Whole-book orientation · Narrative

Overview and structure

See the book’s genre, major movements, and complete reading route.

Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.

A clear route through the whole book

The units preserve the book’s order. Read the surrounding passage whenever a unit crosses a chapter boundary, and do not let a memorable verse replace the argument or story around it.

Overview

01 · Acts · 01

The setting and calling

Meet the people, place, calling, and unresolved need that set Acts in motion.

02 · Acts · 02

The struggle takes shape

Follow the choices, opposition, deliverance, and failures that deepen the conflict in Acts.

03 · Acts · 03

The decisive turning point

Study the moment when faith, rebellion, courage, or providence changes the direction of Acts.

04 · Acts · 04

Consequences and promise

Trace what the people carry forward and how Acts prepares the next movement of Scripture.

All study units

Passage study 01 · Acts 1

The risen Jesus teaching the apostles, being taken up, and the believers waiting together in prayer

Open study →Passage study 02 · Acts 2

Pentecost in the gathered house, the multilingual crowd hearing the message, Peter preaching, and a shared community forming

Open study →Passage study 03 · Acts 3–4

The man at the Beautiful gate healed, Peter and John before the council, and believers sharing resources in prayerful boldness

Open study →Passage study 04 · Acts 5

Ananias and Sapphira confronted, apostles imprisoned and released, and Gamaliel counseling restraint

Open study →Passage study 05 · Acts 6–7

The seven appointed to serve, Stephen speaking before the council, and his death outside the city

Open study →Passage study 06 · Acts 8

Persecution scattering believers, Philip preaching in Samaria, and the Ethiopian official reading Isaiah beside his chariot before baptism

Open study →Passage study 07 · Acts 9

Saul struck down on the Damascus road, Ananias entering the house, Saul receiving sight, and escaping the city in a basket

Open study →Passage study 08 · Acts 10–11

Cornelius praying, Peter’s rooftop vision, Gentiles receiving the word, and Peter explaining the event to Jerusalem believers

Open study →Passage study 09 · Acts 12

Peter led out of prison past sleeping guards and arriving at the praying house while Rhoda responds at the gate

Open study →Passage study 10 · Acts 13–14

Paul and Barnabas sent from Antioch, preaching in synagogues and towns, confronting opposition, and strengthening new believers

Open study →Passage study 11 · Acts 15

Apostles and elders debating Gentile inclusion in Jerusalem, listening to testimony, and composing the letter

Open study →Passage study 12 · Acts 16

Paul’s call toward Macedonia, Lydia beside the river, the prison opened at Philippi, and the jailer receiving the travelers into his house

Open study →Passage study 13 · Acts 17

Thessalonian opposition, Bereans examining the Scriptures, and Paul speaking at the Areopagus among Athenian altars

Open study →Passage study 14 · Acts 18

Paul working with Aquila and Priscilla in Corinth and Priscilla and Aquila explaining the way more fully to Apollos

Open study →Passage study 15 · Acts 19

Disciples in Ephesus, unusual signs, costly magic books burned, and the theater filled during the silversmiths’ riot

Open study →Passage study 16 · Acts 20

Paul teaching late at Troas, Eutychus restored, and the elders of Ephesus weeping with Paul at the shore

Open study →Passage study 17 · Acts 21–23

Paul arriving in Jerusalem, seized at the temple, speaking from the stairs, and protected after the assassination plot is exposed

Open study →Passage study 18 · Acts 24–26

Paul giving his defense before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa while appealing to Caesar

Open study →Passage study 19 · Acts 27

The storm at sea, sailors taking soundings, Paul encouraging the passengers, and the ship breaking near Malta

Open study →Passage study 20 · Acts 28

Paul surviving the viper, healing on Malta, arriving in Rome, and teaching under guard with an open door to visitors

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