Free teaching materials · Narrative

Teacher guide

Prepare a complete 45-minute session for every passage unit.

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

A complete 45-minute teaching path

The lesson is free, printable, and usable without an account. Adjust vocabulary for your group, but keep the passage boundaries and evidence visible.

A complete 45-minute teaching path

5 min

Orient the group

Name the book, passage boundary, setting, and the question this unit will explore. Allow learners to pass on personal sharing.

10 min

Read the text

Read the assigned passage aloud or silently. Mark speakers, repeated words, commands, contrasts, promises, and changes.

10 min

Explain from the evidence

Walk through the observations on this page. Connect every conclusion to a verse and label interpretive judgments honestly.

15 min

Discuss and apply

Use the discussion questions. Move from what the passage says to responsible application without forcing disclosure.

5 min

Summarize and pray

Ask for one sentence that captures the passage. Close with a prayer shaped by its words and concerns.

All study units

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

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

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

Teacher guide

A complete 45-minute teaching path

A complete 45-minute teaching path

Orient the group

Read the text

Explain from the evidence

Discuss and apply

Summarize and pray

All study units

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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