NEW TESTAMENT
ACTS
ACTS - INTRODUCTION
§ Central Theme – "_______________ Salvation" from Jerusalem to Rome
§ Summed up in verse 1:8 – "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth"
§ Refocused "_______________" Language
§ "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom of
_______________" (1:6)
§ "preaching the kingdom of _______________and teaching concerning
the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered" (28:31)
§ Continued Emphasis on Salvation _______________- Jesus as the universal
savior, work of the Holy Spirit, Christianity as innocent to Gentile world
ACTS - OUTLINES
§ Three Commendable Outlines for Acts
§ Gospel _______________– Based on central theme of Acts 1:8
§ Jerusalem (chs 1-7)
§ Judea, Samaria (chs 8-12)
§ Uttermost parts of the earth (chs 13-28)
§ Leaders and _______________
§ Peter and Jewish Mission (chs 1-12)
§ Paul and Gentile Mission (chs 13-28)
§ Summary _______________– Based on Church growth formula (6.7; 9.31;
12.24; 16.5; 19.20; 28.31)
ACTS - LUKE’S PLOT DEVELOPMENT
§ Two Central Characters
§ Peter - Gentile _______________ (seven speeches)
§ Paul - Gentile _______________ (three journeys)
§ Four Epic Events
§ Pentecost - empowering _______________mission (ch 2)
§ Stephen - transcending _______________ritual (ch 7)
§ Damascus Road - revealing _______________destiny (ch 9)
§ Cornelius - ordaining _______________movement (ch 10)
ACTS – LUKE’S PLOT DEVELOPMENT
ACTS – CONCLUDING THEME
§ God’s People Always _______________God’s Will – Fulfillment of Isaiah 6:9-10
§ “Go to this people and say you will keep hearing but will not understand; and you
will keep on seeing, but will not perceive” (Acts 28.26)
, § Jerusalem Leaders (4.17; 5.33)
§ 1MJ - Pisidian Antioch (13.45-56); Iconium (14.5); Lystra (14.19)
§ Jerusalem Council (15.10; cf 5.9)
§ 2MJ - Thessalonica (17.5); Berea (17.13); Corinth (18.6)
§ 3MJ - Ephesus (19.9); Greece (20.3)
§ Jerusalem - Inhabitants (21:27); Sanhedrin (22.30; 23.12; 25.2)
§ Rome (28.24) - “Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but
others would not believe”
ACTS – BARRIERS OVERCOME BY THE GOSPEL
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel goes from Jerusalem to the uttermost parts of the
world
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel is for every class of society
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel is not only for Jews
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel is innocent threat to the Roman Empire
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel overcomes evil in the world
ACTS – THEOLOGICAL EMPHASES
§ Salvation _______________ (Same as Gospel of Luke)
§ Universal _______________- Luke stresses the sovereignty of God as Gospel moves
from Jerusalem to Rome
§ Holy _______________- Luke stresses that the Spirit is the agent of God’s sovereignty
and movement of the Gospel throughout Acts
§ Jesus _______________- Luke stresses that salvation history centers on the death,
resurrection, and exaltation of Jesus
§ _______________- Luke stresses that the Gospel and those who proclaim it are no
threat to the world
ACTS – THE GREEK TEXT
§ Two Different Versions of Acts
§ _______________Text – English translations based on this text
§ _______________Text - 10% longer in Codex Bezae (5th Century)
§ Narrative commentaries
§ Provides extra psychological and theological comments
§ Authenticity of the Two Versions
§ Luke wrote _______________?
§ Western Text was Luke's revised version
§ Luke wrote _______________version ?
§ Later editor added Luke's marginal notes or independent material
NEW TESTAMENT
PAUL
ACTS
ACTS - INTRODUCTION
§ Central Theme – "_______________ Salvation" from Jerusalem to Rome
§ Summed up in verse 1:8 – "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth"
§ Refocused "_______________" Language
§ "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom of
_______________" (1:6)
§ "preaching the kingdom of _______________and teaching concerning
the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered" (28:31)
§ Continued Emphasis on Salvation _______________- Jesus as the universal
savior, work of the Holy Spirit, Christianity as innocent to Gentile world
ACTS - OUTLINES
§ Three Commendable Outlines for Acts
§ Gospel _______________– Based on central theme of Acts 1:8
§ Jerusalem (chs 1-7)
§ Judea, Samaria (chs 8-12)
§ Uttermost parts of the earth (chs 13-28)
§ Leaders and _______________
§ Peter and Jewish Mission (chs 1-12)
§ Paul and Gentile Mission (chs 13-28)
§ Summary _______________– Based on Church growth formula (6.7; 9.31;
12.24; 16.5; 19.20; 28.31)
ACTS - LUKE’S PLOT DEVELOPMENT
§ Two Central Characters
§ Peter - Gentile _______________ (seven speeches)
§ Paul - Gentile _______________ (three journeys)
§ Four Epic Events
§ Pentecost - empowering _______________mission (ch 2)
§ Stephen - transcending _______________ritual (ch 7)
§ Damascus Road - revealing _______________destiny (ch 9)
§ Cornelius - ordaining _______________movement (ch 10)
ACTS – LUKE’S PLOT DEVELOPMENT
ACTS – CONCLUDING THEME
§ God’s People Always _______________God’s Will – Fulfillment of Isaiah 6:9-10
§ “Go to this people and say you will keep hearing but will not understand; and you
will keep on seeing, but will not perceive” (Acts 28.26)
, § Jerusalem Leaders (4.17; 5.33)
§ 1MJ - Pisidian Antioch (13.45-56); Iconium (14.5); Lystra (14.19)
§ Jerusalem Council (15.10; cf 5.9)
§ 2MJ - Thessalonica (17.5); Berea (17.13); Corinth (18.6)
§ 3MJ - Ephesus (19.9); Greece (20.3)
§ Jerusalem - Inhabitants (21:27); Sanhedrin (22.30; 23.12; 25.2)
§ Rome (28.24) - “Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but
others would not believe”
ACTS – BARRIERS OVERCOME BY THE GOSPEL
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel goes from Jerusalem to the uttermost parts of the
world
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel is for every class of society
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel is not only for Jews
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel is innocent threat to the Roman Empire
§ _______________Barrier - Gospel overcomes evil in the world
ACTS – THEOLOGICAL EMPHASES
§ Salvation _______________ (Same as Gospel of Luke)
§ Universal _______________- Luke stresses the sovereignty of God as Gospel moves
from Jerusalem to Rome
§ Holy _______________- Luke stresses that the Spirit is the agent of God’s sovereignty
and movement of the Gospel throughout Acts
§ Jesus _______________- Luke stresses that salvation history centers on the death,
resurrection, and exaltation of Jesus
§ _______________- Luke stresses that the Gospel and those who proclaim it are no
threat to the world
ACTS – THE GREEK TEXT
§ Two Different Versions of Acts
§ _______________Text – English translations based on this text
§ _______________Text - 10% longer in Codex Bezae (5th Century)
§ Narrative commentaries
§ Provides extra psychological and theological comments
§ Authenticity of the Two Versions
§ Luke wrote _______________?
§ Western Text was Luke's revised version
§ Luke wrote _______________version ?
§ Later editor added Luke's marginal notes or independent material
NEW TESTAMENT
PAUL
