Acts can be neatly divided into two sections, the first dealing primarily with the ministry of peter in jerusalem and samaria acts 112 and the second following paul on his missionary journeys throughout the roman empire acts 28. Jun 19, 20 welcome to ivy baptist churchs bible study on demand before beginning this study, please take an opportunity to download the worksheet for this bible study. The proof that jesus was indeed the promised deliverer acts. First, acts combined with the gospel of luke makes up over onefourth of the entire new testament.
Peters preaching of the gospel to the jews acts 112 and then st. Pauls first missionary journey begins, and he strikes elymas the sorcerer blind. It contains the acts jesus carried out after his ascension, through the holy spirit, in establishing the church. Now in the church at antioch there were prophets and teachers. Acts commentary james burton coffman commentaries on the. Our story starts off where the gospel of luke left offjesus is back now that hes resurrected, jesus decides to hang out and chat with his disciples whom luke calls apostles for forty days. Acts facts people, places, and verse by verse study. The new testament without the book of acts leaves a great yawning gap. Intro to acts biblica the international bible society. In acts, jesus sends the holy spirit to empower his disciples as they carry. Some think it refers to pauls physical size, others to his own personal evaluation of himself as the least of the apostles because he persecuted the church.
One is simply to strengthen believers as witnesses to the work and life of jesus, both in history and in their lives. Acts is a fastmoving historical account of the first three decades of the church. Bible study of acts join us for an inspiring study on the. The book of acts ends just as it begins, emphasizing the apostles role as those who expanded gods kingdom on earth, through their proclamation. It is a bridge between the gospels and the epistles. Acts study noteschapter 1 watchtower online library. The book focuses primarily on the acts of two apostles, peter and paul. If the book of acts were gone, there would be nothing to replace it the last recorded fact about jesus in the gospel of matthew is the resurrection. Watch our overview video on the book of acts, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Acts chapter john karmelich receive bible study notes.
Paul and barnabas spoke the word of god to them first acts. The whole city came together to hear the word of god acts. Here is the launch point for formally taking the gospel of christ to the rest of the world. And it proposes to show the continuation of all that jesus began both to do and teach 1. This web page contains lesson plans for a multiweek study of your choice. Oct 04, 2016 watch our overview video on the book of acts, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Book of acts overview insight for living ministries. The importance of the book of acts one can hardly overstate the importance of the book of acts or its contribution to the canon of scripture. This was god, in the person of the holy spirit, speaking to peter.
Welcome to ivy baptist churchs bible study on demand before beginning this study, please take an opportunity to download the worksheet for this bible study. The word of the lord spread through the region acts. Study guide for acts 10 by david guzik blue letter bible. The book of acts provides a bridge for the writings of the nt. These verses describe events after peters escape from prison. While they were worshiping the lord and fasting, the holy spirit sai.
As a second volume to lukes gospel, it joins what jesus began to do and to teach 1. Barnabas, simeon called niger, lucius of cyrene, manaen who had been brought up with herod the tetrarch and saul. Acts is significant for chronicling the spread of the gospel, not only geographically but also culturally. An appeal to the people with a warning against rejecting christ acts. We see the apostles continue the restoration of israel, as acts first focuses on st. Luke was a companion of paul on his missionary journeys, and in many parts of the book of acts it says we did this or that acts 16. Acts niv now in the church at antioch there were bible. The gentiles responded to the word of the lord acts. Let me mention just a few of the reasons why actsand thus our study of this bookis so important. At perga, john mark leaves them and returns to jerusalem 3.
Acts 2 background information with maps and images picture. The second is to serve as preparation for urbana96. Pauls preaching of the gospel to the ends of the earth with the gentiles acts 28. There they met a jewish sorcerer and false prophet named barjesus, 7 who was an attendant of the proconsul, sergius paulus. Encourage students to look for a principle as they study acts. The book of acts gives us a picture of evangelism, persecution. A full chapter by chapter study would take more than six months, so feel free to select from our available lessons below. A chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 2 acts the beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church table of contents scripture passage page 1. This chapter also marks the beginning of part 2 of the book of acts, which is pauls ministry to the gentiles. Saul is in antioch of syria, the church there is composed partly of. Setting sail from paphos, they arrive in perga of pamphylia 2.
This is the third in a series of three smallgroup bible study discussion guides luke 19, luke 1024 and selected portions of acts which explore the meaning of witness. Bible study of acts join us for an inspiring study on. With peter, the emphasis is the jewish church in jerusalem and judea. This versebyverse bible study and commentary of the acts of the apostles the book of acts or simply acts is indepth but uses plain language that everyone can understand, as well as a format that will engage you. The events of this chapter begin as the 12 apostles 1. The book is a continuation of the gospel written by luke. An understandable version of acts translation by william e. Acts of the apostles, new living translation nlt the. Acts chapter commentary northwest college of the bible. Acts 2 indepth versebyverse commentary and bible study of acts chapter 2 in plain english. The book of acts, above all else, is a story about the churchand what a story it is. Concise presentation notes by charles dailey black underlined words match words in the bible text. Saul is here for the first time called paul, and never after saul. Luke wrote the book of acts and the gospel of luke and he dedicated his work to a man named theophilus as mentioned in the summary of the book of luke.
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