Saul - 42-45 AD -     Ac.11:26;

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42 AD

• 3 ACTS OF HEROD - Ac.12

  • Kills James the brother of John          Ac.12:1,2;

  • Imprisons Peter.                                   Ac.12:3-19;

  • Herod dies for accepting worship     Ac.12:20-24; 44AD

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44 AD

• Matthew and James are written around this time.

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45-48 AD

• 1ST  MISSIONARY JOURNEY - Ac.13-14

  • 3 Missionaries - Barnabas, Saul, Mark

  • 3 Stops

    • Cyprus - Proconsul Sergius Paulus impressed.                Ac.13:7;       

      • Saul has name changed to Paul                                  Ac.13:9;

      • 1/3 authorities see Christianity as innocent -             Ac.18:12-17; 19:41;

    • Pisidian Antioch - Paul's first recorded sermon               Ac.13:16-41;

      • 1/3 sermons of Paul - Ac.18:16-41; 17:22-31; 20:18-35;

      • 3 Point Sermon to the Jews of Pisidian Antioch:

        • 3 times God delivered His people

        • 3 witnesses for Jesus to be the Messiah

        • 3 scriptures to prove the resurrection of the Lord.

    • Lystra - the stoning of Paul - Ac.14:19.20;

      • Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch for 3 yrs. 48 - 51 AD

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AD 51

• JERUSALEM COUNCIL - Ac.15                     

  • 3 Defend Gospel Given to Gentiles - Jerusalem Council

    • Peter; Paul & Barnabas; James Ac.15:7-13;

  • 3 Things for Gentiles to abstain from:

    • Idolatry; Fornication; Blood.  Ac.15:29;

    • 1/3 letters written, Ac.15:23; 18:27; 23:

 

51-54 AD 

• 2ND MISSIONARY JOURNEY - Ac.16:1-18:21;      

  • 3  Missionaries - Paul, Silas, Timothy

  • 3 Cities Paul visits:

    • Derbe; Lystra (Tim.) Troas (Luke)

  • 3 Messages from the HS: Ac.16:6-10;

    • Don't go to Asia             vs.6

    • Don't go to Bithynia      vs.7

    • Told go to Macedonia   vs.10

  • 3 Souls in Philippi: Ac.16:15,18,33;

    • Lydia; Slave girl; Jailer

    • 1/3 officials afraid for breaking law - Ac.19:40; 22:29;

  • 3 Important cities in Macedonia:

    • Philippi; Thessalonica; Berea

  • 3 Last cities of Journey:

    • Athens; (Paul writes 1 / 2 Thessalonians) Corinth; Ephesus     

  • 3 Point sermon to worldly souls in Athens: Ac.17:22-31;

    • God is Creator of all.                 Ac.17:22,23;

    • God is Within reach of all.         Ac.17:27-29;

    • God will Judge all.                     Ac.17:30,31;

  • 3 Brethren in Corinth:

    • Aquilla/Priscilla; Titius Justus; Crispus

      • 1/3 Jesus speaks to Paul Ac.9:4-6; 19:9,10; 23:11;

    • Paul returns to Antioch, only to leave shortly on 3rd journey.

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54-57 AD

• 3RD  Missionary Journey - Ac.18:21 - 20      

  • Apollos meets Priscilla/Aquila in Ephesus

• 3 R's to remember Ephesus by:

  • Re-baptism of 12 disciples                Ac.19:1-7;

  • Rejection of 7 sons of Sceva             Ac.19:8-20;

  • Riot of Demitrius the Silversmith.     Ac.19:23-41;

    • Paul writes – Romans, 1 / 2 Corinthians, Galatians

• 3 Stops for Paul on trip to Jerusalem:

  • Corinth - plot discovered       Ac.20:1-5;

  • Troas - Eutychus, 3rd floor     Ac.20:6-16;

  • Miletus - sermon to elders    Ac.20:17ff

• 3 Point sermon to Ephesian Elders: 

  • Paul's example - taught whole Truth.             Ac.20:18-27;

  • Paul's warning - false teachers rise up            Ac.20:28-31;

  • Paul's admonition - be grounded in Truth     Ac.20:31-35’

• 3 Warnings to Paul, not to go to Jerusalem -   Ac.21:1-14;

  • The disciples at Tyre -            Ac.21:4;

  • Agabus from Judea -             Ac.21:11;

  • The disciples at Caesarea -   Ac.21:12;

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57-60 AD

• PAUL ARRESTED 6 TRIALS - Ac.21 - 26

• 3 Rescues by Lysias the Commander  

  • At the temple -         Ac.21:27 - 40;

  • Before Sanhedrin -   Ac.23:10;

  • From Assassins -       Ac.23:12-35;

• 3 Trials before the Jews - Ac.22,23,23

  • At the temple -                            Ac. 22:1-22;

  • Before the Sanhedrin -               Ac.23:1-10;

  • Aborted trial because of plot -  Ac.23:12-35;

• 3 Trials before Gentiles - Ac.24,25,26

  • Before Felix -        Ac.24:1-27; Jails Paul two yrs.

  • Before Festus -     Ac. 25:1-12; Appeals to Caesar

  • Before Agrippa -   Ac.26:1-32;

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60-63 AD

• PAUL’S JOURNEY AND HOUSE ARREST IN ROME

• 3 Landings - Sidon, Myra, Fair Havens - Ac.27:1-8;

• 3 Admonitions from Paul - Ac.27:9-44

  • Paul warns of impending danger.                    Ac.27:10;

  • Paul warns of shipwreck but all will survive.    Ac.27:21-26;

  • Paul encourages them to eat.                          Ac.27:33-35;

• 3 Months on Malta - Ac.28:1-10;

• 3 City Stops Before Rome

  • Syracuse (3 days) Rhegium, Puteoli

  • Paul spent two years under house arrest: Ac.28:30,31;

    • Welcoming all who came to him

    • Preaching the kingdom of God

    • Teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ

  • Paul writes – Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon; Luke writes Luke, Acts

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63 AD              

• Paul was released. Re-arrested 2 years later.