ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

A. Preface (1.1 – 3)
B. Introduction (1.4 – 11)
C. Final Preparation into Ministry (1.12 – 2.4)
D. Gospel Unhindered (2.5 – 10.29)
1. By inexperience; overcame it with boldness (2.5 – 47).
2. By lack of resources; overcame it with the only resource they needed, Christ Jesus
Himself (3.1 – 26).
3. By threats and confinement; overcame it with confidence and prayers (4.1 – 35).
4. By deceit; overcame it with wisdom and discernment (4.36 – 5.11).
5. By some followers who were not fully committed; overcame such partial commitment
by some healing ministry (5.12 – 16).
6. By imprisonment; overcame it by prayer of other believers and with joy (5.17 – 26).
7. By some court order to cease from operation; overcame it by standing firm on the
basics of the faith (5.27 – 32).
8. By court order execution; overcame it by obedience to sensible request of the court
(5.33 – 42).
9. By internal conflict; overcame it by wise administration—creating a new ministry and
leadership (6.1 – 8.40).
10. By personal hatred of an enemy; overcame it with boldness and obedience to God
(9.1–22).
11. By plotters; overcame them with wisdom (9.23 – 31).
12. By too much exhausting work; overcame it with a feeling of accomplishment
(9.32–35).
13. By a sudden death; overcame it with much prayer and miracle (9.36 – 43).
14. By theology and religious practices; overcame them with open mind and
understanding (10.1 – 23).
15. By theology and religious practices; overcame them with open mind and
understanding (10.24 – 48).
16. By religious conservatives; overcame them with proper rational from Scriptures
(11.1–18).
17. By persecution; overcame it with boldness and dependence on the protection of the
LORD (11.19 – 24).
18. By famine (or perhaps a natural calamity); overcame it with proper use of resources
and good administration (11.25 – 30).
19. By death and persecution; overcame them with prayer and miracles (12.1 – 19)
20. By some powerful authority; overcame it perhaps with prayer (general request) and
with God responding with His ultimatum (12.20 – 25).
21. By strategic separation of friendship; overcame it with total obedience to the LORD
(13.1 – 3).
22. By false prophecies; overcame them by exposing their deceit and imposing severe
judgment (13.4 – 12).
23. By disappointing separation; overcame it with total obedience to the LORD
 (13.13–43).
24. By jealousy, contradictions, and instigation; overcame them by keep being in the
guidance of the Holy Spirit with joy (13.44 – 52).
25. By misinformation, lies, and differences of knowledge; overcame them by standing
firm on the basics of the faith and move on (14.1 – 7).
26. By misperceptions and misconceptions; overcame them with proper explanation of
facts (14.8 – 18).
27. By torture (and threat of death); overcame it with rest, brief patient recovery and
move on (14.19 – 28).
28. By dissension and debate; overcame it by conferring a council composed of leading
officials (15.1 – 41).
29. By lack of trained fellow-worker; overcame it by confirming and training those willing
disciple/s (16.1 – 8).
30. By uncertainty of some thoughtful concern for others; overcame it by exploring
possibilities and through prayer (16.9 – 13a).
31. By persistent invitation of hospitality; overcame it by giving in to the invitation
(16.13b–15).
32. By annoying divination; overcame it with exorcism (16.16 – 18).
33. By false charges (for the cause of economic misfortune) and imprisonment; overcame
it with prayer and by (16.19 – 40).
34. By jealousy; overcame it with kindness, hospitality, and a compromise (17.1 – 9).
35. By persistent jealousy; overcame it with avoidance; it is safe to presume that prayer
may have been applied as well (17.10 – 15).
36. By curious minds; overcame them with simple proclamation the Gospel (17.16 – 34).
37. By continued resistance to the Gospel and blasphemy; overcame it by equally
persistent in preaching and teaching the Word of God (18.1 – 11).
38. By continued false accusations; overcame it perhaps with prayer and patience for how
the LORD will respond (18.12 – 17).
39. By less accurate Gospel message; overcame it with more instruction from those who
were of the source (18.18 – 19.10).
40. By false messengers imitating the works of the real ones (without authority?);
overcame it by their own failure to come up with expected similar results (19.11 – 20).
41. By economic misfortune of others; overcame it by using the law of the land
(19.21 – 41).
42. By a message of life-threatening plot; overcame it with common sense and avoidance
(20.1 – 3).
43. By a tragedy; overcame it with a miracle (20.4 – 12).
44. By the emotional distress of parting ways due to a calling; overcame it with grieving
and prayer (20.13 – 38).
45. By the wearisomeness of traveling; overcame it with prayer (21.1 – 6).
46. By fellow worker (prophet) whose concern was misplaced; overcame it by invoking the
phrase “It is the will of the LORD” (21.7 – 14).
47. By misinformation because of some misunderstanding from the conservatives;
overcame it with simple satisfactory proof of action (21.15 – 26).
48. By instigators of the Law; overcame it by law abiding citizen/s who reported the
commotion and allowed Paul to explain himself to: the mob, Roman officials, two
Roman governors, and Caesar himself (21.27 – 28.31).