The major theme in Acts is the spread of the gospel. [[Acts 1:8]] sets the scene of the whole book
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This can be seen with the gospel spreading to the Jews throughout Jerusalem and Judea in Acts 1-7, to Samaritans in [[Acts 8]] and to the Gentiles throughout the "rest of the world" in Acts 9-18.