Annotated Acts of the Apostles (A helpful and illustrated version for high school students)

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In this student-friendly, annotated and illustrated presentation of the Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke gives us a wonderful and encouraging history of the Apostles’ missions and trials after Our Lord’s Ascension into heaven. The student reads of the Descent of the Holy Ghost upon Our Lady and the Apostles; the famous sermon of St. Peter in which thousands are converted; the judgment of God upon Ananias and Saphira; the martyrdom of St. Stephen; Philip converts the Samaritans; Saul’s conversion into the great Paul the Apostle; his immediate zeal and preaching to the Jews; Herod’s persecution of the Christians; Peter’s deliverance by an angel; St. Paul’s preaching, travels, and trials; the Council of Jerusalem. With countless maps, this annotated version makes it easy to follow what would otherwise be a difficult text.