38 Acts

Question 1

Acts vital info

Answer 1

Writer: Luke

Date: 65 AD

Chapters: 28

Key thought: Witness

Key verse: 1:8. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Christ seen as: Ascended Lord and Christ

Conclusion: The work that Jesus “began” to do was, and is, continued by Him through the Holy Spirit.

Question 2

Acts 1

Answer 2

Resurrection ministry of Christ. The apostolic commission. Promise of the Lord’s second coming. Waiting for the coming of the Spirit.

// Staying (tarrying)

Question 3

Acts 2

Answer 3

Holy Spirit’s coming on day of Pentecost. The gospel given to the Jews. Peter’s great sermon on the resurrected Christ, and the conviction of the people.

// Holy Spirit, Witnessing

Question 4

Acts 3

Answer 4

The lame man healed at the temple gate.

// Power of Christ

Question 5

Acts 4

Answer 5

The first persecution. Peter’s address to the Sanhedrin. Preaching in Jesus’ name forbidden. Christians again filled with the Spirit. State of the Church at Jerusalem.

// Persecution

Question 6

Acts 5

Answer 6

Sin and death of Ananias and Sapphira. The second persecution and answer of apostles to their persecutors. Warning of Gamaliel. Apostles beaten.

// Sin against the Holy Spirit

Question 7

Acts 6

Answer 7

The first deacons. Third persecution. Stephen before the council.

// Deacons

Question 8

Acts 7

Answer 8

Address of Stephen before the council. Stephen martyred.

// Testimony, Martyrdom

Question 9

Acts 8

Answer 9

Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian.

// Preaching Christ

Question 10

Acts 9

Answer 10

Conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Paul preaches and visits Jerusalem and returns to Tarsus. Peter heals Aeneas. Tabitha raised from the dead.

// Saul

Question 11

Acts 10

Answer 11

Peter opens the gospel door to the Gentiles. Cornelius sends for Peter and Peter goes to Caesarea. Peter’s sermon to Gentiles in Cornelius’ house. Holy Spirit comes upon Gentile believers.

// Gentiles called

Question 12

Acts 11

Answer 12

Peter vindicates his ministry to the Gentiles. Name “Christians” first applied at Antioch.

// Antioch Christians

Question 13

Acts 12

Answer 13

Persecutions of the church and arrest of Peter. Prayer for his deliverance and his miraculous release Death of Herod.

// Delivered

Question 14

Acts 13

Answer 14

Paul and Barnabas called. Satanic opposition from a sorcerer. Paul’s sermon in the synagogue at Antioch. Opposition from Jews. Paul and Barnabas turn to Gentiles.

// Word spread

Question 15

Acts 14

Answer 15

Work of the Gospel at Iconium, Derbe, Lystra. An impotent man at Lystra healed. Paul stoned. Elders appointed in the churches.

// Giving testimony

Question 16

Acts 15

Answer 16

The council at Jerusalem and the question of circumcision. Paul’s second missionary journey. Silas chosen.

// Council

Question 17

Acts 16

Answer 17

Paul finds Timothy. Paul’s Macedonian vision. The first convert in Europe. Demons cast out of a damsel. Paul and Silas beaten. Conversion of the Philippian jailer.

// Called and kept

Question 18

Acts 17

Answer 18

Founding of church at Thessalonica and the Jewish opposition. Paul and Silas at Berea. Paul at Athens and the sermon from Mars’ hill.

// Scriptural reasoning

Question 19

Acts 18

Answer 19

Paul at Corinth. The careless Gallio. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Apollos at Ephesus.

// Testifying and reasoning

Question 20

Acts 19

Answer 20

Paul at Ephesus. Disciples of John the Baptist become Christians. Paul in the synagogue and in the school of Tyrannus. Paul’s miracles. Uproar of the silversmiths.

// Disputing and persuading

Question 21

Acts 20

Answer 21

Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul’s conference with the Ephesian elders.

// Testifying

Question 22

Acts 21

Answer 22

Holy Spirit forbids Paul to go to Jerusalem. Paul goes to Jerusalem. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Seized in the temple by the Jews and bound with chains.

// Warnings disregarded

Question 23

Acts 22

Answer 23

Paul’s defense before the multitude. Recounts his conversion.

// Experience

Question 24

Acts 23

Answer 24

Paul before the Sanhedrin. The conspiracy to kill Paul and its defeat. Paul sent to Felix.

// Dissension and conspiracy

Question 25

Acts 24

Answer 25

Paul accused before Felix, and his defense.

// Accused

Question 26

Acts 25

Answer 26

Paul before Festus. His appeal to Caesar.

// Falsely accused

Question 27

Acts 26

Answer 27

Paul’s defense before Agrippa.

// Defense

Question 28

Acts 27

Answer 28

Paul sent to Rome. The hurricane. God’s assurance to Paul in the storm, and his safe landing.

// Storm

Question 29

Acts 28

Answer 29

The landing at Melita. Miracle of the viper’s bite. Healing of Publius’ father. Paul’s arrival at Rome and his ministry there to the Jews. Paul turns to the Gentiles.

// Healing and teaching