ACTS 13-28: STUDY LESSON GUIDE

 

1. Introduction and Recap of Acts 1-12

2. Cyprus, Perga, and Antioch (Acts 13)

3. Lystra and Return to Antioch (Acts 14)

4. The Jerusalem Conference (Acts 15:1-35; Galatians 2:1-10)

5. Paul's Second Trip (Acts 15:36-18:21)

6. Acts 15:36-16:40

    Separation of Paul and Barnabas (Acts 15:36-51) (Galatians 2:11-14)

    Timothy (Acts 16:1-5)

    Philippi (I Thessalonians 2:2)

7. Acts 17-18

    Thessalonica (17:1-9) (I Thessalonians 2:1-16)

    Berea (17:10-15) (I Thessalonians 2:17-20; 3:1-5)

    Corinth (18:1-17) (I Corinthians 1:14-16; 9:6-15; 16:15; II Corinthians 11:6-10)

8. Athens (Acts 17:16-34)

9. Paul's Third Trip: Overview (Acts 18:22-23:35)

10. Ephesus (18:24-19:41)

    Apollos (18:24-28)

    John the Baptist's Disciples (19:1-7)

    Miracles (19:11-20)

    Demetrius the Silversmith (19:23-41)

11. Acts 20-21

    Eutychus, etc. (20:5-17)

    Farewells (20:17-21:16) (Romans 15:30-32)

    In Jerusalem (21:17-26)

12. Acts 22-23

    Defense before the Tribune (ch. 22)

    Trial before the Sanhedrin (ch. 23)

13. To Rome and Beyond: Overview (Acts 24-28)

14. Paul's Defense (Acts 24, 26)

    Before Felix (ch. 24)

    Before Agrippa (ch. 26)

15. Voyage to Rome and Shipwreck (Acts 27)

16. Acts 28

    At Malta (vv. 1-16) (Romans 16:3-15)

    At Rome (vv. 17-31) (Philippians 1:7-30; Philemon; Ephesians 6:18-22)

When we presented this portion of Acts, we had a teaching team of five class members. So when a given lesson covered several discrete sub-topics (as above), we would often have tag-team presentations with two or three of us covering one topic each for 10-15 minutes. This is also an excellent way to try out other members of your group as teachers to see how well they do and to get more people actively involved in the class material.

For additional information, there are separate posts in this blog on the following chapters of Acts:

    13; 14; 15-16; 17-18; 19-20; 21-23; and 24-28.

Also, my post on “The Book of Acts: Introduction to the Literary Structure” may provide some help as an overview of the whole book.  Some additional posts as resources are given below:

Lesson #         Post Title

4                     “Galatians 2:1-10”

6                     “Galatians 2:11-21

7                     “I Thessalonians 2:2”

                        “I Thessalonians 1-2”

                        “I Thessalonians 2:13-20”

11                    “Romans 15:14-33”

16                   “Romans 16”

                       “Philemon: Introduction to the Literary Structure”