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PARAGRAPHS(SUBMIT IN PARTS 1-
3)
IMMEDIATE CONTEXT
(SUBMIT IN PARTS 2-3)
MAJOR POINTS(SUBMIT IN PART 3)
MAJOR SECTIONS(SUBMIT IN PART 3)
THEME(SUBMIT IN PART 3)
1:1–5The resurrected
Jesus gives instructions in preparation for the mission that would begin at
Pentecost
1:1-11Instructions of
Jesus and Ascension
1:1-2:47The Spirit
Empowers the Church for
Witness
1:1-8:1aThe spread of Christianity to
Jerusalem
1:1–28:31 The Apostles would receive the power of the Holy Spirit and the gospel would be spread from Jerusalem to the whole Roman empire and from its Jewish roots to the Gentile world
1:6–11The Great
Commission and the Ascension
1:12–14The Upper Room Prayer Meeting
1:12-26-The replacement of
Judas in the upper room
1:15–26Matthias Chosen to replace Judas
2:1–4Coming of the
Holy Spirit
2:1- 41Day of Pentecost
2:5–13The Crowd’s
Response
2:14–21Peter Preaches to
the crowd explaining the
visitation of the Holy Spirit
2:22–28Peter proclaims
that Jesus’ miracles and
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resurrection confirm that He is God’s Holy
One
2:29–36Peter preached
Jesus resurrected and glorified
2:37–423000 saved, baptized and added to the
church
2:37-47Repent and receive the
promise gift
2:43–47A Vital Church
Grows
3:1–10Peter heals the crippled beggar
3:1-10 3:1-5:42The Apostles
Witness to The Jews in Jerusalem
3:11–16Peter preaches
Christ the Righteous One
the healer
3:11-26Peter preaches
Jesus from Torah and promise
3:17–26Christ foretold
by all the prophets
4:1–4Peter and John
Arrested
4:1-22- The arrest and the leadership’s deliberation
4:5–12Peter and John
proclaimed to the Sanhedrin that the resurrected
Jesus, alone
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brings salvation4:13–22
Preaching in the name of Jesus
Forbidden
4:23–31Prayer for Boldness
4:23-31The community
reaction
4:32–35Sharing in All
Things
4:32-5:16 Caring
Community of Believers
4:36–37Joseph called Barnabas sells his land and
places the money at the apostles
feet
5:1-6Ananias and
Sapphira lying about the land
they sold
5:7-11Judgment for
lying
5:12–16Continuing
Power in the Church
5:17–21aImprisoned
Apostles freed by an angel
5:17-42- The Twelve are tried
before the
5:21b–26Preaching in the
Temple and rearrested
5:27–32The apostles
proclaimed that Jesus, whom
they had rejected, was exalted by
God to be Savior
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5:33–39Gamaliel’s
Advice
5:40–42The Apostles
beaten and told not to speak in
the name of Jesus
6:1–6Seven Chosen to
serve
6:1-7Appointment of
the seven
6:1-8:40The Hellenists
Break through to a Wider Witness
6:7The message of Christ continues
to spread
6:8–7:1Stephen Accused
of Blasphemy
6:8-15The arrest of
Stephen
7:2–8Stephen’s
Address: The Call of Abraham
7:1-53The speech of
Stephen
7:9–10The Patriarchs in
Egypt sold Joseph and God
elevated him
7:11–16The famine
reunites a family
7:17–29Moses the
deliverer is born
7:30–34The Angel of the Lord appears in the burning bush
7:35–43Israel Rebels against God
7:44–50Neither the
tabernacle nor
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temple could truly contain
God.7:51–53
Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
7:54-8:1aStephen is Martyred
7:54-8:1aThe martyrdom
of Stephen
8:1b–3Saul Persecutes
the Church
8:1b3Saul the
persecutor
8:1b-9: 31The scattering of the
Jewish believers
8:4–8Christ is
Preached by Philip in Samaria
8:4-8:25Philip preaches the Gospel in
Samaria
8:9–13The Sorcerer’s Profession of
Faith
8:14–24The Sorcerer
made aware of his sins
8:25The Apostles
return to Jerusalem
preaching the gospel in many
villages
8:26–40Christ is
preached to an Ethiopian
8:26-40Philip and the
eunuch
9:1–9Paul is converted
while on the Damascus Road
9:1-9:31Paul’s
Conversion Experience
9:1-12:25Peter JoinsThe Wider
Witness
9:10–19a
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Ananias Baptizes Saul
9:19b–2Saul Preaches Christ
9:23–25
Saul Escapes Death
9:26–30Saul at Jerusalem trying to join up with he disciples
9:31The Church
Prospers
9:32–35Aeneas Healed
9:32-43Peter’s miracles
in Lydda and Joppa
9:32-12:25The Gospel is
preached to the Gentiles & there is more persecution
9:36–43Dorcas Restored
to Life
10:1-8Cornelius is
commanded in the angelic vision to send for Peter
10:1-11:18Peter’s ministry
in Judea
10:9-16Peter’s Vision
10:17-23a
Peter Summoned to Caesarea
10:23b-29Peter Meets Cornelius
10:30-33Cornelius
explains his vision to Peter
10:34-43Peter Preaches to
Cornelius’s Household
10:44-48The Holy Spirit
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falls on the Gentiles11:1-18
Peter defends God’s Grace
11:19-26Barnabas and
Saul at Antioch
11:19-30The church is established in
Antioch
11:27-30Agabus
prophesied about a coming famine
12:1-5Herod’s
Violence toward the disciples to gain favor from
the Jews
12:1-24Herod persecutes
the church
12:6-17Peter Freed from
Prison
12:18-19Herod ordered that the guards
be executed
12:20-23Herod’s Violent
Death
12:24The Word of
God continued to increase and
Spread
12:25Barnabas and Saul finished
their mission and returned from
Jerusalem bringing with them John and
Mark
12:25The Death of
Herod Agrippa
13:1-3 13:1-3 13:1-15:35 13:1-15:35
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Barnabas and Saul appointed and sent off to
spread the word of God
Saul and Barnabas
Commissioned
Paul turns to the Gentiles
The mission from Antioch and the full incorporation of the
Gentiles
13:4-12Preaching the
word of God in Cyprus and the Jewish sorcerer becomes blind
13:4-12Barnabas and
Saul’s mission in Cyprus
13:13-16aPaul and
Barnabas are invited to speak at the synagogue
in Pisidian Antioch
13:13-52- Paul and Barnabas
witness in Pisidian Antioch
13:16b-25Paul explains
God’s covenant with Israel
13:26-41Paul proclaims
salvation through the death and
resurrection of Christ
13:42-43Paul and
Barnabas urged everyone to
continue in the grace of God
13:44-52Paul and
Barnabas turns to the Gentiles
14:1-7The plot to
mistreat and
14:1-7Paul and
Barnabas in
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stone Paul and Barnabas
Iconium
14:8-18In Lystra
preaching to the idolaters
14:8-20Rejection and reception in
Lystra and Derbe
14:19-23Strengthening
and encouraging the disciples to remain true to
the faith
14:21-28Return visits to the churches in
Antioch
14:24-28The return to
Antioch with a good report
15:1-5Conflict over Circumcision
15:1-5The Council at
Jerusalem
15:6-11Peter addresses
the council regarding the
Gentiles and the Holy Spirit
15:6-35The discussion and decision
15:12-21Paul and Barnabas
reported to the council was God was doing in the
lives of the Gentiles
15:22-29The council’s letter to the
Gentile believers
15:30-35Judas and Silas delivered the
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letter and encouraged the
brothers
15:36-41Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas
over Mark
15:36-41Paul and
Barnabas split up
15:36-18:22Paul Witnesses to the Greek World
15:36-21:16The Second and
Third Missionary Journeys: Expansion
to Greece and Consolidation amid
Opposition16:1-5
Timothy joins Paul and Silas
16:1-5Paul’s Second
Missionary Journey
16:6-10Paul’s Vision of
the man of Macedonia
16:6-10The vision of the Macedonian Man
16:11-15Lydia’s
conversion and baptism in
Philippi
16:11 – 40Lydia believes in
Jesus and Paul and Silas in
Prison
16:16-18Paul commands
the spirit to leave the slave girl
16:19-24Paul and Silas
beaten
16:25-34The Philippian
jailer saved
16:35-40Paul refuses to depart secretly
17:1-9Paul’s preaching in Thessalonica
incites a riot
17:1-9Paul Preaches in
Thessalonica
17:10-15The word being
17:10-15Ministry among
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preached in Berea
the Bereans
17:16-21A group of
Epicurean and Stoic
philosophers debate with Paul over the gospel
of Christ
17:16-34Ministry among
the Jews and intellectuals in
Athens
17:22-31Paul addressing the Areopagus about the God who made the
world and everything in it
17:32-34Paul talks about the resurrection
of the dead
18:1-4Paul meets
Priscilla and Aquila in Corinth
18:1-17Ministry and a legal victory in
Corinth
18:5-11Paul testified to
the Jews that Jesus is the
Christ
18:12-17Paul brought before Gallio
accused of persuading men to worship God
18:18- 23Paul returns to
Antioch of Syria
18:18-21Paul promised the Ephesian Jews that he
would return to share more about Jesus with them
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if it’s God’s will18:22-23
Paul lands at Caesarea then he
goes p and the region
strengthening all the disciples
18:24-28Apollos
instructed at Ephesus by Priscilla and
Aquila
18:24-28The completion
of Apollos
18:23-21:16Paul’s Witness
Overcomes Opposition in
Ephesus
19:1-7The Holy Spirit
comes on the disciples
19:1-7The completion
of the twelve
19:8-10Paul teaches at the school of
Tyrannus for 2 years
19:8-22Ministers in
Ephesus
19:11-20Jewish priest try to use his fake religion to cast
out demons
19:21-22The Riot in
Ephesus
19:23-27Demetrius the
Silverman speaks to the other silversmiths
saying that they will lose work and the temple and Goddess
Artemis will be discredited if the
19:23 – 41The riot in the
city
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people continue to listen to Paul
19:28-41Gaius and
Aristarchus dragged into the
theater by an angry crowd
demanding they be charged for
the silversmith’s money problems
20:1-6Paul goes to Macedonia,
Greece and the surrounding
areas encouraging the
people
20:1-16Encouraging the
churches in Macedonia,
Greece and Troas
20:7-12Eutychus raised from the dead at
Troas
20:17-38Encouraging the Ephesian elders
in Miletus
20:13-16Paul leaves Troas
and heads for Miletus
20:17-18aPaul sends for
the elders of the church
20:18b-24Paul telling the elders that he
must move on to Jerusalem even
though he knows that hardship and prison may be in his future. Yet he
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will press on20:25-35
Paul instructing the elders to keep
their eyes on God and to
watch over their flock because there are many
who will come to deceive
20:36-38Paul’s Farewell
21:1-6Paul warned
through the Spirit not to go to Jerusalem
21:1-16Paul arrives in
Jerusalem
21:7-14Agabus’s prophecy
regarding Paul and his journey
to Jerusalem
21:17-26Paul meets the
Jerusalem Christians
21:17-26:32Paul Witnesses before Gentiles, Kings and the
people of Israel
21:17-28:31The Arrest: The
Message is Defended and reaches Rome
21:15-16Paul and his
group arrive at the home of
Mnason
21:17-26Seven days of purification
21:27-36Paul is Arrested and assaulted at
the Temple
21:27-36The riot and arrest at the
temple
21:37-40Paul ask the
commander if he
21:37-22:21Paul speaks to
the mob
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could speak to him
22:1Paul asks the
mob to hear his defense
22:2The mob quiets when they hear Paul speak in
Hebrew
22:3-5Paul states that
he is a Jew from Tarsus
22:6-11Paul tells the
mob how he was approached by the Lord near Damascus and
how he was blinded by the
light of the Lord
22:12-16Paul tells how
Ananias prayed that he received his sight back.
Ananias told him that God chose him. He was
baptized to the ministry by
Ananias
22:17-21In a trance Paul is instructed to leave Jerusalem
and go to the Gentiles
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22:22-29About to be
flogged Paul asks the commander if it is legal to flog a Roman citizen? Paul informs the commander that he was born a Roman Citizen
22:22-29Paul ‘s
declaration of his Roman
Citizenship
22:30Paul before the
Sanhedrin
22:30-23:11Paul’s before the Jewish council
23:1-5Paul addressing the Sanhedrin and Ananias
orders that Paul be smacked in
the mouth
23:6-10A dispute breaks out between the
Pharisees and the Sadducees over
Paul
23:11The Lord telling
Paul to take courage he must testify about him
in Rome
23:12-1540 men bound by a oath not to eat
or drink anything until they kill
Paul
23:12-26:32
23:16-22Paul’s nephew
warns the commander
about the plot to kill Paul
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23:23-25The commander orders his men to take Paul safely
to Governor Felix
23:26-30The Letter to
Felix
23:31-35Paul kept under guard in Herod’s
palace
24:1-2aPaul’s trial before Felix
24:1-27Paul appears before Felix
24:2b-9Tertullus
presents his case against Paul to
Felix
24:10aPaul is given permission to
speak
24:10b-21Paul begins his defense before
Felix
24:22-23Felix
Procrastinates
24:24-27Paul speaks
about faith in Christ before Felix and his wife Drusilla.
Paul is imprisoned for
two years
25:1-5Paul’s trail
25:1-12Paul’s appeal to
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before Festus Caesar before Festus
25:6-12Festus hears Paul defense and his
appeal to be heard by Caesar
25:13-26:32Paul before Agrippa and
Bernice
25:13-22Festus Consults King Agrippa
about Paul
25:23-27Paul is brought
before King Agrippa and his
wife Bernice
26:1King Agrippa
gives Paul permission to
speak for himself
26:2-3Paul begins his
defense and acknowledges King Agrippa
and lets him now how fortunate he feels to be able to
speak to him. And he’s aware
that King Agrippa is
acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies
26:4-8Paul recall’s his early life before his conversion
26:9-11Paul explains his desire to oppose
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the name of Jesus and
persecute the Christians26:12-18
Paul recalls his conversion
26:19-23Paul explains his
life after his conversion
26:24-29Agrippa Parries Paul’s challenge
26:30-32Everyone reacts
to Paul’sdefense by
saying that he has done nothing
wrong and he could have been set free if he had
appealed to Caesar
27:1-8Paul sails for
Rome
27:1-12Paul’s journey to
Rome begin
27:1-28:31Paul Witnesses to Jews and Gentiles
Without Hindrance
27:9-12Paul’s warning is
ignored
27:13-26The storm at Sea
27:13-20In the Tempest
27:27-44The Shipwreck
27:21-26Paul tells the men to stay
encouraged for God will not let
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them die27:27-32
Paul informs the men to stay
together don’t leave the ship
27:33-38Paul encourages the men to eat some food to
survive
27:39-44Shipped wrecked
on Malta
28:1-6The Islanders changed their perception of Paul when the viper’s venom
didn’t harm him
28:1-10Paul ministering
in Malta
28:7-10The healings on
the island
28:11-15Paul arrives at
Rome
28:11-15Paul at last
makes it to Rome
28:16Paul under guard
in rented in rented quarters
28:16A rented house
for Paul
28:17-22Paul addresses
the Jews
28:17-29Paul and the
Jews
28:23-29Paul turns to the
Gentiles
28:30-31For the next two
years Paul
28:30-31Bold preaching
and teaching
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