The church ignites — Pentecost, persecution, and the gospel gone global.
"But ye shall receive ______, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you."
Acts is Luke's sequel — same author, same reader (Theophilus), and a story that picks up exactly where his gospel signs off.
Three thousand people believed after Peter's first sermon — this from the man who, weeks earlier, denied Jesus to a servant girl by a fire.
Saul of Tarsus enters the book holding coats at a stoning and exits it preaching in Rome — history's most consequential change of heart happens in chapter 9.
Acts ends mid-story, with Paul under house arrest and still preaching — no closing scene. Many readers think that's the point: the book of Acts is still being written.