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    Contents

    CHAPTER PAGE

    INTRODUCTION

    1. “Go . . . and Make Disciples” 6

    SECTION 1​—“You Have Filled Jerusalem With Your Teaching”

    2. “You Will Be Witnesses of Me” 14

    3. “Filled With Holy Spirit” 21

    4. “Uneducated and Ordinary Men” 28

    5. “We Must Obey God as Ruler” 37

    SECTION 2​—“Great Persecution Arose Against the Congregation”

    6. Stephen​—“Full of Divine Favor and Power” 45

    7. Declaring “the Good News About Jesus” 52

    8. The Congregation “Entered Into a Period of Peace” 60

    SECTION 3​—“People of the Nations . . . Accepted the Word of God”

    9. “God Is Not Partial” 69

    10. “The Word of Jehovah Went On Growing” 77

    SECTION 4​—“Sent Out by the Holy Spirit”

    11. “Filled With Joy and Holy Spirit” 85

    12. “Speaking With Boldness by the Authority of Jehovah” 93

    SECTION 5​—“The Apostles and the Elders Gathered Together”

    13. “After Quite a Bit of Dissension” 101

    14. “We Have Come to a Unanimous Decision” 108

    SECTION 6​—“Let Us Now Return and Visit the Brothers”

    15. “Strengthening the Congregations” 117

    16. “Step Over Into Macedonia” 125

    17. “He Reasoned With Them From the Scriptures” 133

    18. “Seek God, . . . and Really Find Him” 140

    19. “Keep On Speaking and Do Not Keep Silent” 148

    SECTION 7​—“Teaching . . . Publicly and From House to House”

    20. “Growing and Prevailing” Despite Opposition 157

    21. “I Am Clean From the Blood of All Men” 165

    22. “Let the Will of Jehovah Take Place” 173

    SECTION 8​—“Preaching the Kingdom of God . . . Without Hindrance”

    23. “Hear My Defense” 181

    24. “Take Courage!” 189

    25. “I Appeal to Caesar!” 196

    26. “Not One of You Will Be Lost” 203

    27. “Bearing Thorough Witness” 211

    CONCLUSION

    28. “To the Most Distant Part of the Earth” 218

    Image Index 224