Includes bibliographic references and indexes

|gPart 1 :|tthe beginning of the church in Jerusalem --|gPart 2 :|tthe word spreads : Jerusalem to Syrian Antioch --|gPart 3 :|tthe word spreads westward : Paul's mission in Cyprus and South-Central Asia minor --|gPart 4 :|tthe Jerusalem council decides terms of admission for gentiles --|gPart 5 :|tthe word spreads farther west : Paul's mission around the Aegean --|gPart 6 :|tPaul in Jerusalem and Caesarea : his arrest and trials --|gPart 7 :|tPaul reaches Rome

"In his own inimitable way, Carl Holladay combines accuracy of description in summoning events and personages and cultural-classical texts critical to Luke's telling, while at the same time extracting with magnetic-like force their importance in the much larger theological-missional intent of Luke's interactive narrative arc. As a highly skilled historian, Holladay enables the lasting significance of Luke's kerygmatic message to present itself from within the historical-literary-cultural contexts that he highlights so well." David P. Moessner - Book Jacket