Question | Answer |
Who are the two Chrisitans who lied about how much they sold their land for? | Ananias and Sapphira |
These Christians, Ananias and Sapphira, did not have to sell their land? | True |
These Christians, Ananias and Sapphira, had to give all the price of the land to the apostles? | False |
Who did Peter say they were lying to? | The Holy Spirit |
What happened to these two deceitful Christians? | God struck them dead. |
What impact did the death of these two Christians have on the church? | Great fear came upon the church |
Who did the religious leaders put in jail in Acts 5? | The apostles |
Who helped them escape? | An angel |
Hebrews 1:14 says, "the angels are ministering spirits who serve the saints." | True |
What Jewish Rabbi cautions the religious leaders against killing the apostles? | Gamaliel |
What 3 things were the apostles told to do when they were released from prison? | Go, stand, speak |
The apostles waited until afternoon of the next day to start preaching in the temple. | False (started at daybreak) |
When ordered to stop preaching about Jesus, the apostles said they must obey God rather than man. | True. |
Why were the Greek speaking Jewish Christians upset? | Their widows were being neglected. |
What did the apostles say they had to devote their attention to? | Prayer and ministry of the Word |
What did the apostles tell the people to do to address the problem? | Appoint 7 men to oversee the work |
The seven men who were chosen did not have Greek names. | False |
One of the seven men chose to feed the widows was arrested. What was his name? | Stephen |
When he was on trial, he was said to have the face of an _______? | angel |
What did the brother on trial say the fathers of the religious leaders had done? | Persecute the prophets |
What did he say the religious leaders had done? | They did not keep the law. |
What did he see when he looked into Heaven? | Jesus standing at God's right hand. |
Jesus is regularly shown in the New Testament to be standing at God's right hand. | False. (seated) |
What did the religious leaders do to him? | They stoned him. |
He refused to forgive them as he was dying? | False. |
Who did the people stoning Stephen lay their garments at the feet of? | Saul. |
What did Saul become a leader of? | Persecution against the church |
What were the two problems in the church in Jerusalem in Acts 8? | Persecution and the Gospel was not spreading. |
Where did the Christians go as a result of the persecution? | Judea and Samaria. |
What did they do when they got to these places? | Preached the Word |
The growth of persecution:
(A summary) | 1. They killed Jesus
2. They imprisoned Peter and John
3. They imprisoned and beat all the apostles.
4. They killed Stephen.
5. They began to persecute the membership |
You cannot chain Christianity if you have Christians willing to be chained for Christianity! | True |
Which of the 7 men chosen in Acts 6 to care for the widows went to preach in Samaria? | Phillip |
What is the name of the man who tricked the people of Samaria with magic? | Simon |
What did the people of Samaria do when they believed the preaching of Phillip? | They were baptized. |
Who did the apostles in Jerusalem send to help the new Christians in Samaria? | Peter and John |
What did Peter and John do to pass on the Spirit to these new Christians? | They laid hands on them. |
What did Simon try to buy? | The Holy Spirit |
Who told Philip to go to the Eunuch and talk to him? | Holy Spirit |
How far was it from Jerusalem to Ethiopia? | 750-1,000 miles |
What road was the Eunuch on leaving Jerusalem? | The road to Gaza |
What book in the Bible was the Eunuch reading while riding in the chariot? | Isaiah |
What did Philip preach to the Eunuch starting with the book of Isaiah? | Jesus |
What did Philip want to do when he saw water? | Be baptized |
What did the Eunuch go on his way doing? | rejoicing |
Saul had letters permitting him to arrest Christians in which city? | Damascus |
Did Saul see Jesus as the savior or as a sinner? | a sinner |
What did Saul see as he approached Damascus? | a light |
What question did Jesus ask Saul? | Why are you persecuting me? |
What happened to Saul after he spoke to Jesus? | He was blind. |
What did Saul's blindness teach him? | humility |
How many days was Saul blind and without food and water? | 3 days |
Who was sent to talk to Saul in Damascus? | Ananias. |
Was this man, Ananias, anxious to help Saul? | No |
Jesus told Ananias that Saul was a chosen ___________. | instrument |
What fell from Saul's eyes before he regained his sight? | something like scales |
What did Saul do after he regained his sight? | He was baptized. |
What woman did at Joppa who helped the widows? | Dorcas, Tabitha. |
What does her (Dorcas) name mean? | gazelle |
Who did the brethren send for at Lydda when she died? | Peter |
Where did they lay her body? | in an upper room |
What did the widows show Peter? | garments and tunics |
What did Peter do when he saw the woman who had died? | He sent everyone out and raised her up. |
Caesarea was the Roman capital of Judea in the first century. | True. |
What was Cornelius' position in the Roman military? | centurion |
He (Cornelius) was a God fearing man who gave alms to the Jewish people and prayed. | True. |
Who appeared to him (Cornelius) in a vision? | an angel |
He (Cornelius) was to send a man named Peter in what city? | Joppa |
What happened to Peter at about noon on the day the messengers from Cornelius arrived? | He had a vision while praying. |
What did he see? | A sheet filled with animals |
What did God want him (Peter) to learn? | Don't call anything unclean that God has made clean. |
What did Peter find at Cornelius' house? | He had gathered relatives and friends. |
Did Peter allow Cornelius to worship him? | No. |
Peter told Cornelius that Jesus was a man who went about doing what? | Good. |
What did Peter say that those who believed in Jesus would receive? | Forgiveness |
What happened while Peter was preaching? | The audience received the Spirit. |
What did Peter command Cornelius and the crowd to do? | Be baptized. |
Is it normal in the book of Acts for the Spirit to come before baptism? | No. |
Why might God have done this? | To get Jewish Christians to accept Gentile Christians. |
The Jewish Christians in Jerusalem were very excited to hear about Cornelius becoming a Christian. | False |
How many brethren from Joppa witnessed the events in Caesarea? | Six |
Cornelius was a devout man but was he saved before Peter preached to him? | No |
How did the Jewish Christians respond when they heard how the Holy Spirit fell upon Cornelius and his family? | They glorified God. |
What are three things we learn about God's plan of salvation from this story? | Believe, repent, and be baptized. |
Calling of the Witnesses | Acts 1:1-8 |
Witnessing in Jerusalem | Acts 1:9-7:60 |
Preparing to Witness | Acts 1:9-26 |
The Witnessing Begins | Acts 2:1-47 |
The Witness of Peter and John | Acts 3:1-5:42 |
The Witness of Stephen | Acts 6:1-7:60 |
Witnessing in Judea/Samaria | Acts 8:1-12:25 |
Witnessing in the Remotest Part of the Earth | Acts 13:1-28:31 |