Whole-Bible connections · Narrative
Themes and theological movements
Trace repeated ideas while keeping every claim connected to a passage.
Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.
Themes and theological movements
This unit advances the biblical story through real choices and consequences. Its meaning includes what God does, how people respond, and what the outcome carries into the next passage.
Acts · 01
The setting and calling
Meet the people, place, calling, and unresolved need that set Acts in motion.
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 2Pentecost in the gathered house, the multilingual crowd hearing the message, Peter preaching, and a shared community forming
Open study →Passage study 03 · Acts 3–4The 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 5Ananias and Sapphira confronted, apostles imprisoned and released, and Gamaliel counseling restraint
Open study →Passage study 05 · Acts 6–7The seven appointed to serve, Stephen speaking before the council, and his death outside the city
Open study →Acts · 02
The struggle takes shape
Follow the choices, opposition, deliverance, and failures that deepen the conflict in Acts.
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 9Saul 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 10–11Cornelius praying, Peter’s rooftop vision, Gentiles receiving the word, and Peter explaining the event to Jerusalem believers
Open study →Passage study 09 · Acts 12Peter 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 13–14Paul and Barnabas sent from Antioch, preaching in synagogues and towns, confronting opposition, and strengthening new believers
Open study →Acts · 03
The decisive turning point
Study the moment when faith, rebellion, courage, or providence changes the direction of Acts.
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 16Paul’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 17Thessalonian opposition, Bereans examining the Scriptures, and Paul speaking at the Areopagus among Athenian altars
Open study →Passage study 14 · Acts 18Paul working with Aquila and Priscilla in Corinth and Priscilla and Aquila explaining the way more fully to Apollos
Open study →Passage study 15 · Acts 19Disciples in Ephesus, unusual signs, costly magic books burned, and the theater filled during the silversmiths’ riot
Open study →Acts · 04
Consequences and promise
Trace what the people carry forward and how Acts prepares the next movement of Scripture.
Passage study 16 · Acts 20