Publisher's Note:

William Arnot (1808–1875) was a Scottish devotional preacher and writer. His works are all of a devotional quality and the 105 short expositions of the key events and themes in the Book of Acts were intended for family reading on Sundays. This remains pleasurable and satisfying reading as he always draws something unique from the most unlikely sources. Preachers have always delighted in Arnot’s style, coming as it does from an age of deeper reflection and thought.

Contents:

Prefatory Note
1. The Gospel and the Acts (1:1)
2. Final Instructions (1:2-7)
3. Witnesses (1:8)
4. The Ascension (Luke 24:50-52)
5. Waiting And Praying (1:9-14)
6. The Spirit at Pentecost (2:1-4)
7. The Tongues of Fire (2:4)
8. The Seed of the Word is Spread (2:5-11)
9. Missions (2:12)
10. An Apostle Preaches (2:14)
11. Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (2:37-40)
12. Christian Festivity (2:46)
13. At Once Godly and Popular (2:47)
14. The Use of Miracles (3:12, 13)
15. Wounding to Heal (3:14-26)
16. The First Persecution (4:1-4)
17. Add to Your Faith, Courage (4:7-13)
18. Every Creature after its Kind (4:23)
19. The Prayer of the Primitive Church (4:24-29)
20. Power to be Witnesses (4:31-35)
21. A Son of Consolation (4:36, 37)
22. The Beacon: Ananias (5:1-10)
23. After Judgment, Revival (5:11-14)
24. How the Seed Grew (5:17-26)
25. Again at the Bar (5:27-29)
26. Exalted to Give (5:30, 31)
27. Gamaliel (5:33-42)
28. The Deacons (6:1-6)
29. Troubles Bearing Blessed Fruits (6:7-15)
30. Stephen’s Testimony (Acts 7)
31. Stephen’s Death (7:60)
32. The Persecution of the Christians the Increase of the Church (8:1-4)
33. Philip Preaching in a Samaritan City (8:5)
34. Fruit – Joy (8:6-8)
25. Sent to the Desert (8:26)
36. A Man of Ethiopia (8:27, 28)
37. The Meeting (8:29)
38. The Seed Sown and the Harvest Reaped (8:30-39)
39. Saul (9:1-3)
40. The Lord’s Word – Consolation (9:4)
41. The Lord’s Word – Reproof (9:4)
42. The Enemy Surrenders (9:5-14)
43. The Vessel Chosen and Charged (9:15)
44. The Vessel Employed (9:15)
45. The Lord Reigneth (9:15)
46. Saul’s First Experiences as a Christian (9:22-31)
47. Dorcas (9:36-42)
48. A Light to Lighten the Gentiles (Acts 10)
49. Saved by the Word (11:14)
50. Thou and All thy House (11:14)
51. Primitive Christianity (11:19-21)
52. The Grace that Barnabas Saw (11:23)
53. The Gladness that Barnabas Experienced (11:23)
54. The Exhortation that Barnabas Gave (11:23)
55. Barnabas and Saul at Antioch (11:24-30)
56. Herod Vexes the Church (12:1-8)
57. Antioch Occupied for Christ (12:20-25; 13:1)
58. The First Foreign Mission – Cyprus (13:2-12)
59. The Gospel in Asia Minor (13:13-52)
60. Once Was I Stoned (14:1-21)
61. Through Much Tribulation (14:22)
62. The Missionaries Return to Antioch (14:23-28)
63. The Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15)
64. The Gospel Introduced into Europe (16:8-13)
65. Lydia (16:14, 15)
66. The Pythoness (16:16-24)
67. Songs in the Night (16:25)
68. The Jailor (16:26-31)
69. Faith and Obedience (16:31-40)
70. “My Kingdom is Not of this World” (17:1-9)
71. Berean Nobility (17:10, 11)
72. Some an Hundred-Fold (17:12)
73. Paul’s Arrival at Athens (17:14-16)
74. A City Given to Idolatry (17:16)
75. The Philosophers (17:17, 18)
76. All Things to All Men (17:22-31)
77. Some Fell on the Wayside, Some on Good Ground (17:32-34)
78. The World by Wisdom Knew Not God (18:1-9)
79. The Missionary and the Governor (18:9-17)
80. Paul and Apollos (18:18-28)
81. Convincing and Persuading (19:8)
82. The Strong Man Cast Out by the Stronger (19:9-17)
83. The Two Dimensions – Breadth and Depth (19:20)
84. The Uproar in Ephesus (19:21-41)
85. A Communion Sabbath at Troas (20:1-12)
86. Paul’s Address to the Elders of Ephesus (20:13-30)
87. The Larger Blessing, and the Less (20:35)
88. The High Priest Insulting Paul (23:1, 2)
89. Paul Answering the High Priest (23:3-11)
90. Compassed with His Favour as with a Shield (23:12-35)
91. The Parties at the Bar (24:1-23)
92. Paul And Felix (24:24, 25)
93. Convictions Resisted Bear no Good Fruit (24:26, 27)
94. The New Governor (Acts 25)
95. The Gospel Fulfils the Law (26:1-16)
96. Knowing the True, and Doing the Right (26:18)
97. Soberness (26:25)
98. The Upper Classes (26:25)
99. The Voyage (27:1-25)
100. In the Storm (27:24-37)
101. All Saved (27:33-44; 28:1-10)
102. The Meeting (28:11-15)
103. Gratitude and Fortitude (28:15, 16)
104. Paul in Rome (28:17-22)
105. Closing Glimpses (28:23-31)