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  1. New Testament

Acts of the Apostles


Ascension, from the Rabbula (Rabula) Gospels by Unknown artist, Syria
Ascension of Christ, from the series 'Scenes from the Life of Christ', the Hohenfurth Monastery by Master of the Vyšší Brod Altar
The Ascension with Christ giving the Keys to St Peter by Donatello

The Ascension

Mark 16:19–20; Luke 24:50–53; Acts of the Apostles 1:6–11

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Pentecost

Acts of the Apostles 2:1–13

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At the Beautiful Gate

Acts of the Apostles 3

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The Death of Ananias and Sapphira

Acts of the Apostles 5:1–11

Saint Stephen’s Disputation with the Elders by Vittore Carpaccio
Saint Stephen Accused of Blasphemy by Juan de Juanes
Saint Stephen’s Disputation in the Synagogue by Master of Badalona

The Disputation of Saint Stephen

Acts of the Apostles 6:1–7:50

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The Stoning of St Stephen by Worshop of Pieter van Aelst, from cartoon by Raphael
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The Stoning of Stephen

Acts of the Apostles 7:51–8:3

St Philip preaching to the Eunoch by Abraham van Linge
Our Lady of Mercy between Saint Peter and Saint Paul (altarpiece fragment) by Unknown artist, Spain
Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son (The Bearded Lady) by Jusepe de Ribera

The Ethiopian Eunuch

Acts of the Apostles 8:26–40

Kawaguchiko, from the series Half Awake and Half Asleep in Water by Asako Narahashi
Woman opening a phoenix-painted door, tomb of Zhang Shiqing by Unknown Chinese artist
The Liberation of St Peter from Prison, from the Stanza di Eliodoro by Raphael

Peter’s Escape from Prison

Acts of the Apostles 12

St Paul and St Barnabas at Lystra by Willem de Poorter
Paul and Barnabas of Cyprus Chosen as Apostles by the Holy Spirit by Ambrosius Francken I
The Blinding of Elymas the Sorcerer by Raphael

Barnabas and Paul’s First Mission

Acts of the Apostles 13 & 14

Conversion of Saul by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
The Conversion of Saul by Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Conversion of Saul by William Blake

The Road To Damascus

Acts of the Apostles 22 & 26

Martinian of Palestine: Scene, encountering shipwrecked woman, from Vitae patrum by Unknown Italian artist
Paul's Shipwreck (Shipwreck of Apostle Paul on Malta) by Ludolf Backhuysen I
The Apostle Paul's Shipwreck, from Pauline Epistles with commentary by Petrus Lombardus by Unknown Spanish artist

‘A Rough Rude Sea’

Acts of the Apostles 27

St Paul and the Viper by Unknown English artist
 The Shipwreck of St Paul by Willie Apap
St Paul Saved From a Shipwreck off Malta by Benjamin West

Paul in Malta

Acts of the Apostles 28:1–10


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