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Cross-Reference Analysis

Cross-Reference and Theme Analysis: Acts 1–28

Scope and Method

This document maps every Old Testament quotation and clear allusion in the book of Acts, every messianic reference and typological pattern, and every point of direct textual or thematic overlap with the Romans curriculum already covered by this Language Package. Coverage is full-book: all 28 chapters are addressed, and chapters containing no OT citation or allusion are explicitly marked as reviewed rather than silently skipped.

Citation normalization convention: all Scripture references in this document use the format Book Chapter:Verse (e.g., Acts 2:17, Joel 2:28, Genesis 15:6), matching the Alkitab book-name conventions already fixed in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md (Roma, Kejadian, Mazmur, Yesaya, Habakuk, Yoel). Where a passage is cited in both Acts and Romans, both normalized citations are given side by side.

Columns used throughout: Passage (Acts) | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity.


PART 1 — CORE PASSAGE: ACTS 2:1–41 CROSS-REFERENCE MATRIX

Passage (Acts)ThemeRelated Character(s)OT/NT ConnectionTranslation Sensitivity
Acts 2:1Pentecost/Feast of Weeks fulfilledThe gathered disciplesLeviticus 23:15-21 (Feast of Weeks, Shavuot, an OT harvest/covenant-renewal festival, 50 days after Passover); Exodus 19:1 (Sinai covenant given roughly at this season, per later Jewish tradition)Pentakosta (Low risk, baseline reuse pattern established in 07_semantic_analysis.md). Teaching note must tie the feast to its OT Hari Raya Tujuh Minggu background so it is not read as an arbitrary new Christian holiday untethered from Israel’s calendar.
Acts 2:2-3Theophany signs: wind and fire1 Kings 19:11 (wind theophany to Elijah); Ezekiel 37:9-14 (breath/wind giving life to dry bones); Exodus 3:2 (burning bush); Exodus 19:18 (fire and smoke at Sinai); Exodus 13:21 (pillar of fire)Wind and fire as recurrent OT theophany signs of God’s manifest presence; must be rendered as sign-language accompanying the Spirit’s arrival, not the Spirit’s essence reduced to a natural force — reinforces the Roh Kudus Critical-risk caution against roh halus readings.
Acts 2:4-11Reversal of Babel; universal proclamationThe 120; the diaspora crowdGenesis 11:1-9 (confusion of languages at Babel) — deliberate narrative reversal: at Babel, one language becomes many and humanity is scattered; at Pentecost, many languages simultaneously understand one message, and a scattered people is gatheredHigh sensitivity (see 07/08 analysis: bahasa-bahasa lain, dialektos). Theological point of contrast with a single-sacred-liturgical-language model of revelation; must be surfaced explicitly in teaching, not left implicit.
Acts 2:14-21Fulfillment of Joel’s prophecyPeter; the prophet JoelJoel 2:28-32 — quoted at length; Joel 2:32b is quoted again, independently, at Romans 10:13 (“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”)CRITICAL — shared citation with Romans. See Part 4 rendering-consistency rule below: the Malay rendering of “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” must be verbatim identical in Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13. Also connects to the baseline’s universal_scope_of_gospel doctrine (High risk in Romans; here elevated by the direct textual identity).
Acts 2:17”Last days” inauguratedJoel 2:28 (“in the last days,” Peter’s own insertion into the LXX text, which reads “after this”)High — see 07/08 analysis; must be taught as an already-inaugurated reality, not merely a future countdown; connects to Romans 13:11-12 (“salvation is nearer now,” the same inaugurated-eschatology framework in the Romans curriculum).
Acts 2:22Jesus attested by God through miraclesYesus of NazarethCf. Deuteronomy 13:1-3 (the OT test of true vs. false sign-workers) as implicit background — Peter’s audience would measure this claim against that testHigh — connects to apostolic_authority_and_miracles and the mukjizat forbidden-substitution caution (see Part 4).
Acts 2:23Determinate plan and human guiltYesus; “you” (the crowd)Isaiah 53:10 (it was the LORD’s will to crush him — the suffering Servant’s death as divine plan); Genesis 50:20 (Joseph’s brothers meant evil, God meant it for good — the paradox of sovereign plan plus human culpability)High — providence/predestination language (Pemeliharaan Allah, baseline High risk); never render with takdir. Directly parallel to Romans 8:28-30’s providence doctrine.
Acts 2:24-28Christ’s bodily resurrection foretoldYesus; Daud (David)Psalm 16:8-11, quoted in full — “you will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor let your Holy One see corruption”CRITICAL. Directly parallels the resurrection argument-structure of Romans 1:4 (Son of God “by the resurrection from the dead”) and the OT-fulfillment method of Romans 1:2-3. Peter’s typological argument (Psalm 16 cannot refer to David himself, since David’s body decayed, v.29) models the same “greater-than-David” reading Paul uses of Psalm 110 in Acts 2:34-35 and that underlies Romans 1:3 (“descended from David”) plus Romans 1:4 (declared Son of God).
Acts 2:25David as ancestor-type pointing beyond himselfDaud2 Samuel 7:12-16 (Davidic covenant, the promise of an eternal throne)High — connects directly to the Romans baseline’s davidic_covenant and seed_of_david doctrines (Medium/High risk); Malay royal-lineage tradition (salasilah diraja) remains a valid cultural bridge here as noted in the Romans baseline.
Acts 2:29-31Christ as promised Davidic heirDaud; Yesus2 Samuel 7:12-13; Psalm 132:11 (God’s oath to seat David’s offspring on his throne)High — oath-bound covenant guarantee; must not be flattened to a generic blessing. Parallel: Romans 1:3, “descended from David according to the flesh,” and Romans 9:5.
Acts 2:33-35Christ exalted, pours out the Spirit, double-Kyrios textYesus; Bapa; Roh Kudus; DaudPsalm 110:1, quoted in full — “The LORD said to my Lord…”CRITICAL. The identical Psalm 110:1 argument-pattern (a divine figure greater than David, seated at God’s right hand) undergirds Romans 8:34 (“Christ Jesus… is at the right hand of God”), though Romans does not quote the Psalm directly — the two texts must be taught as complementary witnesses to the same Christological claim. Both occurrences of Κύριος in the citation must be rendered Tuhan, preserving the interpretive puzzle.
Acts 2:36Climactic confession: Lord and ChristYesus; “all the house of Israel”Summative, not a direct citation, but functions as Acts’ answer to the Psalm 110/Psalm 16 typological arguments just madeCRITICAL — direct parallel to Romans 10:9 (“if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord… you will be saved”). The confessional content (“Yesus… Tuhan dan Kristus”) must match the Romans 10:9 rendering of “Yesus adalah Tuhan” in register and force wherever both are taught together.
Acts 2:38Repentance, baptism, forgiveness, gift of the SpiritPeter; the crowdEzekiel 36:25-27 (new-covenant cleansing and Spirit-giving, thematic background); Joel 2:28 (Spirit poured out, already cited in v.17)CRITICAL — the sermon’s central imperative. Parallels Romans 6:1-4 (baptism into Christ’s death) and Romans 3:24/5:15-17 (grace as unearned gift, same semantic family as dōrea, the “free gift” of the Spirit here). See 07_semantic_analysis.md for full treatment.
Acts 2:39Promise extended to all who are far offPeter; “you and your children… all who are far off”Isaiah 57:19 (“peace, peace, to the far and to the near,” LXX background for “far off” language); Joel 2:32 (continued)High — anticipates Romans 10:12-13 (“no distinction between Jew and Greek… everyone who calls”) and the whole unity_of_jews_and_gentiles doctrine. Must retain full inclusive force.
Acts 2:40”This crooked generation”PeterDeuteronomy 32:5 (“a crooked and twisted generation,” Song of Moses)Medium — an OT covenant-lawsuit idiom for a generation under judgment; connects to the universal_human_accountability doctrine already Critical/High in the Romans baseline.
Acts 2:41-47The church as gathered, devoted communityThe 3,000; the apostlesImplicit fulfillment-pattern of OT covenant-community ideals (cf. Deuteronomy 15:4, “there will be no poor among you,” echoed in the “all things common” practice)Medium — foundational text for church_as_gods_people (Romans baseline Medium risk) and the new “Church as Community” Acts doctrine.

PART 2 — CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER OT QUOTATION/ALLUSION MATRIX (WHOLE BOOK)

Chapter 1

PassageThemeCharacterOT/NT ConnectionSensitivity
Acts 1:6Kingdom restored to Israel?Disciples; Yesus2 Samuel 7; various restoration prophecies (e.g., Amos 9:11, later cited in Acts 15:16) misapplied by the disciples to a nationalist timelineMedium — corrects a political misreading of Kerajaan Allah (baseline Medium risk); directly relevant to kingdom_mission doctrine’s caution about Kerajaan’s double meaning as “government.”
Acts 1:8Programmatic mission thesisYesus; the apostlesIsaiah 49:6 (“a light to the nations… to the end of the earth”) — the phrase “end of the earth” (ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς) directly echoes this Servant-Song text, later quoted explicitly by Paul in Acts 13:47High — functions for Acts as Romans 1:16-17 functions as thesis for Romans; must be rendered identically at 1:8 and its echo at 28:31. Parallel to Romans 10:18 (“their voice has gone out to all the earth,” quoting Psalm 19:4) and the mission_to_nations/evangelism doctrines.
Acts 1:20Judas’s replacementJudas; PeterPsalm 69:25 and Psalm 109:8 (“let another take his office”), both quoted directlyLow-Medium — imprecatory-psalm background; should be taught as OT-pattern fulfillment regarding covenant betrayal and restored apostolic office (Rasul, baseline High risk), not as sanctioning imprecation as a Christian practice generally.
Acts 1:26Casting lots for MatthiasThe ElevenProverbs 16:33 (“the lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD”) — background principle, not directly quotedLow — see 07_semantic_analysis.md; a bounded historical practice, not divination.

Chapter 2

Fully covered in Part 1 above (core passage) plus 2:42-47 (Church as Community, see Part 1 final row).

Chapter 3

PassageThemeCharacterOT/NT ConnectionSensitivity
Acts 3:13”The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob… glorified his servant Jesus”PeterExodus 3:6, 15 (God’s self-identification to Moses); Isaiah 52:13 (“my servant shall be exalted”)High — “servant” (παῖς) title applies Isaiah’s Servant-Song language to Jesus, connecting directly to the fuller Isaiah 53 citation in Acts 8:32-33 (see below) and to the deity_of_christ/sonship_of_christ doctrines.
Acts 3:18”What God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets… he thus fulfilled”PeterGeneral fulfillment-of-prophecy statement (cf. Luke 24:25-27, 44-47)High — direct parallel to the fulfillment_of_prophecy doctrine (Romans baseline High risk, Romans 1:2-4); the “all the prophets” convergence argument is identical in method to Paul’s argument in Romans 3:21 (“the Law and the Prophets bear witness”).
Acts 3:22-23The Prophet like MosesPeter; MusaDeuteronomy 18:15, 18-19 — quoted directly (“The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers…”)CRITICAL — messianic typology. Moses as a type of Christ (a mediating prophet-deliverer) fulfilled and surpassed in Yesus. This text is theologically loaded in a Malay-Muslim context because some Islamic apologetic traditions apply Deuteronomy 18:15 to Muhammad; teaching material must show Peter’s own inspired application is to the risen, exalted Yesus specifically, within the immediate narrative context of Acts 3, not left open to alternative application. Connects to Nabi (baseline High risk).
Acts 3:25”In your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed”Peter; AbrahamGenesis 22:18 (cf. Genesis 12:3, 26:4) — the Abrahamic covenant promise of universal blessingHigh — foundational Abrahamic-covenant text underlying the whole Jew-Gentile inclusion argument; thematically identical ground to Romans 4:13-17 (Abraham as “heir of the world,” the promise “through the righteousness of faith”) though Romans does not quote this exact verse. Must be taught as converging texts.

Chapter 4

PassageThemeCharacterOT/NT ConnectionSensitivity
Acts 4:11The rejected stone becomes the cornerstonePeter; YesusPsalm 118:22 — quoted directlyHigh — messianic typology. The rejected-stone motif recurs in Romans 9:33 (quoting the same Psalm 118/Isaiah 28:16 stone-tradition, “a stone of stumbling, a rock of offense”). Rendering should be checked for consistency with any prior or future rendering of the “stone” motif if this Language Package later covers other NT books quoting it (1 Peter 2:6-8; Matthew 21:42).
Acts 4:12Salvation in no other namePeterImplicit background: Isaiah 43:11 (“I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior”)CRITICAL — the strongest exclusivity statement in Acts; must retain full exclusivity, no softening. Direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 10:9-13’s salvation-by-confession/calling-on-the-name argument.
Acts 4:24-26The church’s prayer citing Psalm 2The gathered believersPsalm 2:1-2 — quoted directly (“why did the Gentiles rage and the peoples plot in vain… against the Lord and against his Anointed”)High — messianic typology. Psalm 2’s “Anointed” (māšîaḥ) is applied to the conspiracy against Yesus (Herod, Pilate, Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel, v.27); this is a key messianic psalm also foundational elsewhere in the NT for Sonship language (cf. Acts 13:33, Psalm 2:7, “You are my Son”). Connects to Kristus (baseline Critical) and Anak Allah (baseline Critical).
Acts 4:27”Your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed”Isaiah 61:1 (anointing language, echoed also in Luke 4:18)High — “anointed” reinforces Kristus/Messiah identity; teaching should connect to the messianic_promise doctrine (Romans baseline Critical).

Chapter 5

No new OT quotations. Reviewed: Acts 5 contains allusions to covenant-community holiness expectations (cf. Leviticus 10, Nadab and Abihu’s judgment for deceit before the LORD, as a background pattern for Ananias and Sapphira’s judgment) but no direct citation. The chapter’s key doctrinal content (Roh Kudus as a Person who can be lied to; obeying God rather than men) is treated in 07/08 analysis; no new cross-reference entries required.

Chapter 6

No direct OT quotation. Reviewed: Stephen’s Spirit-and-wisdom qualification (6:3, 6:5, 6:10) echoes the pattern of Joseph and Daniel’s Spirit-given wisdom before pagan rulers (Genesis 41:38-39; Daniel 5:11-14) as background typology for the “unschooled becomes wise by the Spirit” motif that recurs in Stephen’s own speech (ch.7) and Peter/John’s boldness (ch.4). No formal citation in ch.6 itself.

Chapter 7 (Stephen’s Speech — extensive OT recitation)

PassageThemeCharacterOT/NT ConnectionSensitivity
Acts 7:2-8Abraham’s call and covenantAbrahamGenesis 12:1, 15:13-14, 17:8 (call, sojourn prophecy, covenant of circumcision)Medium — background for the circumcision debate resolved later in Acts 15; establishes that the covenant sign (circumcision, Genesis 17) is historically bounded to a specific covenant-administration stage, useful for the justification_apart_from_law doctrine.
Acts 7:9-16Joseph rejected by brothers, exalted, saves nationsJosephGenesis 37, 39-50 (narrative); explicit typological pattern: rejected by his own, exalted by God, becomes savior of many nations including his own family who once rejected himHigh — messianic typology. Joseph is a recognized OT type of Christ: rejected by his brothers (cf. Yesus rejected by “his own,” John 1:11/Acts 2:23,36), unjustly suffering, exalted to the right hand of Pharaoh’s authority (cf. Acts 2:33, Yesus exalted to God’s right hand), and becoming the source of salvation/provision even for those who rejected him. This typological pattern should be explicitly taught as a converging OT witness alongside the Davidic (Psalm 16, Psalm 110) and Servant (Isaiah 53) typology already present in Acts 2-8.
Acts 7:17-36Moses rejected then sent as delivererMusaExodus 1-3 (narrative); Exodus 2:14 (“who made you a ruler and a judge over us?” — quoted directly at 7:27, 35)High — messianic typology. Moses, like Joseph, is rejected by his own people at first (“who made you a ruler…?”) yet God sends him as “ruler and redeemer” (7:35) — Stephen’s explicit application (7:35, 37, 39, 51-52) draws a direct line from Israel’s historic pattern of rejecting God’s sent deliverers to their present rejection of Yesus, “the Righteous One” (see Acts 22:14, ho dikaios). This is the theological spine of the whole speech and must be preserved in translation as deliberate argumentative structure, not merely historical review.
Acts 7:37Prophet like Moses (repeated)Musa; StephenDeuteronomy 18:15 — quoted again (see Acts 3:22 above)Critical — same sensitivity as Acts 3:22-23; repetition here strengthens the case that this is a deliberate, structural Acts argument, not incidental, and rendering must be consistent between the two occurrences.
Acts 7:42-43Israel’s idolatry in the wildernessAmos 5:25-27 — quoted directly (host of heaven, Moloch, Rephan, exile “beyond Babylon”)Medium — historical indictment; low doctrinal risk beyond general idolatry polemic already noted as shared ground with Islamic anti-idolatry vocabulary.
Acts 7:48-50God does not dwell in houses made by handsStephen; SolomonIsaiah 66:1-2 — quoted directly (“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool…”)High — a direct critique of localized-temple theology; connects to the church_as_gods_people doctrine (the church, not a building, is God’s dwelling) and should be handled carefully alongside Gereja (baseline Medium risk) so as not to be misread as anti-institutional in an unqualified sense.
Acts 7:51-53Stiff-necked, resisting the Spirit, killing the prophetsStephen; the SanhedrinExodus 32:9 (“stiff-necked people,” direct verbal echo); Nehemiah 9:26 (killing the prophets, background pattern); 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 (persistent prophetic rejection leading to judgment)High — Stephen’s closing indictment gathers together the whole speech’s typological argument (Joseph, Moses, the prophets, now the Righteous One) into a single accusation; Roh Kudus (baseline Critical) appears here as a Person who can be “resisted,” reinforcing the Spirit’s full personhood against any impersonal-force misreading.

Chapter 8

PassageThemeCharacterOT/NT ConnectionSensitivity
Acts 8:32-33The Ethiopian eunuch reads Isaiah’s Suffering ServantThe eunuch; Philip; IsaiahIsaiah 53:7-8 — quoted directly (“like a sheep he was led to the slaughter… in his humiliation justice was denied him… his life is taken from the earth”)CRITICAL — the clearest messianic Servant-Song typology in Acts. Philip’s explicit application of Isaiah 53 to “the good news about Jesus” (8:35) is the most direct NT confirmation that the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 52-53 is Yesus specifically. This connects directly to Kebangkitan (resurrection presupposes real death) and to the justification/imputed_righteousness doctrines’ substitutionary logic (cf. Romans 4:25, “delivered up for our trespasses”). Isaiah 53 is not quoted in Romans directly but is the deep OT background for Romans 3:25’s atonement/propitiation language (already flagged for automatic human theologian review in the baseline’s escalation rules) — teaching material should draw this connection explicitly.

Chapter 9

No direct OT quotation in the conversion narrative itself. Reviewed for allusion: the Damascus-road light and voice pattern echoes OT theophany-commissioning scenes (Exodus 3, Isaiah 6, Ezekiel 1-2) without formal citation; Saul’s blindness-then-sight motif (9:8-9, 17-18) functions as enacted metaphor rather than quotation. Anak Allah (9:20, baseline Critical) is the chapter’s central doctrinal term; see 07/08 analysis.

Chapter 10

No direct OT quotation. Reviewed for allusion: the vision of the sheet (10:9-16) draws on Leviticus 11’s clean/unclean food categories as background without quoting a specific verse; Peter’s sermon (10:34-43) references “all the prophets” bearing witness (10:43, a general fulfillment-of-prophecy statement paralleling Acts 3:18 above, no single citation). See Part 1 core-passage matrix and 07/08 analysis for the Critical-risk koinon/akatharton term itself.

Chapter 11

No new OT citation; a narrative report of chapter 10’s events. Reviewed.

Chapter 12

No direct OT quotation. Reviewed for allusion: Herod’s death (12:20-23, struck down by an angel of the Lord for accepting worship due to God alone, then “eaten by worms”) echoes the pattern of OT judgment narratives against proud rulers (cf. Daniel 4, Nebuchadnezzar’s humbling; Isaiah 14, the king of Babylon’s fall) without direct citation. Connects to Kemuliaan (baseline High risk).

Chapter 13

PassageThemeCharacterOT/NT ConnectionSensitivity
Acts 13:22David as “a man after my heart”Paulus; Daud; Samuel1 Samuel 13:14 / Psalm 89:20 (composite echo)Medium — Davidic-covenant background, connects to Keturunan Daud (baseline Medium risk).
Acts 13:33”You are my Son, today I have begotten you”Paulus; YesusPsalm 2:7 — quoted directly, applied to the resurrectionCRITICAL — direct parallel to Romans 1:4. Paul’s own argument here (“God has fulfilled this… by raising Jesus,” 13:33) is structurally identical to Romans 1:3-4’s argument (Davidic descent, then declared/installed as Son of God in power by the resurrection). This is the single clearest cross-reference in all of Acts to the Romans curriculum’s opening thesis; renderings of “Anak Allah” and “Kebangkitan” in both passages must be taught as directly parallel arguments, and any teaching material on Romans 1:3-4 should cross-reference Acts 13:33 as Paul’s own fuller unpacking of the same claim.
Acts 13:34”I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David”PaulusIsaiah 55:3 — quoted directlyHigh — ties the Davidic covenant promises to resurrection-secured permanence (contrasted with David’s own decay, v.36); reinforces Perjanjian (baseline Medium risk).
Acts 13:35”You will not let your Holy One see corruption”Paulus; YesusPsalm 16:10 — quoted again (see Acts 2:27 above)Critical — same citation as the core passage; rendering must be identical to Acts 2:27’s rendering of the same Psalm verse (see Part 4 rule).
Acts 13:39Justified from everything the law could not justifyPaulusNo direct OT quotation in this verse itself, but functions as the direct application of the law/grace argument structurally identical to Romans 3:20-28 (“by works of the law no human being will be justified… but now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law”)CRITICAL — the single clearest “justification apart from the law” statement in Acts outside of ch.15; this verse and Romans 3:20-28 should be taught as a matched pair, and Diperbenarkan/Hukum Taurat renderings must be identical in both.
Acts 13:41”Look, you scoffers… a work that you will not believe”Paulus (warning)Habakkuk 1:5 — quoted directlyMedium — a warning against unbelief despite clear evidence; thematically resonant with (but not textually identical to) Romans 1:17’s Habakkuk 2:4 citation (“the righteous shall live by faith”) — teaching should note these are two different verses from the same prophet, not the same citation, to avoid a false-identity error in cross-reference teaching.
Acts 13:47”I have made you a light for the Gentiles… to the end of the earth”Paulus; BarnabasIsaiah 49:6 — quoted directlyHigh — direct echo of Acts 1:8’s “end of the earth” language (see Chapter 1 entry above); also the deep background of the whole “Great Commission Fulfilled” doctrine and of Romans 15:8-12’s catena of Gentile-inclusion texts (see Chapter 15/Romans-parallel discussion below).
Acts 13:48Appointed to eternal lifeNo direct OT citation, but the election language parallels Romans 8:28-30 (foreknew, predestined, called) and Romans 9:11-13 (Jacob and Esau, election before birth)High — never takdir; see 07/08 analysis.

Chapter 14

No direct OT quotation. Reviewed for allusion: Paul’s Lystra speech (14:15-17, “the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them”) echoes creation-theology language common to many OT texts (Exodus 20:11, Psalm 146:6) without a specific citation; functions as natural-revelation apologetic parallel to Romans 1:19-20. This is a valuable direct thematic parallel: Acts 14:15-17 and Romans 1:19-20 both argue from creation’s testimony to the living God against idolatry, and should be cross-taught together.

Chapter 15 (Jerusalem Council)

PassageThemeCharacterOT/NT ConnectionSensitivity
Acts 15:16-17Rebuilding the tent of David; Gentiles seeking the LordJames; AmosAmos 9:11-12 — quoted directly (following LXX wording, “that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name”)High — the decisive OT proof-text for full Gentile inclusion without circumcision; directly parallel in force and function to Romans 15:9-12’s four-fold OT catena (2 Samuel 22:50/Psalm 18:49; Deuteronomy 32:43; Psalm 117:1; Isaiah 11:10), all of which make the identical theological point (Gentiles praising God alongside Israel as full covenant participants). Teaching material should present Acts 15:16-17 and Romans 15:9-12 as complementary, mutually reinforcing OT arguments for the same doctrine (unity_of_jews_and_gentiles).
Acts 15:11Saved through grace, Jew and Gentile alikePeterNo direct OT citation; functions as summary-conclusionCritical — see 07/08 analysis; direct thematic (not textual) parallel to Romans 3:29-30 (“is God the God of Jews only?… since God is one”).

Chapter 16

No direct OT quotation. Reviewed for allusion: the Philippian jailer narrative’s “believe… and you will be saved” (16:31) is thematically, not textually, identical to Romans 10:9-10’s salvation-by-confession structure; both should be cross-taught. The divination-spirit exorcism (16:16-18) has no OT citation but echoes the broader biblical polemic against mediums/necromancers (Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 18:10-11) as background without direct quotation.

Chapter 17

PassageThemeCharacterOT/NT ConnectionSensitivity
Acts 17:24-25God does not dwell in temples made by hands; needs nothingPaulusIsaiah 66:1-2 (same background as Acts 7:48-50, not directly quoted here); 1 Kings 8:27 (Solomon’s own recognition that “heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you”)High — natural-theology apologetic parallel to Romans 1:19-25 (creation reveals God; humanity suppresses this truth in idolatry). Acts 17 and Romans 1 should be taught together as Paul’s two fullest natural-revelation arguments.
Acts 17:26-27One God made every nation; appointed times and boundariesPaulusDeuteronomy 32:8 (God fixing the boundaries of the peoples); Genesis 1 (creation of humanity as one race) — background, not direct citationMedium — supports the unity_of_jews_and_gentiles/universal_scope_of_gospel doctrines from a creation-theology angle distinct from the law/gospel angle used in Romans.
Acts 17:28”In him we live and move and have our being”; “we are indeed his offspring”Paulus (quoting pagan poets, not Scripture)Not an OT citation — quotes Epimenides and/or Aratus (Greek poets) as a point of cultural contact, per Paul’s own Athenian apologetic methodMedium — must be clearly distinguished in teaching from Scripture citation proper; this is common-grace natural revelation used rhetorically, not inspired prophecy; avoid implying Paul treats pagan poetry as on par with Nubuat (baseline Medium risk) or Kitab Suci.
Acts 17:30-31God commands all to repent; fixed a day of judgment through the risen manPaulusGeneral fulfillment/eschatological-judgment theme, no single OT citation; the “day” language echoes OT Day-of-the-LORD texts broadly (e.g., Amos 5:18-20, Zephaniah 1:14-18)Critical — resurrection (Kebangkitan) as the ground of assured future judgment; parallels Romans 2:16 (“on that day when God judges… by Christ Jesus”) and the universal repentance-call of Romans 10:12-13.

Chapter 18

No new OT citation. Reviewed (per 07_semantic_analysis.md — reuses established terms only: the Way, baptism of John, Kristus).

Chapter 19

No direct OT quotation. Reviewed for allusion: the Ephesian magic-books burning (19:19) and the sons of Sceva incident (19:13-16) echo the broader biblical polemic against occult practice (Deuteronomy 18:10-14) without direct citation; already treated at High risk in 07/08 analysis under sihir/roh jahat.

Chapter 20

No direct OT quotation. Reviewed for allusion: Paul’s shepherd-elders charge (20:28-29, “fierce wolves”) echoes OT shepherd/false-shepherd polemic (Ezekiel 34; Jeremiah 23:1-4) without direct citation — a valuable teaching parallel for the pastoral-care doctrine even without formal quotation, and thematically resonant with Romans 16:17-18’s warning against those who cause divisions.

Chapter 21

No new OT quotation. Reviewed for allusion: Paul’s vow (21:23-26) echoes Nazirite-vow law (Numbers 6:1-21) as background practice, not direct citation.

Chapter 22

Substantially a retelling of Acts 9; no new OT citation. Reviewed — see Chapter 9 entry above; note the added title “the Righteous One” (22:14, ho dikaios), treated in 07/08 analysis as connected to Kebenaran (baseline Critical) applied christologically, itself resonant with Isaiah 53:11 (“the righteous one, my servant, shall make many to be accounted righteous”) though not a formal citation at this point in Acts.

Chapter 23

No new OT citation. Reviewed for allusion: Paul’s provocation of the Pharisee/Sadducee division over “the hope and resurrection of the dead” (23:6) draws on the broader OT hope of bodily resurrection (Daniel 12:2; Isaiah 26:19) as background theology without direct quotation, directly reinforcing Kebangkitan (baseline Critical).

Chapter 24

No new OT citation. Reviewed.

Chapter 25

No new OT citation; legal/procedural narrative. Reviewed.

Chapter 26

No direct new OT quotation in this chapter distinct from the conversion narrative already covered (ch.9). Reviewed for allusion: Paul’s claim (26:22-23) that he says “nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass — that the Christ must suffer” and “be the first to rise from the dead” is a general fulfillment-of-prophecy summary statement, structurally identical to Romans 1:2 (“the gospel… promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures”) and Romans 3:21 (“the Law and the Prophets bear witness”). This should be cross-taught as Paul’s Acts-length version of the same claim underlying Romans’ opening argument.

Chapter 27

No OT citation. Reviewed (per 07_semantic_analysis.md — no new theological vocabulary).

Chapter 28

PassageThemeCharacterOT/NT ConnectionSensitivity
Acts 28:26-27Israel’s partial hardening foretoldPaulus; IsaiahIsaiah 6:9-10 — quoted directly (“you will indeed hear but never understand…”)High. This is a different citation from Romans 11:8’s hardening text (which quotes Deuteronomy 29:4 and Isaiah 29:10), though both serve the identical theological function: explaining Israel’s partial, non-final unbelief within God’s larger redemptive plan. Teaching material must be careful not to conflate the two citations as the same verse — they are two distinct OT texts making a parallel argument, and both should be cross-referenced together under the shared theme of Israel’s temporary hardening (cf. Romans 11:25, “a partial hardening has come upon Israel”), without implying textual identity.
Acts 28:28Salvation sent to the Gentiles, “they will listen”PaulusContinues the Isaiah 49:6/Acts 13:47 “light to the Gentiles” trajectoryHigh — the book’s closing statement on Gentile inclusion, forming an inclusio with Acts 1:8 and 13:47; direct thematic parallel to Romans 11:11 (“through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles”).
Acts 28:31Closing programmatic summaryPaulusEchoes Acts 1:8 (“witnesses… to the end of the earth”) and Isaiah 49:6 (via 13:47) as a deliberate bookendHigh — see 07/08 analysis; must be rendered consistently with Acts 1:8 as the book’s matched thesis/fulfillment bookends.

PART 3 — MESSIANIC TYPOLOGY SUMMARY (WHOLE BOOK)

TypeOT Figure/TextActs Passage(s)Typological PatternFulfillment in ChristMalay Rendering Note
The Prophet like MosesDeuteronomy 18:15, 18-19Acts 3:22-23; 7:37A future prophet-mediator, greater than Moses, whom Israel must heed on pain of judgmentYesus as the definitive prophet-deliverer, exceeding Moses; fulfilled once, not an open successionNabi (baseline High risk); must be distinguished from ongoing Islamic prophetic-succession claims and from any competing application of this text.
The Rejected-then-Exalted Deliverer (Joseph)Genesis 37-50Acts 7:9-16Rejected by his own brothers, unjustly suffers, is exalted to save many nations, including those who rejected himYesus rejected by his own people (Acts 2:23, 36), exalted to God’s right hand (Acts 2:33), becomes Savior of both Jew and GentileNo baseline glossary term collision; safe to teach as clear typological parallel.
The Rejected-then-Sent Deliverer (Moses)Exodus 2:11-15; 3:1-4:17Acts 7:17-36Rejected at first appearance (“who made you ruler?”), later sent by God as “ruler and redeemer”Yesus rejected at his first coming, to be acknowledged as ruler and redeemer; Stephen makes this parallel explicitReinforces the historical-pattern argument central to Stephen’s speech; connects to fulfillment_of_prophecy (Romans baseline High risk).
The Suffering ServantIsaiah 52:13-53:12Acts 8:32-35; cf. Acts 3:13 (“his servant Jesus”)A servant who suffers unjustly, is silent before accusers, dies, and thereby brings righteousness to manyYesus’ death explicitly identified as this Servant’s suffering, by Philip’s direct teaching to the Ethiopian eunuchDeep background for Kebangkitan (presupposes real death) and the atonement content underlying Romans 3:25/4:25; should be foregrounded in evangelism-doctrine teaching material.
The Davidic King, greater than David2 Samuel 7:12-16; Psalm 16:8-11; Psalm 110:1; Psalm 2:7Acts 2:25-36; 13:33-37David’s own words point beyond himself (his body decayed; he calls the Messiah “my Lord”) to a greater, resurrected, enthroned KingYesus as the risen, exalted Son of David who is also David’s Lord — full deity and full Davidic humanity togetherDirect convergence of Kristus, Tuhan, Anak Allah, Kebangkitan, Keturunan Daud (all Critical/High baseline terms); the single densest typological cluster in Acts, matching Romans 1:3-4’s opening thesis almost point for point.
The Rejected CornerstonePsalm 118:22Acts 4:11A stone rejected by builders becomes the foundation stoneYesus, rejected by Israel’s leaders, becomes the church’s foundationParallel citation reused in Romans 9:33 (with Isaiah 28:16); rendering of the “stone” motif should remain consistent if this Language Package later treats other NT books using it.
Passover-to-Pentecost harvest patternLeviticus 23:9-21 (Firstfruits, then Feast of Weeks fifty days later)Acts 2:1 (Pentecost); implicit background for the whole Acts narrative of a “harvest” of 3,000 souls (2:41)The grain-harvest festival calendar (firstfruits, then full harvest) as a structural type for the ingathering of believers, beginning with a “firstfruits” community and expandingThe Spirit’s outpouring inaugurates the ingathering-harvest of the nations that culminates, narratively, in Acts 28:28-31Useful whole-book structural observation; low risk, strengthens teaching on the church_as_gods_people and mission_to_nations doctrines.

PART 4 — RENDERING-CONSISTENCY RULES FOR SHARED QUOTATIONS (ACTS ↔ ROMANS)

The following OT citations, or theologically identical argument-structures, occur in both this curriculum (Acts) and the Romans baseline. Renderings must match exactly wherever the same verse is quoted verbatim in both books, and must be taught as directly parallel (though not necessarily rendered identically) wherever the argument-structure is the same but the specific citation differs.

Rule 1 — Identical Citations (verbatim rendering required)

OT TextActs OccurrenceRomans OccurrenceRule
Joel 2:32 (“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”)Acts 2:21Romans 10:13The Malay rendering of this clause must be word-for-word identical in both locations. This is the single most important rendering-consistency rule in this document, since both curricula treat it as a climactic universal-scope promise.
Psalm 16:10 (“you will not let your Holy One see corruption”)Acts 2:27Acts 13:35 (within-book repetition; no Romans occurrence)Must be rendered identically at both Acts locations.

Rule 2 — Structurally Identical Arguments (parallel teaching required, citation differs)

ArgumentActs OccurrenceRomans OccurrenceRule
Davidic descent + resurrection-installation as Son of God in powerActs 13:32-37 (citing Psalm 2:7, Isaiah 55:3, Psalm 16:10)Romans 1:3-4 (no direct OT citation, but identical argument-shape)Teaching material for Romans 1:3-4 must cross-reference Acts 13:32-37 as Paul’s own fuller unpacking of the identical claim; Anak Allah and Kebangkitan renderings must be consistent across both passages’ surrounding teaching notes.
Justification apart from the lawActs 13:38-39; Acts 15:10-11Romans 3:20-28; Romans 4:1-25Diperbenarkan, Hukum Taurat, and Kasih kurnia renderings must be identical across all four passages; teaching notes should present Acts 13 and 15 as Luke’s narrative confirmation of the doctrine Paul later expounds systematically in Romans.
Gentile inclusion proof-texts (OT catena)Acts 15:16-17 (Amos 9:11-12); Acts 13:47 (Isaiah 49:6)Romans 15:9-12 (2 Samuel 22:50/Ps 18:49; Deut 32:43; Ps 117:1; Isaiah 11:10)Different specific OT texts, identical theological point (Gentiles as full covenant participants praising God alongside Israel). Teach as a converging, multi-book, multi-author OT witness — a rhetorically powerful point that should not be lost by treating the passages in isolation.
Natural revelation and idolatryActs 14:15-17; Acts 17:24-29Romans 1:19-25No direct OT citation in any of these three passages, but identical creation-theology argument-structure; cross-teach together.
Israel’s partial hardeningActs 28:26-27 (Isaiah 6:9-10)Romans 11:7-10 (Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10)Different citations — do not conflate. Both serve the identical theological function (explaining Israel’s temporary, partial unbelief within God’s plan, cf. Romans 11:25). Teaching material must name both citations correctly and explain they are complementary but textually distinct.
Confession/calling on the Lord’s name for salvationActs 2:21, 38; Acts 16:31Romans 10:9-13Structurally identical evangelistic pattern (believe/confess/call on the name → salvation); Iman, Tuhan, Keselamatan renderings must remain consistent across all occurrences per the baseline’s existing “Theological Consistency Rules Across Documents.”
Habakkuk citations — distinct verses, do not conflateActs 13:41 (Habakkuk 1:5, warning against unbelief)Romans 1:17 (Habakkuk 2:4, “the righteous shall live by faith”)These are two different verses from the same OT book; teaching material must clearly distinguish them and never present Acts 13:41 as if it were Romans’ “the righteous shall live by faith” citation.

Rule 3 — General Cross-Book Consistency Requirements

  1. Every occurrence of Tuhan (Lord/Kyrios), Kristus (Christ/Messiah), Yesus (Jesus), Anak Allah (Son of God), Kebangkitan (resurrection), Roh Kudus (Holy Spirit), and Allah (God) must follow the Romans baseline translation_memory.json renderings exactly, in every Acts chapter, with no exceptions, per the baseline’s existing Critical-risk enforcement rules.
  2. Where a citation is quoted in both Acts and Romans, the Phase 2 translation workflow must check the segment cache for a prior rendering of that exact verse before producing a new one, and must reuse it verbatim if found (extending the baseline’s “Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions” to cross-book OT citations, not only to glossary terms).
  3. Where the same theological argument uses different OT texts in Acts versus Romans (Rule 2 above), teaching notes accompanying both passages must explicitly name the parallel passage and clarify whether the citation is identical or merely thematically parallel, to prevent downstream teaching materials from asserting a false textual identity.
  4. All OT book names follow the established Alkitab conventions already fixed in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md (Kejadian, Mazmur, Yesaya, Habakuk, Yoel, etc.); this document additionally establishes: Joel = Yoel, Amos = Amos, Habakkuk = Habakuk, Deuteronomy = Ulangan, Exodus = Keluaran, Leviticus = Imamat, 2 Samuel = 2 Samuel, 1 Kings = 1 Raja-Raja, Ezekiel = Yehezkiel, Nehemiah = Nehemia, 2 Chronicles = 2 Tawarikh, Zephaniah = Zefanya, Daniel = Daniel, Proverbs = Amsal.

PART 5 — FULL-BOOK COVERAGE CONFIRMATION

All 28 chapters of Acts have been reviewed for OT quotation, allusion, messianic typology, and Romans-curriculum parallel. Chapters containing no direct OT citation or new typological content are explicitly marked “Reviewed” above (Chapters 5, 6, 11, 12 [allusion only], 18, 19 [allusion only], 20 [allusion only], 21 [allusion only], 22 [reuse only], 23 [allusion only], 24, 25, 26 [reuse only], 27) rather than silently omitted, per the full-book coverage mandate.

Density summary: The heaviest concentration of direct OT quotation and messianic typology occurs in Acts 2 (core passage), Acts 3-4 (Peter’s temple sermon and Sanhedrin defense), Acts 7 (Stephen’s speech), Acts 8 (the Ethiopian eunuch/Isaiah 53), Acts 13 (Paul’s Pisidian Antioch sermon, the single densest point of direct textual overlap with Romans 1:3-4’s argument), Acts 15 (the Jerusalem Council’s Amos citation, parallel to Romans 15:9-12), and Acts 28 (the closing Isaiah 6 citation, parallel-but-distinct from Romans 11’s hardening argument).


This document extends but does not override the Romans baseline translation_memory.json or doctrine_risk_registry.json. All shared-citation rendering rules in Part 4 must be loaded alongside those files before Phase 2 translation of any Acts segment containing an OT quotation.

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