The Gospel of Luke & Acts: Overview | Whiteboard Bible Study

The Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts are a two-part work, and an incredibly helpful way to see how early Christians told the story of Christianity's origins. In this video, we take a look at how these two books relate to each other to tell one complete story.
You can learn more about these books on OverviewBible.com:
Luke: overviewbible.com/luke/
Acts: overviewbible.com/acts/

[@ryllim]

Thank you for breaking it down for us so clearly and eloquently. Please continue to post more!

[@mikeq5807]

"Your faith has made you well. Go in peace." Gospel of Luke 8 "What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose himself?" Gospel of Luke 9 "No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." Gospel of Luke 9

[@mikeq5807]

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Luke 12 "Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit." Luke 12 "I have come to cast fire upon the earth. I have come to bring division, not peace." Luke 12 "Enter through the narrow door." Gospel of Luke 13 "Every who humbles himself will be exalted." Luke 14

[@celiamelo583]

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[@mikeq5807]

"Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge. You do not enter, and you prevent others from entering." Luke 11 "Whoever speaks against the holy spirit will not be forgiven." Gospel of Luke 12 "Do not worry about your life. Your father knows what you need. Turn your mind upon his kingdom, and the rest will take care of itself." Luke 12

[@joannegroulx6331]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and understanding. I like your style of being both precise and interestingly fun. Keep up the great work! You have helped me to see that Acts is a continuation or a Part 2 of the Book of Luke where a gentile doctor shows us Jesus’ humanity as Son of Man who laid down His own life for us. Follow that with Acts, He gives us Holy Spirit power to now share Him with the rest of the world. The more I learn of Him, the more I want to know Him. May he bless you greatly.

[@edithwaithira9967]

I just finished the book of Acts. Thank you for that great explanation

[@wyattearheart162]

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[@michaels2250]

Good insight into the connections between Luke and Acts. Liked the connection of the beginning of Luke - Temple to the end of Acts - Rome. From Israel to all nations! Thank you for the work you do!

[@robertbruce1552]

Again it makes me excited to read Luke again. I am so glad that I found this.

[@nickdang2862]

Excellent writing on white board and thank you for explaining in details. Thank you for taking your time to explain about the book of Luke and Acts. It made a lot of sense and answer a lot of question that I have. May god bless always. Thank you

[@verompakanyane7892]

This is one of the best illustrated and well unpacked progressive story. Thank you so much. I cant wait to study the books. Stay blessed 🙏

[@williamcallaway2228]

Your videos are so helpful; the whiteboard is such a great illustrative aid. Thank you!

[@michaelirwin1990]

Great lesson. This approach to teaching (visual and simplification) is a brilliant way to make diving into reading the Bible much more enjoyable and easier to understand

[@marlinleufroy1566]

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[@tarvltarv5151]

Your overviews are very insightful and inspiring. Thanks for putting un the time and effort.

[@susanhallett9731]

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[@mikeq5807]

"The seed in good soil are those who hear the word in an honest and good heart, treasure it, and bear fruit with perseverance." Gospel of Luke 8 "Take care how you listen, for whoever has, to him more shall be given, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him." L8 "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it." Luke 8

[@judymburu8898]

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[@dorothybrown7398]

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[@KimmyQueen]

This video is sincerely fabulous. Makes me thinks of things I did not even think about before... fascinating

[@olaolami283]

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[@torchbearer1973]

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[@fullgospelchurchdalkeithao1170]

Great video. Thank you. The gospel of Luke is amazing.

[@kennethgeorge482]

Loving it, you have made it more easier to understand

[@mickeyleroy41]

I use all of this teaching for my bible study and I'm a 10x published author who shares with my church how to folling the word of God

[@jdub5277]

Thankyou for that good Bible information. Helpful so much in my Bible class studies.

[@mikeq5807]

"The leaders were trying to destroy him, and they could not find anything against him, for the people were hanging on to his every word." Luke 19 "Keep on the alert at all times." Luke 21 "The greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant." L22 "He opened their minds to understand the scriptures." L24

[@tillyramus]

Luv this thanx Luke and Acts are my favz 🙏

[@jocelynsupetran1111]

Thanks Jeff, for the video very helpful to me. God bless

[@lindamercer-ij8os]

How enlightened is story of Luke and Acts. I love that many of both always uses or does not diminish the Old testament. Part of my family focus ONLY to I new testament. I feel is wrong. I do not judge any religious beliefs. 4 there is 1 judge. God.

[@bblake933]

Very helpful. Thank you ✝️

[@mikeq5807]

"He who is faithful in little is faithful also in much." Gospel of Luke 16 "Between us and you, there is a great chasm." Gospel of Luke 16 "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God, but with God all things are possible." Gospel of Luke 18

[@desliegilson]

That was wonderful. Thank you very much.

[@DonnaSanchezAuthor]

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing!

[@victorespinoza3444]

Thank you, and God bless you!

[@davidwerble7576]

Jeffrey- Love the way you present the Bible; so wished you'd put that board up so we can print it out. I'm subscribed!!

[@doreenshoko2948]

Your narrating is marvelous

[@mikedavies3592]

Very well done you are a good teacher

[@RmMcclure]

Jeffrey, enjoyed your well researched, organized chalkboard presentation. Pleasure to see young folks not only romancing His Word, but hearing the call to disciple. In love, would add two comments. It appears that Luke was a Hellenized Jewish physician. beyond surface knowledge Luke was intimately familiar with the temple Luke 1:8-20. Luke is credited with writing more pages of the newer testaments than any other author, Paul in Romans. 3:2 proclaims the only advantage of the Judeans over the Gentiles, they were entrusted with the Word. Many born-again Judeans had Hellenized names such as Aristarchus, Justus, Marcus. If Luke was a Gentile Paul would have stated it; Not a salvation issue but one of many popular notions. Beyond common sense, there is growing evidence that the Gospels were written in Hebrew, example, besides the 14 surviving copies of Matthew in Hebrew which expresses the Hebrew idioms and poetry that is absent in the Greek to Latin English, recently the Vatican after much request allowed the release of three microfilmed pages that were discovered by researchers in the Vatican vault, of Luke and one page of John, both in the original Hebrew. Most of the Hebrew as well as Aramaic documents were burned after the completion of the Latin Vulgate; recorded evidence of said up until the 17th century. That being said, the four Gospels are written in the four levels of Hebrew understanding. Building up from the oldest. Mark: Pashat (Simple). Matthew: Remez (Hint) & Pashat. Luke: Deash (Search) & Remez-Pashat. John: Sod (Hidden) & Deash-Remez-Pashat. Jeffrey, blessings to you and yours.

[@tsherman393]

Very helpful, thanks Jeffrey.

[@mikeq5807]

"The father's name is holy, and his kingdom is in our midst. He gives us each day according to our needs. If we are merciful, his mercy is upon us, and he causes us to be established in him." Gospel of Luke 11 "Blessed are those who hear the word of God, and observe it." Gospel of Luke 11 "When your eye is clear, your whole body is full of light." Gospel of Luke 11

[@jerrycarroll6995]

Great for my high school bible classes!

[@OldMovieRob]

Very helpful overview of these books

[@fitting7u]

Very good summary. Thank you.

[@mikeq5807]

"Jesus kept increasing in wisdom." Gospel of Luke 2 "His message was with authority." Luke 4 "I have not come to call to repentance the righteous, but sinners." Luke 5 "Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you." Luke 6

[@judithb8226]

i appreciate the in-depth explanations

[@mikeq5807]

"Treat others as you want them to treat you. Be merciful as your heavenly father is merciful." L6 "First take the log out of your own eye, then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye." Luke 6 "Each tree is known by its fruit. The mouth speaks from that which fills the heart." Luke 6 "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace." Luke 7

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[@LMR5878]

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[@uglybreathh]

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[@Mellisa264]

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[@mosesgargar3474]

This is very helpful....

[@allenbell3734]

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[@idaro100]

good teaching jeffrey

[@BoT-mr8rw]

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[@OverviewBible]

I'm glad it was helpful-thank you! =)

[@pegschr]

Do you ever do any verse by verse Through the Bible studies as well as your overviews?

[@OverviewBible]

Right now I'm focused on overviewing books and themes in the Bible-but I hope to do verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter video guides in the future. =)

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[@braveheart3417]

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[@RobertMOdell]

Not a "story". They are independent testimonies. Including an impartial record of Paul and the Apostles.

[@mazzvidz]

Paul was capable of appealing to Cesar because he was by blood, a Roman citizen correct? If I’m right about that, it’s a pretty important detail that should be emphasized.

[@shermano2153]

Thank you, onto John. Will you tackle Jesus turning the tables twice; once after Cana. Then .... (need to put this in Luke, which i did)

[@MysteryofTheTrinity]

Luke was also a painter artist, not mentioned in this presentation and in many others.

[@OverviewBible]

… including the Bible! ;-)

[@acts2.387]

🙌👍

[@misseli1]

Do you know why the Gospel of John was placed between Luke and Acts?

[@OverviewBible]

Good question, and I'm not entirely sure about the answer. The church has viewed the gospels as a four-part set for a long time-so it makes sense that they'd keep them together. Why they didn't just put Luke last and follow that with Acts, I'm unsure. =)

[@ContendformyFaith]

Probably because John was the last Gospel written

[@galacticnovastudios]

@@OverviewBiblepersonally i think the church did it to keep the synoptic gospels first part of the Old Testament and keep them as a set followed by the non synoptic gospel but that’s just a guess

[@Claudg2008]

Same author, yeah, right. Only in the end of Luke it is told that Jesus rose to heaven ON THE SAME DAY of his resurrection, while Acts explains at the beginnning that Jesus was 40 days with the disciples before going to heaven. The Paul described at Actys has very little to do with what Paul wrote about his ideas.

[@galacticnovastudios]

Nowhere in Luke does it say he ascended on the same day he rose. And no Paul is not all that different in his writings an acts. No more different then how you would come off in your writings and if your friends wrote about you.

[@illmerica322]

blessed are the cheesemakers!

[@tshirtJeans]

Acts - 9:01

[@stephaniewarner7422]

The Old Testament and the New Testament are not separate books. They are very connected. The Bible is written for everyone! The Old Testament is not only for the Jews.

[@OverviewBible]

Nowhere does this video deny a connection between the Old and New Testaments. (That would be very silly, as the New Testament authors reference Old Testament content throughout.) However, the Old and New Testaments are collections (and in some cases, collections of collections) of independent documents. Treating the Bible as a single, unified work not only ignores its rich history, but often clouds modern readers' abilities to understand the original audience's situations.

[@craigertlmaier9113]

In Acts chapter 5 Rabban Gamaliel said if the Jesus movement known as Netzarim in Hebrew came to nothing then it was not from Heaven. They officially ended in 135 ce and disappeared from history in 333 ce. I've learned this from credible sources so very difficult to refute. Doesn't this seem to suggest Jesus was a false leader like the others mentioned in that passage whose movements came to naught?

[@OverviewBible]

"Credible sources" tell you that Gamaliel was referring to one ill-documented (at best) sect, when the text of Acts plainly states Gamaliel was referring to the movement led by Peter and the other apostles?

[@champagnebabess]

Wasn’t Luke a doctor? (Colossians 4:14)

[@OverviewBible]

Yes, that's what "physician" means.

[@champagnebabess]

@@OverviewBible tks man for the reply keep up the good work

[@samphonnetgamgee5625]

The Israelites "rejected Moses and he therefore went into the desert and returned" ?? This is not true.

[@OverviewBible]

"The next day [Moses] went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, 'Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?' The man said, 'Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?'” (Exodus 2:13-14, NIV) Luke (via Stephen) gives the following commentary: "Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but *they did not.*" (Acts 7:25, NIV)

[@Jueyes-vg2gb]

Galatians 3:16 is what most should talk about not John 3:16

[@chosenskeptic5319]

Tradition does not mean fact

[@richardkean5940]

If you are a Bible historian then you should know, you can't say , the Old Testament is about God and the " Jewish " people. That would be incorrect. If " ish " means man Jewish is simply Jew Man. The word Jew is a contraction of the word Judah. Much confusion as happen because of this terminology and has lead to a wrong interpretation of scripture. I hear a lot of Bible prophecy Preachers and Teachers make the mistake of calling all Israelite Jews. That leads to other problem. For now they have to say, " all Jews living in the world today make up the 12 Tribes." A well informed Jew would never agree with that conclusion. True, the Old Testament is about God and all Israelite. All Israelite are 12 Tribes, but, The Jews ( Judah) is, but, one of those Tribes.

[@OverviewBible]

Judah was indeed one tribe of twelve (well, one of 14, depending on how you slice it). However, "Jews" does not exclusively refer to those who traced their lineage from Judah-rather, it had more to do with the people (tribes) from the kingdom of Judah. The apostle Paul is a good example: he traced his lineage from the tribe of Benjamin, which was distinct from the tribe of Judah, but remained subject to the kingdom of Judah after Jeroboam's rebellion (1 Kings 12:21-24; Philippians 3:4-5). Yet he also considers other people of Israelite descent "fellow Jews" (Romans 16:7, 11, 21; 2 Corinthians 11:26).

[@joecesarano4301]

@@OverviewBible In our mid 60's, we look forward to your expository work. Blessings and warmest regards to you and yours.

[@blackswanrevelations]

You are so close brother. 90% of new Christians read Luke and Acts through a tiny lense. Let’s just say there is a good chance that Luke is probably from of one of the 10 tribes of Northern Israel. There was no Jewish church. There were simpley Jews that didn’t want Israel to be apart of anything and some Jews didn’t like Jesus. If you read all the gospels Jesus is going after the lost tribes of Israel and healing everyone. Paul was the best guy to get the lost tribes of Israel back. Same thing with Apolos. These guys were marks men when it came to the holy scriptures. Snipers when it came to Isaiah and Deuteronomy. Think Jon Wick of the Torah. The New Testament wasn’t written yet. I’ll probably make a video about it. Great channel though.