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Acts
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Lesson OneOverview of Acts (Acts 1–2, 7, 22–28)22 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Acts 1–2, 7, 22–28
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In | Workbook: Ascension
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In | Acts and Paul's Letters
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In | Acts as a Foundational NT Text
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In | Jesus and the Kingdom in Acts
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In | Workbook: Herod Agrippa I and Simon Peter - Two Kingdoms
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In | Speeches
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In | The Names “Saul” and “Paul”
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In | Workbook: The Acts of the Holy Spirit
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Behind | Greek Language and Philosophy
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Behind | Cities and Roman Roads
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Behind | Citizenship and Religion
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Behind | God's Perfect Timing
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Behind | Paul’s Missionary Journeys
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Behind | iMap: Paul's Missionary Journeys
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In Front | The Mission of God
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In Front | Onsite: Journey - Adversary and Camaraderie
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In Front | Onsite: Roman Roads
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In Front | Household Conversions: David Collum
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In Front | Workbook: Your Church and the Apostolic Church
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson TwoA Gospel for Jews and then Gentiles23 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Acts 3–6, 8–15
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In | Workbook: Driven out of Jerusalem
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In | Dispersion in Acts
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In | Movement in Acts: Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria
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In | Movement in Acts: Syria, Galatia, Macedonia, Rome
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In | Temple, Synagogue and Church
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In | A Gospel for Jews, then Gentiles
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In | iMap: First Missionary Journey of Paul and Companions
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In | The First Church Council
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In | Old Testament Precedents
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In | Challenge of Gentile Inclusion
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In | Peter and Cornelius
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Behind | iMap: Jewish Centers in the Roman Empire
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Behind | Temple: The Church's Birthplace
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Behind | Onsite: Paul's Ongoing Jewish Practices
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In Front | Scattering and Church Growth Today: Pastor Manochehr Hosseinzadeh
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In Front | Jerusalem and Rome
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In Front | Wide and Broad, Part 1
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In Front | Workbook: Wide and Broad, Part 1
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In Front | The Telegraph: Wide and Broad
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In Front | Workbook: Wide and Broad, Part 2
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson ThreeThe Gospel and Restoration25 Activities
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Lesson Text: Acts 16–21
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In | Workbook: A Gospel of Restoration
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In | A Gospel of Restoration
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In | Common Gospel Refrains in Acts
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In | Early Christian Preaching in Acts
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In | The Gospel in Acts
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In | Restoration from Exile in Acts
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In | Workbook: Pentecost and Babel, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Pentecost and Babel, Part 2
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In | Good News and Bad News
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Behind | The Pilgrimage Holidays
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Behind | Harvest and the Age to Come
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Behind | Onsite: The Story of the Bible in a Sheaf of Wheat
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Behind | Workbook: Paul's Use of Secular Writers, Part 1
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Behind | Workbook: Paul's Use of Secular Writers, Part 2
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Behind | Onsite: Paul and the Jews: View from an Early Synagogue in Ostia
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Behind | 360 View: Paul and Lydia at Philippi
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In Front | A Gospel For All People
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In Front | God Has Not Forgotten the Jews
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In Front | Workbook: People Considered Beyond the Gospel
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In Front | Onsite: Contextualizing the Gospel for Greeks: With Paul on Mars Hill, Athens
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In Front | A Continuation of the Emmaus Road
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In Front | Paul and Interreligious Dialogue: Pastor Ramy Nayer
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson FourThe Apostolic Church36 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson Text: Acts Review
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In | Cities and Apostles, Part 2
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In | Cities and Apostles, Part 3
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In | The Church, Jesus' Family, the Twelve
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In | The Authority of "Those Sent"
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In | Acts 1 and Luke 24, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Acts 1 and Luke 24
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In | Workbook: Peter Raises Tabitha, Part 1
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In | Acts 1 and Luke 24, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Peter Raises Tabitha, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Parallels Between Jesus and Peter, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Parallels Between Jesus and Peter, Part 2
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In | Jesus, Peter and Paul
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In | Peter and Paul Parallels
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In | Workbook: Vertical and Horizontal Ministry, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Vertical and Horizontal Ministry, Part 2
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In | Responsiveness of the Early Church
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In | Workbook: God's Guidance of Paul
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Behind | Onsite: Lydia and a Jailer - First Converts in Europe
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Behind | Households and House Churches
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Behind | Workbook: The Role of Women
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Behind | The Role of Women
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In Front | Onsite: The Church of Lydia
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In Front | Workbook: Men and Women in the Church, Part 1
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In Front | Workbook: Men and Women in the Church, Part 2
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In Front | Workbook: Women on the Frontline, Part 1
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In Front | Workbook: Women on the Frontline, Part 2
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In Front | Acts: Descriptive or Prescriptive?
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In Front | Workbook: Descriptive or Prescriptive? Part 1
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In Front | Workbook: Descriptive or Prescriptive? Part 2
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In Front | Miracles in the Middle East Today: Pastor Sameh and Nader Maurice
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In Front | Dreams and Visions Today: Pastor Manochehr Hosseinzadeh
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In Front | Post-Biblical Christianity
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In Front | Onsite: Early Church Interpretation at Antioch
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson FiveAuthor and Audience25 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Acts Review
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In | Workbook: References to Luke in Other Books
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In | Workbook: Lukanisms in Acts, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Lukanisms in Acts, Part 2
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In | The Author Luke
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In | Titles in Acts for "Christians"
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In | Workbook: Titles in Acts for “Christians”
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In | Workbook: Names and Titles for Jesus in Acts
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In | Workbook: Paul and the Gospels in Acts, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Paul and the Gospel in Acts, Part 2
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In | Paulinisms in Acts, Part 2
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Behind | Luke the Historian
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Behind | The Death of Agrippa in Josephus and Acts, Part 1
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Behind | The Death of Agrippa in Josephus and Acts, Part 2
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Behind | Luke the Apologist
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Behind | Onsite: Pisidian Antioch - The Imperial Cult
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Behind | Who Was Luke?
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Behind | Onsite: The Real Conquest - With Paul on the Appian Way
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In Front | A Scandalous Gospel
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In Front | Bicultural Communication in Acts
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In Front | Paul Through the Eyes of Luke
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In Front | Workbook: Bicultural Communication
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - Acts
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Wrap-Up
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
Lesson 4, Activity 15
In | Peter and Paul Parallels
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While there is evidence of some tension between Peter and Paul, the book of Acts emphasizes their common mission. These two men came from very different backgrounds. But they came to share an agenda and the same gospel.
Rather than dwell on their differences, Luke highlights parallels in their ministries. Some of these parallels are given in the table below.
| Peter | Paul | |
| Healing of a paralytic | 3:1-10 | 14:8-11 |
| Sermon following healing, denying apostles’ power | 3:12-26 | 14:15-17 |
| Filled with the Spirit in ministry | 4:8 | 13:9 |
| Defended by Pharisee(s) in the Sanhedrin | 5:34-39 | 23:9 |
| Appoints leaders through laying on hands | 6:1-6 | 14:23 |
| People receive Spirit through his hands | 8:17 | 19:6 |
| Confronting and superseding false prophets | 8:18-24 | 13:6-11; 19:13-20 |
| Raising the dead | 9:36-41 | 20:9-12 |
| Befriends a centurion | 10:24-48 | 27:1-44 |
| Rejects gentile worship | 10:26 | 14:15; 28:6 |
Table quoted from: Craig S. Keener, Acts: An Exegetical Commentary, Volume 1: 1:1–2:47, 2012, p. 562.