SPM Bible Knowledge study plan

Read Luke 1–6 in one continuous sitting and outline each chapter's scenes in your own words.

Build a map of the Gospel's geographical movement from Galilee to Jerusalem and mark where each early narrative sits.

List the named individuals in Luke 1–3 and write one line on each one's role in the narrative.

Memorise the openings of Luke's prologue (1:1–4) and identify the author's stated purpose in your own phrasing.

Read Luke 7–12 and annotate every parable, noting the audience and the occasion for each.

Compare Luke's Sermon on the Plain (6:20–49) with the parallel material in Matthew 5–7 and record three differences.

Trace Luke's theme of concern for the poor, outsiders, and women through chapters 7–12 with at least six textual references.

Explain in writing why Luke's genealogy (3:23–38) differs from Matthew's and what that suggests about the author's purpose.

Read Luke 13–19 and mark every passage where Jesus is travelling toward Jerusalem.

Analyse the three resurrection-of-the-dead accounts in Luke (7:11–17, 8:40–56) and note how each is told.

Identify the major Lukan parables unique to this Gospel (for example the good Samaritan, the prodigal son, the rich man and Lazarus) and state the point of each.

Summarise Luke's teaching on wealth and discipleship using at least five passages from chapters 13–19.

Read Luke 20–24 and reconstruct the passion narrative as a timeline with times and locations.

Compare Luke's resurrection accounts with the other Gospel accounts and list what is unique to Luke (Emmaus, ascension).

Explain the significance of the Emmaus road encounter (24:13–35) for Luke's understanding of Scripture and fulfilment.

Draft 40 practice recall questions on Luke and answer them without notes.

Read Acts 1–7 and chart the geographical expansion from Jerusalem to Judea and Samaria.

Outline Peter's sermons in Acts 2, 3, and 10 and identify their common structure.

Describe the organisation and life of the Jerusalem church in Acts 2–6 with specific verses.

Explain the significance of Stephen's speech (Acts 7) as a turning point in the narrative.

Read Acts 8–14 and trace Paul's conversion, commission, and first missionary journey.

Identify the 'we' passages in Acts and state what they imply about the author's participation.

Analyse the Jerusalem council (Acts 15) and state the issue, the arguments, and the decision.

List the churches founded on the first journey and the opposition faced in each place.

Read Acts 16–21 and map the second and third missionary journeys with durations and companions.

Compare Paul's speeches at Athens (17) and to the Ephesian elders (20) and identify the different audiences and appeals.

Explain the riot in Ephesus (19) and the collection for the Jerusalem church as narrative turning points.

Draft a character profile of Paul as presented in Acts, using at least ten references.

Read Acts 22–28 and trace the voyage and shipwreck to Rome, noting how the book ends.

Synthesise Luke and Acts as one two-volume work and state three unifying themes with evidence from both.

Complete two full timed mock papers (one Luke-focused, one Acts-focused) and mark them against your notes.

Review every item you answered incorrectly and rewrite each as a corrected statement.