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Related scriptures

• The relationship of Acts to the rest of the New Testament in general is addressed at New Testament: Organization.

Joseph Smith Translation

The Joseph Smith Translation made changes to the following verses in Acts. This list is complete:

• Acts 1:3-4

• Acts 2:3, 27

• Acts 3:1, 4, 12, 16-17, 20-21

• Acts 4:21

• Acts 5:13, 39

• Acts 6:9

• Acts 7:39-40, 42, 44, 59

• Acts 9:24, 30, 32

• Acts 12:7

• Acts 13:36, 48

• Acts 14:14

• Acts 15:24

• Acts 16:13

• Acts 17:19, 27, 31

• Acts 20:21

• Acts 21:25

• Acts 22:29-30

• Acts 23:5, 15, 27

• Acts 25:17

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Acts
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I. Twelve to the Jews at Jerusalem (Chapters 1-5)

A. Eleven commissioned (1:1-11)

A. Matthias commissioned (1:12-26)

B. Day of Pentecost speech (2:1-42)

C. life of the church (2:41-47)

B. miraculous healing and speech (3:1-26)

D. arrest and release (4:1-22)

B. Holy Ghost again manifest (4:23-33)

C. life of the church (4:32-5:16)

D. arrest and release (5:17-42)

II. Twelve and Seventy (Chapters 6-12)

• Stephen to multitude (6:1-8:4)

• Phillip and Simon the sorcerer (8:5-25)

• Phillip and the Ethiopian eunuch (8:26-40)

• conversion of Saul, a chosen man to the gentiles (9:1-25)

• healing of Dorcas (9:32-42)

• Peter and Cornelius, gospel to the gentiles (9:42-10:48)

• __ (11:1-12:25)

III. Paul's missionary journeys to gentiles (Chapters 13-21a)

● Paul's first missionary journey (Chapters 13-14)

A. Cyprus, five prophets, speech (13:1-14)

B. Pisidian Antioch speech; Jews sought Christ's death without justification (13:14-42)

C. Galatia (13:43-14:22)

● Council of Jerusalem (Chapter 15)

D. Council of Jerusalem (14:27-15:35)

● Paul's second missionary journey (Chapters 16-18a)

E. ____ (15:36-16:19)

F. Paul charged with breaking the law (16:19-40)

G. Thessalonica and Berea (17:1-15)

H. Mars Hill at Athens: gentiles may seek after and find the Lord (17:16-34)

G. Corinth (18:1-7)

F. Paul charged with breaking the law (18:8-18)

● Paul's third missionary journey (Chapters 18b-21a)

E. ____ (18:18-29:20)

D. Demetrius defends Diana at Ephesus (19:21-41)

C. ____ (20:1-18a)

B. Paul's farewell speech at Miletus (20:18b-35)

A. journey, five prophets (20:36-21:14)

IV. Paul's trials and journey to Rome (Chapters 21b-28)

• Paul and Jewish mob, speech, rejected (21:15-22:29)

• trial #1 before Sanhedrin (22:30-23:10)

• Sanhedrin's plot to kill Paul (23:11-35)

• trial #2 before governor Felix (24:1-23)

• trial #3 before governor Festus and appeal to Rome (25:1-12)

• Festus tells Agrippa about Paul's case (25:13-22)

• trial #4 before Festus and King Agrippa (25:23-26:26)

• journey to Rome (27:1-28:31)

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Translations

These are still pointed at Matthew

• Amplified • The Amplified Bible, 1987 update

• NASB • New American Standard Bible, 1995 update

• NIV • New International Version

• NRSV • New Revised Standard Version

• RSV • Revised Standard Version

Cited references

• Wayment, Thomas A., ed. The Complete Joseph Smith Translation of the New Testament. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 2005. (ISBN 1590384393) BX8630 .A2 2005.

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