Acts of the Apostles
6 documented wonders in the chamber of Acts of the Apostles — each with its place, its period and the sources behind it.
Acts of the Apostles · c. AD 30-33, fifty days after the Resurrection
Pentecost
Fifty days after the Resurrection, the Holy Spirit descends upon the apostles and Mary in the upper room as tongues of fire, filling them with power and the gift of languages, and Peter's proclamation that day draws three thousand into baptism. Pentecost marks the public birth of the Church and the beginning of the Spirit's age among men.
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Acts of the Apostles · c. AD 30–33, shortly after Pentecost
Peter at the Beautiful Gate
At the Temple's Beautiful Gate, Peter healed a man lame from birth in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and the man walked, leapt, and praised God before the astonished crowd. The miracle became Peter's occasion to preach Christ crucified and risen to all Israel.
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Acts of the Apostles · c. AD 34–36
The Conversion of Saul
On the road to Damascus, a light from heaven struck down Saul of Tarsus, persecutor of the Church, and the voice of the risen Christ confronted him; blinded for three days, he was healed and baptized through Ananias and became the apostle Paul. His conversion turned the Church's fiercest enemy into its most tireless missionary.
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Acts of the Apostles · c. AD 60, winter, during Paul's voyage to Rome
Paul and the Viper
Shipwrecked on Malta after fourteen days adrift in a storm, Paul was bitten by a viper while gathering firewood, yet suffered no harm, confounding the islanders who had first taken him for a murderer and then for a god. The sign opened the way for healings that won the whole island's hospitality.
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Acts of the Apostles · c. AD 33-36, in the Church's earliest years
Philip and the Ethiopian
An angel sent Philip to the desert road from Jerusalem to Gaza, where the Holy Spirit directed him to join the chariot of an Ethiopian eunuch, treasurer to the Candace, who was reading Isaiah aloud; Philip preached Christ to him, baptized him at once, and was then carried away by the Spirit to Azotus.
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Acts of the Apostles · c. AD 35-36, shortly before the conversion of Cornelius
Peter Raises Tabitha
In the port city of Joppa, the disciple Tabitha, called Dorcas in Greek and renowned for her charity toward widows, fell sick and died; summoned from nearby Lydda, Peter knelt beside her body, prayed, and commanded, "Tabitha, rise," whereupon she opened her eyes and sat up alive, and many in Joppa believed in the Lord.
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