General Index
GENERAL INDEX
Abraham, 87–88, 130, 132–37, 140–41
Achaia: churches in, 16, 371, 382; evangelization, 308, 327, 344; Roman province, 346, 351–52, 381
Acts of the Apostles: authorship, 5–7, 30; canonicity, 3–6; date, 6, 10–12; dedication, 29–30; purpose, 8–14, 29, 85, 123, 127, 167, 170, 268, 354, 440, 472, 475, 511; sources, 6–13, 194, 239, 245, 251, 261, 283, 308, 316, 363, 376, 387–88, 400, 403; title, 5, 31
Adramyttium (Edremit), 477–79
Adria (Mediterranean), 489–90, 496
Aeneas, 197–99, 403
Agabus, 229–30, 243, 401, 505
Agora, 329–31, 343
Agrippa. See Herod Agrippa
Alexander (Ephesian Jew), 377
Alexander the Great, 57, 250, 307, 309, 322
Alexander Jannaeus, 174
Alexandria: biblical interpretation in, 361; church in, 238n.l8, 358; Jews in, 57, 124, 324, 358, 440; trade, 479–80, 501–2
Alphaeus, 40
Amphipolis, 322
Ananias of Damascus, 183, 186–89, 193, 416–17, 466
Ananias, high priest, 425–28
Ananias and Sapphira, 100, 102–7, 109
Ananus II, high priest, 239
Angels: messengers, 174, 204, 209, 222, 430, 495; ministry, 110, 178, 236, 238; in Old Testament, 140, 142, 153n.99; in spiritual world, 429
Annas, high priest, 91, 426
Anti-Marcionite Prologue, 5, 7, 230
Antioch, Pisidian (in Phrygia): Gentile con-verts, 265–69, 303, 305; history, 251, 272, 306; Jews of, 251, 264–66, 268, 278, 328; Paul in, 250–69, 279, 281, 323, 334, 358, 388, 470, 509; synagogue, 252, 264, 266
Antioch, Syrian, on the Orontes (Antakya): church in, 7, 226, 228–30, 244–46, 281–82, 287; and Gentile evangelization, 223–30, 286–87, 357, 365; history, 224, 228; and Jerusalem church, 220, 226, 229–31, 284, 300; and Luke, 121; and Paul, 17, 227, 300
Antiochus III, 57
Antiochus IV of Commagene, 272, 303, 357
Antipater, 436
Antipatris (Rosh ha‘Ayin), 435–36
Antonia fortress, Jerusalem, 188, 235–36, 411, 423, 430, 432, 433n.44, 443, 461
Antony, 309, 422, 437
Aphrodite, 248
Apollo, 224, 312, 314, 343
Apollonia, 322
Apollos, 358–62, 364
Apostles: commission, 36–37, 162–63, 167, 169, 215, 246; preaching theme, 32–33, 35–36, 63, 67–68, 81–89, 92, 214; qualifications, 46, 48; term, 5, 14, 30–31, 40, 44, 188, 193, 227, 271, 276; witness, 66–67, 73, 97, 99, 113, 117
Appian Way, 502–3
Appii Forum, 503
Appius Claudius, 502–3
Aquila, 346–48, 355, 360, 363
Arabia, Nabataean, 17, 190–92, 194
Aramaic, 45, 54–55, 120, 182, 188, 199, 213, 229n.37, 413–14, 420
Archelaus, 116
Areopagus, 13, 33, 276, 331, 333–35, 342–44
Aretas IV, 58, 191–92
Aristarchus, 323, 376, 382, 477–78
Aristobulus, 232
Artaxerxes III of Persia, 56
Artemis, 224, 355, 373–79, 381
Ascension, 37–39
Asia: churches of, 16, 299, 366, 371, 382, 400; evangelization, 251, 281–82, 291, 306–7, 392–93; geography, 478–79; Jews of, 56–57, 124, 304, 388–89, 409, 445–46, 468; religion, 374–75; Roman province, 355, 378–79, 477
Asiarchs, 9, 376
Assos (Behram-kale), 385–86
Astarte, 224
Athens: culture, 329–31; Paul in, 33, 276–77, 328–44; philosophers, 195, 330; religion, 329, 335–39, 343; women, 268
Attalia (Antalya), 281
Attalus II of Pergamum, 281
Augustan Cohort, 477
Augustus, emperor: building, 179n.82, 224; government, 195, 246, 251, 272, 307, 325, 356; institutes appeal to Caesar, 453
Azotus (Ashdod), 179, 197
Baptism: Christian, 69–70, 73, 223, 318, 359–60, 364; of Cornelius, 217–18; of death, 233; of Ethiopian, 177–78; of Jesus, 36, 46, 68, 99, 214; by John, 46, 69–70, 258, 359, 363–64; of Lydia, 311; by Paul, 169, 350; of Paul, 189, 350; proselyte, 58, 69–70; and rebaptism, 364; and Samaritans, 167–68, 364; in Spirit, 51, 69–70, 222, 363
Barabbas, 81
Barjesus, 247–49
Barnabas: apostle, 5n.7, 226–27; background 101, 193; character, 100–1, 105, 226–27; and Council of Jerusalem, 239, 282–88, 291, 293, 298, 445; with Paul, 193–94, 215, 231, 239, 243–51, 264–83, 300–3, 306, 357, 470, 498
Beautiful Gate, 76–78, 80
Bernice, 242, 457–59, 472
Beroea, 308, 326–28, 350, 381, 508
Bethany, 39–40
Bithynia, 306–7
Blasphemy: charge against Stephen, 143, 147, 154, 157; by Herod Agrippa I, 241–42; meaning, 126; penalty, 158; and Saul of Tarsus, 464–65
Blastus, 241
Bread, breaking of, 34, 73–74, 384, 492 “Builders” (teachers), 93
Caesar, Julius, 180, 309, 345, 350, 355
Caesarea: Agrippa’s visit, 456–59; believers in, 390, 401–2; and Cornelius, 205, 209; Gentile city, 201, 449; history, 179n.82, 240–41; Paul in custody, 433, 435–36, 438, 443–44, 447, 450–51, 456–59, 461, 476; Paul’s visits, 194–95, 227, 356, 399; and Peter, 201, 209, 219–22, 234; and Philip the evangelist, 179, 399–400; port, 195, 227, 356, 399, 477
Caesarea Philippi (Banyas), 456
Caiaphas, 83, 91, 93, 129
Capernaum, 78, 198, 202, 216, 250
Cappadocia, Jews in, 56
Cassander, 322
Castor & Pollux, 501
Cauda, Clauda (Gavdhos, Gozzo), 481, 485–86, 489
Cenchreae, 345, 355, 382–83
Centurions, 201–2, 478
Chios, 386–87
Christian: origin of name, 228
Church: growth, 90, 123, 170, 196, 243, 305, 370, 511; term, 107–8
Cilicia: church in, 298, 302, 305; Jews in, 124–25; Paul in, 125, 193–95, 303, 413
Circumcision: and Abraham, 135, 152, 287; and Gentile believers, 202, 218, 282–83, 286–89, 295, 405; of Jewish believers, 405; of Jewish proselytes, 58, 203, 287; Jews, term for, 220; of Timothy, 304
Claudius, emperor: appointments, 220, 248, 268, 279, 425, 437, 456; associates, 232, 436; expels Rome Jews, 58, 327, 347, 371n.42; famine, 229, 401; principate. 166, 352, 421, 434, 447, 502
Clopas, 40
Cnidus, 480
Colossae, 366, 467, 503
Confirmation rite, 169
Corinth: and Apollos, 360–62; church in, 52, 169, 231, 350, 360–61, 365, 383; evangelization of, 308, 344; Jews in, 348, 353, 360, 440; Paul in, 9, 17, 345–55, 381–82, 453, 509; and Priscilla and Aquila, 346–48, 355; and Timothy, 372
Cornelius: background, 201, 203–4; and circumcision, 202, 218, 286; Gentile test case, 202, 209, 215, 217–18, 222, 234, 282, 290–91; and Holy Spirit, 216–18, 293; and Peter, 33, 169, 205, 209, 222, 258, 290, 295; vision, 202, 204, 207–10
Cos, 397
Cotiaeum (Kütahya), 307
Court of the Gentiles, 148, 409
Court of Israel, 77, 409–10
Court of the Women, 77
Crete: geography, 480–83, 490; Jews in, 58
Crispus, 350, 353
Crucifixion, 8, 62–64, 214, 259
Cybele, 314
Cyprus: and Barnabas, 101, 226, 243, 246–50, 281–82, 291, 301–2; believers in, 225, 245; evangelization of, 9, 246–50, 281–82, 291; geography, 247–48, 398, 478; government, 248; history, 246, 248; and Paul, 243, 246–51, 281–82, 291, 301; trade, 230, 246–47
Cyrene (Cyrenaica), 57, 124, 225, 245, 371, 486, 490
Damaris, 343
Damascus: believers in, 181, 186, 193, 417; history, 181, 186, 192; Jews in, 181, 192; and Paul, 17, 181–82, 185–94, 411, 415–17, 468
David: life, significance of, 87, 147–49, 255–56, 259–60, 293; prophet, 45, 65; Son of, 65–67, 87, 98, 148, 256–60, 294
Day of the Lord, 61–62
Deacons (almoners), 122
Death: fear of, 331; of Jesus, 64, 73, 83, 85, 112, 163, 214, 259, 471
Delphi, 312, 352
Demetrius of Ephesus, 375–76, 379
Derbe, 272, 279, 303–4, 358
Dionysius the Areopagite, 343–44
Disciples: use of term, 119n.2, 120, 363
Domitian, emperor, 11, 29
Dorcas, 198–99, 403
Dorylaeum (Eskişehir), 307
Drusilla, 242, 437, 446–48
Dyrrhachium (Durrës), 381
Ebionites, 86, 131, 166
Egnatian Way, 309, 320, 322, 327, 381
Egypt, 57, 136–42, 371, 479–80
Egyptian, the, 412
Eighteen Benedictions, 59
Elam (Elymais), 55
Elders in churches, 280
Eleazar, captain of temple, 425
Elymas, 166, 248n.l9, 249
Epaphras, 366
Ephesus: church in, 351, 387–88, 393; elders, 13, 387–98; Jews in, 355, 360, 377, 440, 468; Paul in, 9, 17, 308, 354–56, 362–81, 389, 392, 409, 509; port, 355–56: and Priscilla and Aquila, 360
Epicureanism, 330–31, 342–43
Erastus, 372
Essenes, 41, 131n.8
Ethiopia (Nubia), 174–75
Eucharist, 34, 73–74, 384, 492
Eunice, 304
Euraquilo (northeast gale), 484–85, 497
Eutychus, 385
Exorcism, 165, 313–14, 367–68
Fair Havens (Kaloi Limenes), 480–84, 488
Felix: background, 412, 436–37, 440, 443, 446–49; and Paul, 9, 424, 434, 438–51, 453, 455, 457–58, 462–63
Fellowship: apostolic, 73–75; between Jewish and Gentile believers, 282–300; between Peter and Gentiles, 218–23, 284–85, 290–91, 295
Festus, Porcius, 9, 159, 439, 449–61, 463, 469–72
Flogging, 117, 420, 422, 435
Food laws, Jewish: abrogated, 206, 217; binding on Jews, 205, 210, 221–22, 406, 508; and Council of Jerusalem, 285, 295–96, 299; and Gentiles, 210, 220, 285, 295–96
Forgiveness preached: 70, 73, 84, 113, 216, 262, 467
Forty stripes, 117, 158
Freedman, 124–25
Gaius of Corinth, 350, 376, 381
Gaius of Derbe, 382
Gaius, emperor, 232
Galatia: churches in, 16, 306, 357, 362, 382; history, 251, 268, 272; Jews in, 323, 440; Paul in, 303–6, 308, 362
Gallio, 9, 351–55, 453
Gamaliel the Elder, 114–17, 161, 415
Gaza, 174, 177, 179
Gentile mission: and Antioch, 225–28, 230, 245, 281, 286–87, 300; and Barnabas, 226–27, 239, 283, 287, 302; and circumcision, 202, 218, 282–83, 286–89, 295, 405; and Council of Jerusalem, 202, 215, 239, 282–300; development, 157, 196, 198, 201, 206, 216, 226, 266, 281, 286, 288, 291; and Ebionites, 131; and Ethiopian eunuch, 178; foretold, 61, 71, 148, 149n.82, 202, 293–94; and God-fearers, 203, 225, 253, 258, 266, 311, 323; and Holy Spirit, 216–17, 222; and Jewish reaction, 85, 264–68; and Paul’s commission, 187, 191, 195, 239, 267, 283, 287, 420, 467–69; and Paul’s preaching, 247–48, 265–66, 277, 509; and Peter, 201, 206, 208–10, 215–27, 219–20, 222–23, 284, 290; response, 85, 225, 264–67; synagogue, use of, 247, 253, 258, 264–66, 278
Gerizim, Mount, worship on, 131, 164
Gnosticism. 31, 166
God-fearers: definition, 58, 203, 253; relation to orthodox Jews, 205; response to gospel, 204, 225, 247, 253, 258, 266, 271, 323, 327, 348, 350; women, 268, 311, 343
Hakeldama, 45
Harran, 134
Healing: by Paul, 273–74, 367–68, 385, 499–500; by Peter, 77–79, 109, 197–200, 367; by Philip, 165
Hellenists: defined, 120; evangelism by, 131, 164–65, 288, 398; of Jerusalem, 162, 225, 398, 403–4, 419; and Saul, 195; the Seven, 121, 139, 219, 224, 399
Hermes (Mercury), 274–75
Herod Agrippa I: biography, 232–33, 425, 437, 447, 456–57; death, 240–42; executes James, 220, 233; imprisons Peter, 110, 234–36
Herod Agrippa II: biography, 456; in Caesarea, 456–73; family, 242, 447, 457; influence, 425; and Paul 9, 13, 180, 188, 196, 415, 417, 458–73
Herod Antipas, 8, 59, 99, 202, 232, 245
Herod of Chalcis, 425, 456–57
Herod the Great: building, 66, 165, 179n.82, 224, 240, 411, 435–36; death, 116; family, 232, 245; and Jesus, 428
Herodians, 228
Herodias, 59
Hierapolis, 366, 400
Hillel, 114
Holy Spirit: baptism, 69–70, 222, 363–64; descent, 49–53, 214, 216–17, 222; filling by, 100, 121, 124, 128, 169, 188, 191, 227; gift, 61, 66, 69–71, 73, 168–70, 364; gifts, 71, 169, 359, 392, 398; guide, 175, 178, 207, 298, 306–8, 371, 392, 398, 419; and last days, 61; and obedience, 113; and Old Testament prophecies, 45, 61; and prayer, 42n.57; promised, 34–36; and signs, 50–51, 171; witness, 52–53, 67, 113, 124, 390
Hospitality, 321
Iconium (Konya), 268–74, 278–79, 303–6, 328, 358
Idolatry: in Athens, 329–30, 340–41; and converts, 285, 295–96, 299; of Israel, 143–47
Illyricum, 381
Isaac, 135, 141
Jacob, 135–37, 141
James the Just: and Council of Jerusalem, 292–97; death, 159; leader of Jerusalem church, 42, 220, 223, 231n.44, 234, 238–39, 283–84, 286, 404–5; the Lord’s brother, 42
James, son of Alphaeus, 40
James, son of Zebedee, 41, 47, 168, 220, 233–34, 237
Jason, 323–25
Jerusalem: apostles in, 40, 162, 168, 193, 215, 233 (see also Jerusalem, Council of); and apostolic testimony, 36, 44, 63–66, 71, 85; Christian refugees from, 15, 180–81, 186; disciples in, 43, 193, 216–17, 237, 404; famine-relief fund, 230–31, 243, 371–72, 382, 404–5, 408, 445, 448; Jews in, 53, 124–25, 404, 409; and Paul, 192–95, 231, 356–57, 403–35, 443
Jerusalem church: dispersed, 15, 180–81, 186, 196–97; to evangelize Jews, 247; leaders, 231, 239, 283, 404 (see also James the Just); membership, 120, 223, 228, 238, 288, 405; needy, 101, 230–31 (see also Jerusalem: famine-relief fund); Paul visits, 356–57, 402, 418, 445; sends delegation to Antioch, 226; welcomes Samaritan believers, 170
Jerusalem, Council of, 202, 215, 239, 282–300, 407
John the Baptist: baptism by, 46, 69–70, 258, 359, 363–64; disciples of, 363–64; ministry, 35, 50–51
John Hyrcanus I, 66, 164
John, son of Zebedee: apostle, 41, 77; arrest, 90, 92; and Jerusalem church, 233, 239, 283; preaches in temple, 89; in Samaria, 168–72, 226; before Sanhedrin, 94–98, 110
Joppa (Jaffa), 198–200, 204–5, 209, 211, 217, 220–22
Joseph (Old Testament), 130, 136–37, 140, 142
Joseph Barsabbas (Justus), 46–47, 238
Joses, brother of Jesus, 42
Joshua, 147, 323
Judas Barsabbas, 296–98, 300, 302
Judas, brother of Jesus, 42
Judas of Damascus, 186–87
Judas the Galilean, 41, 116–17
Judas Iscariot, 5, 28, 30, 40, 44–47
Judas, son of James, 40–41
Julius Caesar, 180, 309, 345, 350, 355
Julius, centurion, 477–78, 491
Justification, 262–63
Justus, 46
Kandakē, 175
Kingdom of God, 32–33, 35–36, 63, 74, 167, 215, 325, 392, 429
Koura, 489–90
Laodicea, 366
Lasaea, 480
Law of Moses, 262–63, 285, 289–91, 296, 304
Laying on of hands, 71, 122, 170, 178, 188, 217, 246
Lesbos, 386, 477
Libya, Jews in, 57
Lictors, 315–16, 319–20, 420
Lord’s Supper, 34, 73–74, 384
Loutron (Lutro), 482–83
Lucius of Cyrene, 244n.l, 245
Lucius Vitellius, 159
Luke: and Antioch, 121, 230; biography, 204, 212, 383; friend of Paul, 308–9, 320–21, 477; observant, 329; physician, 245, 308, 385, 478, 500
Lycaonia, 272–74, 304, 357
Lycia, 250, 397
Lydda (Lod), 197, 199
Lydia (Asia Minor), Jews in, 57
Lydia of Thyatira, 311–12, 315, 320, 321n.84
Lysanias, tetrarch, 232, 456
Lysanias, tribune, 434–35, 442, 446–47, 455
Lystra (Zostera, Zoldera): background, 272–75, 278, 304, 498–99; and Jews, 278, 328; Paul in, 272–80, 301, 303, 306, 358, 388; and Timothy, 382
Macedonia: churches in, 16, 322, 371, 382; history, 327; and Paul, 307–9, 372, 381; women’s status, 311, 323
Magic, practice of, 368–70
Malta (Melita), 475, 481, 488–89, 496–501
Manaean, 245
Mariamne, 232
Mark, John, 238–39, 243, 247, 250, 301–2
Mary, mother of Jesus, 41
Mary, mother of Mark, 237–39
Matthias, 5, 28, 30, 46–47
Media, Jews in, 55
Menahem, 245
Mesopotamia, 55–56, 133–34, 136, 140
Messianic testimonies, use of:by Paul, 190–91, 258–61, 267, 323, 348–49, 469, 507; by Peter, 44–45, 60–61, 64–69, 79–88, 93, 98–99, 112–13, 213–14; by Philip, 175–77
Miletus, 13, 386–87, 396–97
Mithraism, 203
Mitylene, 386
Mnason, 402–4
Moses: life-story, 130, 133, 138–43; prophet, 86–88, 131, 142, 164; rejected, 130, 133, 142–43
Muratorian Canon, 5, 7
Myra (Kocademre, Old Demre), 398, 477–80
Mysia, 306–7, 477
Nabataea, 58
Nazarenes, 97, 126, 439–41, 506
Nazareth, 63, 213, 252, 440
Nazirite vow, 354, 406–8
Neapolis (Kavalla), 309, 383
Nero, emperor, 11, 353, 354n.47, 454, 456, 472, 511
Nicaea, 306
Nicanor Gate, 77
Nicolaitans, 121
Nicolaus of Antioch, 121, 224
Nicomedia, 121, 306
Olivet, 34, 39–40, 412
Onesiphorus of Iconium, 271
Pallas, 436, 447, 449
Pamphylia, 56, 250, 280–81
Paphos, 166, 247–48
Parousia, 33, 38–39, 61, 156
Parthia, Jews in, 55
Passover (“days of unleavened bread”), 234, 356, 383
Patara (Xanthus), 397–98, 478
Paul: apostleship, 5, 14; appeal to Caesar, 9, 12–13, 452–55, 458–60, 472–73, 476–77, 505; appearance, 271; Areopagus speech, 332–42; background, 115, 158, 161, 190, 197, 346, 395, 413–15, 421, 427, 432, 463–64, 508; and Barnabas, 193–94, 215, 231, 239, 243–51, 264–83, 300–3, 306, 357, 470, 498; commission, 187–89, 191, 267, 414, 417–18, 467–68; conversion, 180–97, 282, 288, 414–16, 429, 465–67; and Council of Jerusalem, 282–88, 291, 293, 298, 305; death, 9–10; defense speeches, 412–19, 424–29, 442–46, 451–52, 467–70; doctrine, 260–65; heals, 273–74, 367–68, 385, 499–500; and Holy Spirit, 188, 306–8; and Jerusalem relief-fund, 230–31, 243, 371–72, 382, 404–5, 445, 448; last voyage and shipwreck, 474–95; Luke’s portrayal, 8–17; missionary procedure, 247, 252–53, 262–69, 271, 276–77, 280, 285, 306, 334–36, 346, 348–49, 371, 388, 405–6, 507; name, 158, 249; Old Testament usage, 253–55, 263, 266–67, 276–77; persecutes church, 163, 180, 415, 464–65; and Peter and John, 12, 14, 193; preaching to Gentiles, 247–48, 265–66, 277, 509; preaching to Jews, 252–63, 277, 349; preaching to pagans, 276–77, 332–42; Roman citizen, 197, 319–20, 421–22, 477; and Silas, 297, 302, 314–20, 327–28, 349, 357; spiritual gifts, 229, 307, 500; and Stephen, 158, 161, 419; suffering, 187, 279, 315, 389, 410–11, 498; and Tarsus visits, 227, 419; and Timothy, 304–5, 308, 322, 327–28, 349, 372; visions, 182–85, 350, 418, 429–30, 465, 467, 488
Paul: in Antioch (Orontes), 17, 227, 300; in Antioch (Pisidian), 250–69, 279, 281, 323, 334, 358, 388, 470, 509; in Arabia, 191, 194; in Athens, 33, 276–77, 328–44; in Beroea, 308, 326–28, 350, 381, 508; in Cilicia, 125, 193–95, 303, 413; in Corinth, 9, 17, 345–55, 381–82, 453, 509; in Cyprus, 246–50, 281–82, 291, 301; in Damascus, 17, 185–94, 411, 416–17, 468; in Derbe, 279, 303–4, 358; in Ephesus, 9, 17, 308, 354–56, 362–81, 389, 392, 409, 509; in Galatia, 303–6, 308, 362; in Iconium, 270–72, 303–4, 358; in Jerusalem, 192–95, 231, 356–57, 402–35, 443, 445; in Lystra, 272–80, 301, 303, 306, 358, 388; in Malta, 481, 496–500; in Philippi, 9, 297, 302, 305–21, 381, 383; in Rome, 503–11; in Thessalonica, 322–26, 350, 381, 439; in Troas, 307–9, 381–85
Pentecost: consequences, 76, 90; festival, 49–50, 53; of Gentiles, 216–17, 222; and Holy Spirit, 50–54, 69–70, 100, 169, 290, 364; and Paul’s travels, 381, 387, 398, 443; Peter’s speech, 59–72, 87, 258; pilgrims in Jerusalem, 53–59, 409, 443; in Samaria, 168–70
Perga, 250–51, 281, 301
Persecution: of converts, 280, 320; of discipies, 162–63, 180, 196, 224, 233; Neronian, 11, 347n.47, 511; of prophets, 152
Peter: and Cornelius, 33, 169, 201–18, 222, 233–34, 258, 290, 295; and Council of Jerusalem, 289–91; escapes from prison, 110, 234–40; evangelizes Jews, 215, 247, 289; and Gentiles, 201–2, 206, 209–10, 217–23, 284–85, 290–91, 295; heals, 77–79, 109, 197–200, 367; and Jerusalem church, 239, 283; in Joppa, 198–200, 205, 209, 211; in Lydda, 197–99; and Paul, 12, 14, 193; in Samaria, 168–72, 226; speeches, 45–46, 60–72, 79–88, 92–93, 112–13, 212–16, 258, 260–61, 289–91; un-trained in rabbinics, 94–95
Pharisees, 41, 90, I14n.51, 288, 415, 427–31, 444, 463
Philip, apostle, 40
Philip, evangelist: in Caesarea, 179, 399–400; and Ethiopian, 173–78, 207, 210, 220; in Judaea, 197; in Philistia, 179; in Samaria, 164–68, 170, 173, 215–16, 226, 399; one of Seven, 121–22, 124
Philip, tetrarch, 232, 456
Philip II of Macedon, 307, 309, 332
Philippi: church in, 321, 349; Paul in, 9, 297, 302, 305–21; 381, 383; Roman colony, 9
Philomelium, 306
Phoenicia, church in, 288
Phoenix (Phineka Bay), 483–85
Phrygia: district, 251, 268, 272; Jews in, 56–57, 304; Paul in, 306, 362
Pisidia, 251, 281
Pisidian Antioch. See Antioch, Pisidian
Politarchs, 324–26, 351
Pompey, 57, 125, 224, 281, 422
Pontius Pilate, 8–9, 82, 99, 159, 259
Pontus, Jews in, 56
Poppaea, 472n.48, 511
Portus, 502
Praetorian guard, 504
Praetors, 314, 319–20
Prayer: of apostles, 100, 122, 172; of Cornelius, 203–4; 210; and Holy Spirit, 42, 169; Jewish forms, 73, 77, 311; of Paul, 186, 246, 280, 317, 396, 418, 499; of Peter, 199, 205; of Stephen, 160; united, 42, 47, 235, 237, 399
Priscilla (Prisca), 346–48, 355, 360, 363
Prochorus, 121
Prophecy, gift of, 52, 229, 314, 398, 400–1
Proselytes, 53, 57–58, 264, 286, 290
Providence, 237, 277, 338
Ptolemais (Acco, Acre), 399, 477
Ptolemy I of Egypt, 57
Ptolemy II, 399
Ptolemy VIII, 180
Publius, 499
Puteoli (Pozzuoli), 479, 501–2
Quirinius, P. Sulpicius, 116
Raiphan, 145
Reading in antiquity, 175
Repentance: baptism of, 258, 364; call to, 69–70, 83–84, 171, 340, 389, 468; to life, 223
Resurrection: denied, 90, 343, 428–30, 444; general, 428, 444, 446, 458, 463–64; and natural death, 103; and Pharisees, 90, 288, 428–30; and Sadducees, 90, 428–29, 444
Resurrection of Jesus: in apostolic preaching, 66, 89, 92, 96, 215, 259, 428, 458; blessings from, 85; divine action, 84, 463–64; prophesied, 64–68, 127, 149, 471, 507; witness to, 67, 82, 215
Resurrection appearances, 31, 34–40, 43–44, 183, 213, 215, 259, 417–19
Rhegium (Reggio di Calabria), 501
Rhoda, 238–39
Rhodes, 397
Roman citizenship: how obtained, 421; and Paul, 319, 421–22, 432–35, 447, 453–54;
Roman citizenship (cont.) rights, 314, 319–20, 409, 421, 432–35, 447, 452–53, 456, 473, 477; and Roman colonies, 310n.33, 319; and Silas, 302, 320; and Titius Justus, 350
Roman colonies, 7, 251, 272, 307, 310, 314, 350, 399
Rome: church in, 17, 57, 166, 347, 371, 382, 502–3, 506; goal of gospel, 37, 44, 57, 327, 371; Jews in, 57–58, 125, 324, 327, 440, 504–8; Paul in, 503–11; Paul’s plans, 327, 370–71, 430; trade, 479
Sacrifice, 144
Sadducees, 41, 49n.3, 89–91, 110, 114, 158, 427–30, 444
St. Paul’s Bay, 489–90, 494–95
Salamis, 247–48
Salmonetta, 494
Salvation, way of, 312, 317–18
Samaria: city, 165; evangelized, 37, 164–68, 170, 173, 196, 216, 288; theology, 87, 131
Samos, 330, 386–87
Samothrace, 309
Sanhedrin: authorize Saul, 163, 415, 464–65; membership, 122, 129, 427–30; and Paul, 9, 422–31, 435, 438, 441–47, 450–52, 457–58, 463–65; and Peter and John, 91–99, 109–14; and Stephen, 126–28, 158
Sardis (Sepharad), 57
Saul, king, 159, 255
Saul of Tarsus. See Paul
Sceva, 368
Secundus, 323, 382
Seleucia (Pieria), 246, 356
Seleucus Nicator, 224, 246n.12
Sergius Paullus, 247–50
Servant of God, 80–83, 87, 99, 175–77, 213–14, 267, 467, 470
Seven, the (“deacons”), 120–22, 124, 400
Shekhinah (glory cloud), 38, 157
Sicily, 488, 501
Sidon, 240, 478, 502
Silas (Silvanus): and Council of Jerusalem, 298, 305; with Paul, 308, 314–20, 322, 327–28, 349, 357; prophet, 300, 307; Roman citizen, 302, 320; and Thessalonica, 277, 297, 322, 327
Simeon of Jerusalem, 267, 470
Simon of Cyrene, 57, 238, 245
Simon Magus, 165–67, 171–72, 249
Simon the tanner, 200, 207, 209
Simon the Zealot, 40
Solomon’s Colonnade, 74, 79–80, 89, 92, 110
“Son of God” in preaching, 68, 84, 190–91, 225, 259–60, 463, 468
Son of Man, 154–57, 176, 215–16, 341
Sopater, 328, 382
Sosthenes, 353
Spain, 371, 382
Stephen: death, 157–62, 233, 398, 419, 464, 478; and Epistle to the Hebrews, 132n.9, 157; and Israel’s history, 135–50; one of the Seven, 121–22, 124; and sacrificial system, 132; speeches, 13, 124–57, 261, 414; and temple, 130–32, 149–50, 410, 464
Stoicism, 330–31, 342
Symeon Niger, 244–45
Synagogue of the Freedmen, 124
Synagogue service, 252–54, 264, 322–23, 327
Syracuse, 501
Syria: church in, 17, 298, 302, 305; Jews in, 56–57; Paul in, 193–95, 302
Syrtis (quicksands), 486, 489
Tabernacle, 145, 147–50
Tabitha, 198–200
Tarsus, 17, 194–96, 227, 320, 413, 415, 419, 432
Temple: destruction, 11, 127, 131, 410; and Gentiles, 148, 409; healing in, 77–79; Luke’s view, 132; new, 149–50; Paul’s vision in, 418; police, 89, 111, 185, 441; rebuilding, 164; riot in, 409–11; Solomon’s, 130, 133, 149; Stephen’s view, 130–32, 149–50, 410, 464; threatened, 126–28, 441, 452, 464; worship in, 54, 74, 131, 148–49
Tertullus, 438–43, 446, 451–52, 462
Thaddaeus, 40
Theophilus, 8, 12, 28–29
Thessalonica: evangelization, 297, 308, 322–26, 349; history, 322; Jews in, 322–24, 327–28, 365, 440, 452; Paul in, 322–26, 350, 381, 439; politarchs, 324–26, 351
Theudas, 116
Thyatira, 311
Tiberius, emperor, 8, 224, 232, 325, 352
Timothy: biography, 304–5, 382; and Paul, 277, 304–5, 308, 322, 327–28, 349, 372
Titius Justus, 349–50, 382
Titus, 244n.1, 304, 381–83
Titus Flavius Clemens, 29
Tongues (glossolalia), 52–53, 59, 217, 222, 229
Tres Tabernae (“Three taverns”), 502
Troas (Alexandria Troas), 307–9, 381–86
Trogyllium, 386
Trophimus, 382, 409
Twelve, the, 44, 120, 122
Tychicus, 382
Tyrannus, 365–66, 373, 389
Tyre, 240, 390, 398–99, 478
Ur of the Chaldees, 134
Valletta, 494, 496, 501
Visions: to Cornelius, 204, 209–10; to Paul, 182–86, 350, 418, 429–30, 465, 467, 488; to Peter, 205–6, 209, 220–22; to Stephen, 154–57
Way, the, 181, 362–63, 415, 440, 444, 447 “We”-sections, 7, 308–9, 321, 357, 384, 388, 400–1, 476–77, 485, 503
Witness: of apostles, 36–37, 66–67, 73, 97, 99, 113, 117, 215; of Holy Spirit, 52–53, 67, 113, 390; of prophets to Christ: see Messianic testimonies; at proselyte baptism, 58
Witnesses: false, 126–27, 130; two, 38, 158–59, 199
Women, position of, 77n.7, 268, 311, 323, 343
Zealots, 40–41, 117
Zechariah, son of Jehoiada, 160
Zechariah, father of Baptist, 123, 132
Zeus (Jupiter), 274–75, 339
Zodiac, twelve signs of, 55
Zoroastrianism, 429