Jesus goes up

After Jesus dies and is raised to life, Jesus goes around to everyone showing that he really is alive. But then another amazing thing happens. Jesus goes away in a very surprising way.

God's Holy Spirit comes down

After Jesus is taken up into the sky, the disciples wait in Jerusalem, just like Jesus told them to. Jesus has told them that God the Father is going to give them a gift. No one knows what this gift is until the day when another amazing thing happens.

What Peter says

After Jesus is taken up into heaven, the disciples receive the promised gift of the Holy Spirit and amazing things happen. All the people around them don’t understand what is going on. Peter speaks to the crowd to tell them what’s going on.

More faithful followers of Jesus

After Jesus is taken up into heaven, the disciples receive the promised gift of the Holy Spirit and amazing things happen. The people in the crowd listen as Peter tells them the Very Good News that Jesus is the Promised King. Many, many people become followers of Jesus. God is growing his people.

Philip tells a man from Africa about Jesus

Jesus’ faithful followers spend their time praying, listening to the apostles teaching them about Jesus, hanging out together and eating together. They are also very thankful for everything God has done. Jesus’ faithful followers tell others the Very Good News about Jesus.

Saul = Paul

The church grew and grew. More people recognised and received Jesus as their King. But some people were not happy about this. Some people made life very difficult for Jesus’ faithful followers. One person who did not like Christians was a man called Saul.

Paul goes

When Paul becomes a follower of Jesus, he starts telling people the amazing news about Jesus straight away. God has a special plan for Paul. God wants Paul to go and tell the whole world about Jesus. And this is what Paul does.

Churches, churches everywhere

When Paul becomes a follower of Jesus, everything changes. He used to put faithful followers in prison. Now, Paul tells as many people as he can about Jesus. Paul even travels to different places because many people have never heard about Jesus. Paul goes so that more people will become faithful followers.

What Paul says

Paul has become a faithful follower of Jesus. God gives Paul a special job. God tells Paul to go to other countries and tell people about Jesus. Paul goes. Many churches are started because of Paul’s work. But Paul is put in prison because he is a faithful follower. While he is in prison, Paul writes letters to the churches that are trying to be faithful.

What John says

John was one of Jesus’ disciples. After Jesus was taken up to heaven, he became an apostle. This means that John had the special job of telling other people about everything he had seen Jesus do. John wrote some books in God’s New Words, the New Testament. He wanted people to keep on faithfully following Jesus.