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ActsThe whole book, chapter by chapter

Read it, teach it and write it down. Twenty-eight chapters, each with a Four Voices deep dive, an O·I·A study, slides for your group and a journal for your week. Films are coming.

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“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.” Acts 1:8

Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and the remotest part of the earth

Acts 1:8 is the book’s own outline. The gospel starts in Jerusalem (1–7), spreads through Judea and Samaria (8–12), and then runs with Paul across the Roman world to Rome itself (13–28). Pick any chapter to go deeper.

Witnesses in Jerusalem
Acts 1–7

The ascension, Pentecost, a lame man healed, and Stephen’s witness.

1You Shall Be My Witnesses2The Spirit Poured Out3What I Do Have I Give to You4No Other Name5We Must Obey God Rather Than Men6Seven Men and a Face Like an Angel7The Son of Man Standing
Judea, Samaria and beyond
Acts 8–12

Philip, Saul on the Damascus road, Cornelius, Antioch, and Peter freed.

8Joy in Samaria, Joy on the Road9From Persecutor to Chosen Instrument10What God Has Cleansed11To the Gentiles Also12Prayer, a Prison and a Proud King
The first journey and the council
Acts 13–15

Barnabas and Saul sent out, and the Jerusalem council.

13Sent Out: A Light for the Gentiles14A Door of Faith Through Many Tribulations15Saved Through Grace, Just Like Them
The second journey
Acts 16–18

Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens and Corinth.

16Come Over to Macedonia and Help Us17Noble Bereans and an Unknown God18Do Not Be Afraid; Go On Speaking
The third journey
Acts 19–21

Ephesus, the farewell at Miletus, and arrest in Jerusalem.

19The Word Grew Mightily in Ephesus20The Whole Purpose of God21Ready to Die for the Name
Paul on trial
Acts 22–26

Before the crowd, the council, Felix, Festus and Agrippa.

22Far Away to the Gentiles23The Lord Stood at His Side24Go Away for the Present25I Appeal to Caesar26Not Disobedient to the Heavenly Vision
To Rome
Acts 27–28

Shipwreck, Malta, and the gospel unhindered in Rome.

27I Believe God28Unhindered

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Acts 1:8 · NASB 1995

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.

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Every chapter

Each chapter has a Four Voices deep dive, an O·I·A study, slides for leading a group, a five-day journal to write in and a Berean import. Each page has a place for the chapter’s film, coming soon.

Witnesses in Jerusalem Acts 1–7

From the Acts 1 study
Acts 1

You Shall Be My Witnesses

The risen Jesus proves He is alive, tells His people to wait for the Spirit, and gives them one job — to be His witnesses from home to the ends of the earth. Then He goes up in a cloud with the promise that the same Jesus will come back the same way, and His church begins where it must always begin: on its knees, together.

“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.” Acts 1:8
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From the Acts 2 study
Acts 2

The Spirit Poured Out

On the feast of firstfruits God pours out His Spirit, the gospel is heard in the languages of the nations, and Peter preaches the crucified Jesus as risen, exalted, Lord and Christ. Guilty men are pierced to the heart, turn, are forgiven and baptized, and a glad new family devotes itself to the Word, to one another, to the Lord’s table and to prayer.

“Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38
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From the Acts 3 study
Acts 3

What I Do Have I Give to You

A man who could never walk is lifted to his feet by the name of Jesus, and Peter turns the crowd’s amazement toward the Prince of life they put to death. God offers even His Son’s killers forgiveness, refreshing and the return of their Messiah — if they will turn around.

“Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;” Acts 3:19
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From the Acts 4 study
Acts 4

No Other Name

The men who killed Jesus try to silence His followers, and fail: Peter tells them there is no other name by which we must be saved. Threatened, the church prays for boldness, God shakes the room, and a Spirit-filled people share until no one is in need.

“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
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From the Acts 5 study
Acts 5

We Must Obey God Rather Than Men

God protects His young church from a lie inside and from persecution outside, and He does it by His holiness and His power. The apostles answer the rulers with one rule — obey God rather than men — and go home flogged and rejoicing, still preaching Jesus as the Christ.

“But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29
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From the Acts 6 study
Acts 6

Seven Men and a Face Like an Angel

The church meets its first internal crisis with humility and wisdom: the apostles guard prayer and the word, and Spirit-filled men take up the tables, and the word spreads. Then one of those servants, Stephen, is falsely accused like his Lord and shines with God’s glory before the Council.

“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” Acts 6:4
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From the Acts 7 study
Acts 7

The Son of Man Standing

Stephen, on trial for his life, shows from Israel’s own story that God was never confined to a building and that His people always resisted the deliverers He sent — and now they have murdered the Righteous One. He dies seeing Jesus standing for him and praying for the men who kill him, and the man holding their coats is the next one God will save.

“and he said, ‘Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’” Acts 7:56
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Judea, Samaria and beyond Acts 8–12

From the Acts 8 study
Acts 8

Joy in Samaria, Joy on the Road

The persecution meant to stamp out the church scatters it like seed, and the word goes to Samaria and down a desert road toward Africa. God’s gift cannot be bought, only received — and wherever Christ is preached and believed, there is joy.

“Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.” Acts 8:4
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From the Acts 9 study
Acts 9

From Persecutor to Chosen Instrument

The risen Jesus meets the church’s worst enemy on the road, takes his violence personally, and turns him into a chosen instrument who preaches “He is the Son of God.” Then, through Peter, the same Jesus lifts a man who had been down eight years and raises a servant-hearted woman from the dead — and many believe.

“But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;” Acts 9:15
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From the Acts 10 study
Acts 10

What God Has Cleansed

God prepares a praying Gentile and a reluctant apostle at the same time, teaches Peter that He has cleansed what Peter called unholy, and brings them under one roof. Peter preaches Jesus — anointed, crucified, raised, Judge and Savior — and the Holy Spirit falls on the Gentiles just as on the Jews.

“Opening his mouth, Peter said: “I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him.” Acts 10:34–35
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From the Acts 11 study
Acts 11

To the Gentiles Also

God tears down the wall between Jew and Gentile, and the men who object to it end up praising Him. Then He builds a new kind of church in Antioch — started by nobodies, strengthened by an encourager, taught by a former persecutor, named “Christians” by its neighbors, and known first for its giving.

“When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life.” Acts 11:18
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From the Acts 12 study
Acts 12

Prayer, a Prison and a Proud King

A proud king lays hands on the church, kills one apostle and chains another, and the church answers with prayer. God sets Peter free, strikes Herod down for taking His glory, and shows that kings come and go while the word of the Lord keeps growing.

“So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.” Acts 12:5
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The first journey and the council Acts 13–15

From the Acts 13 study
Acts 13

Sent Out: A Light for the Gentiles

The Holy Spirit sends ordinary men from a worshiping church, and the risen Jesus they preach frees everyone who believes from all the things the Law could never free him from. The same word that brings joy to some brings jealousy in others, and nothing — not sorcery, not quitting, not persecution — stops it from spreading.

“Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.” Acts 13:38–39
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From the Acts 14 study
Acts 14

A Door of Faith Through Many Tribulations

The gospel splits cities, heals the lame, gets mistaken for a new religion, and gets a man stoned — and the man gets up and goes back. The kingdom is entered by a door of faith that God opens, and the road to it runs through many tribulations, so new believers need to be strengthened, warned, shepherded and handed to the Lord.

“strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.” Acts 14:22
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From the Acts 15 study
Acts 15

Saved Through Grace, Just Like Them

A man is saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus — not grace plus circumcision, not grace plus my rule-keeping — and Jew and Gentile are saved the same way. That grace then teaches very different men to give up small freedoms for one another, and even when good men fall out, God keeps His work moving.

“But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.” Acts 15:11
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The second journey Acts 16–18

From the Acts 16 study
Acts 16

Come Over to Macedonia and Help Us

The Holy Spirit steers the gospel by closing doors and opening hearts, and He carries it into Europe through a merchant, a slave-girl and a jailer. Whoever I am and wherever I am locked up, the answer to “What must I do to be saved?” is the same: believe in the Lord Jesus.

“They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Acts 16:31
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From the Acts 17 study
Acts 17

Noble Bereans and an Unknown God

Paul opens the Scriptures in Thessalonica and Berea and names the living God in Athens, and everywhere the message lands on Jesus raised from the dead. The Bereans show me how to hear it: eager to receive the word, and careful to check it in the Book every day.

“Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.” Acts 17:11
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From the Acts 18 study
Acts 18

Do Not Be Afraid; Go On Speaking

In a hard city Paul works with his hands, keeps speaking when he is afraid, and stays to make disciples, because the Lord is with him and has many people there. Then two tentmakers show me what it looks like to take a gifted brother aside and help him know Jesus more accurately.

“And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” Acts 18:9–10
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The third journey Acts 19–21

From the Acts 19 study
Acts 19

The Word Grew Mightily in Ephesus

Patient teaching of the word in a dark city brings the Spirit, exposes the occult and empties the idol shops, until the name of the Lord Jesus is magnified. The name is not a charm I borrow but a Lord I belong to, and belonging to Him means burning my own books.

“So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.” Acts 19:20
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From the Acts 20 study
Acts 20

The Whole Purpose of God

A pastor who held nothing back hands his people to God and to the word of His grace, and charges their shepherds to guard a flock that God bought with His own blood. Whatever my life costs, the point is to finish the course Jesus gave me — awake, humble, generous and faithful.

“Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.” Acts 20:28
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From the Acts 21 study
Acts 21

Ready to Die for the Name

Paul walks toward Jerusalem with his eyes open — the Spirit has told him chains are waiting, his friends beg him to stop, and he goes anyway for the name of the Lord Jesus. Doing the right thing gets him beaten and arrested, and God uses even that to keep him alive and carry the gospel further.

“Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” Acts 21:13
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Paul on trial Acts 22–26

From the Acts 22 study
Acts 22

Far Away to the Gentiles

Chained and bruised, Paul answers a lying mob with the story of how Jesus arrested him — a zealous persecutor met by the risen Lord, washed, and sent to the nations. The crowd can stand everything but the last word, “Gentiles,” and God uses a Roman citizenship to keep His witness alive.

“‘For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard.” Acts 22:15
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From the Acts 23 study
Acts 23

The Lord Stood at His Side

Paul stands before the highest court in Israel with a clean conscience and the hope of the resurrection, and the court comes apart. That night Jesus stands beside him and promises Rome — and every plot, soldier and letter that follows only carries that promise out.

“But on the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, “Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.” Acts 23:11
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From the Acts 24 study
Acts 24

Go Away for the Present

Before a corrupt governor Paul answers lies with facts and confesses the Way, the resurrection and a clear conscience. Felix hears the gospel aimed straight at his own sins, trembles — and chooses delay, the most comfortable way of saying no.

“But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.” Acts 24:25
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From the Acts 25 study
Acts 25

I Appeal to Caesar

Paul’s enemies have not given up, a new governor wants to keep the peace, and an innocent man is about to be traded as a favor — so Paul uses the law God gave him and appeals to Caesar. Under all the politics God is keeping His promise to bring Paul to Rome, and the whole case turns out to be about one thing: Jesus died, and He is alive.

“but they simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.” Acts 25:19
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From the Acts 26 study
Acts 26

Not Disobedient to the Heavenly Vision

A prisoner in chains tells a king how Jesus stopped him on the road to Damascus and sent him to open blind eyes and turn men from darkness to light. Paul obeyed that vision for the rest of his life — and the men who heard him called him mad, came almost to faith, and stopped there.

“to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’” Acts 26:18
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To Rome Acts 27–28

From the Acts 27 study
Acts 27

I Believe God

God sends Paul to Rome by way of a shipwreck, and the prisoner in chains becomes the one steady man on a sinking ship. When every human means has failed, Paul believes God’s bare word, keeps the crew doing their part, and watches God bring every one of the 276 safely to land.

“Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told.” Acts 27:25
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From the Acts 28 study
Acts 28

Unhindered

God brings Paul to Rome exactly as He promised — through a shipwreck, a snakebite and a chain — and the book of Acts ends not with Paul’s trial but with the gospel going out from a rented room with all openness, unhindered. Some believe and some refuse, but the salvation of God keeps moving to the nations.

“preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.” Acts 28:31
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The four voices in these studies are David Guzik (Enduring Word), R.C. Sproul (Ligonier), C.H. Spurgeon and Matthew Henry. Scripture is quoted from the NASB 1995.