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How many chapters are in Acts?

Acts has 28 chapters and 1,007 verses. The King James Version text of Acts runs 24,246 words, about 1 hour 42 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 44 of the 66 books of the Bible (5th of the 27 New Testament books) and the 14th longest by word count.

28
Chapters
of 1,189 in the Bible
1,007
Verses (KJV)
WEB: 1,004
24,246
Words (KJV)
14th longest of 66
1 h 42 min
Reading time
at 238 words a minute

Verses in each chapter of Acts

The longest chapter is Acts 7 with 60 verses; the shortest is Acts 6 with 15.

Chapter 1
26
Chapter 2
47
Chapter 3
26
Chapter 4
37
Chapter 5
42
Chapter 6
15
Chapter 7
60
Chapter 8
40
Chapter 9
43
Chapter 10
48
Chapter 11
30
Chapter 12
25
Chapter 13
52
Chapter 14
28
Chapter 15
41
Chapter 16
40
Chapter 17
34
Chapter 18
28
Chapter 19
41
Chapter 20
38
Chapter 21
40
Chapter 22
30
Chapter 23
35
Chapter 24
27
Chapter 25
27
Chapter 26
32
Chapter 27
44
Chapter 28
31

Longest and shortest verse in Acts

Longest: Acts 28:17, 56 words in the KJV.

And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Acts 28:17 (KJV)

Shortest: Acts 7:47, 6 words in the KJV.

But Solomon built him an house.

Acts 7:47 (KJV)

How Acts begins and ends

First verse, Acts 1:1

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 1:1 (KJV)

The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Acts 1:1 (WEB)

Last verse, Acts 28:31

Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

Acts 28:31 (KJV)

preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

Acts 28:31 (WEB)

Acts in our topic collections

69 verses from Acts appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:

Acts: common questions

How many chapters are in the book of Acts?

Acts has 28 chapters. The longest chapter is Acts 7 with 60 verses; the shortest is Acts 6 with 15.

How many verses are in Acts?

Acts has 1,007 verses in the King James Version and 1,004 in the World English Bible, which moves Acts 8:37, Acts 15:34, Acts 24:7 to a footnote.

How long does it take to read Acts?

About 1 hour 42 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 24,246 words and the World English Bible text is 23,170 words.

What is the longest verse in Acts?

Acts 28:17 is the longest verse in Acts, at 56 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Acts 7:47 (6 words): "But Solomon built him an house."

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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.