Acts 9 - Quote Cards

Question 1

9:2

Answer 1

He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them-both men and women-back to Jerusalem in chains.

Question 2

9:8

Answer 2

Saul picked himself up off the ground, but when he opened his eyes he was blind. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus.

Question 3

9:1

Answer 3

Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest.

Question 4

9:7

Answer 4

The men with Saul stood speechless, for they heard the sound of someone’s voice but saw no one!

Question 5

9:9

Answer 5

He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink.

Question 6

9:3

Answer 6

As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him.

Question 7

9:4

Answer 7

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”

Question 8

9:6

Answer 8

Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Question 9

9:5

Answer 9

“Who are you, lord?” Saul asked. And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!

Question 10

9:16

Answer 10

And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

Question 11

9:12

Answer 11

I have shown him a vision of a man named Ananias coming in and laying hands on him so he can see again.”

Question 12

9:17

Answer 12

So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Question 13

9:19

Answer 13

Afterward he ate some food and regained his strength. (b) Saul stayed with the believers in Damascus for a few days.

Question 14

9:18

Answer 14

Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.

Question 15

9:13

Answer 15

“But Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I’ve heard many people talk about the terrible things this man has done to the believers in Jerusalem!

Question 16

9:10

Answer 16

Now there was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord!” he replied.

Question 17

9:15

Answer 17

But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel.

Question 18

9:14

Answer 18

And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name.”

Question 19

9:11

Answer 19

The Lord said, “Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying to me right now.

Question 20

9:28

Answer 20

So Saul stayed with the apostles and went all around Jerusalem with them, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.

Question 21

9:25

Answer 21

So during the night, some of the other believers lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the city wall.

Question 22

9:27

Answer 22

Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus and how the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them that Saul had preached boldly in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

Question 23

9:29

Answer 23

He debated with some Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to murder him.

Question 24

9:23

Answer 24

After a while some of the Jews plotted together to kill him.

Question 25

9:24

Answer 25

They were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him, but Saul was told about their plot.

Question 26

9:20

Answer 26

And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is indeed the Son of God!”

Question 27

9:26

Answer 27

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer!

Question 28

9:21

Answer 28

All who heard him were amazed. “Isn’t this the same man who caused such devastation among Jesus’ followers in Jerusalem?” they asked. “And didn’t he come here to arrest them and take them in chains to the leading priests?”

Question 29

9:22

Answer 29

Saul’s preaching became more and more powerful, and the Jews in Damascus couldn’t refute his proofs that Jesus was indeed the Messiah.

Question 30

9:33

Answer 30

There he met a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

Question 31

9:34

Answer 31

Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up, and roll up your sleeping mat!” And he was healed instantly.

Question 32

9:32

Answer 32

Meanwhile, Peter traveled from place to place, and he came down to visit the believers in the town of Lydda.

Question 33

9:31

Answer 33

The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers.

Question 34

9:36

Answer 34

There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas). She was always doing kind things for others and helping the poor.

Question 35

9:35

Answer 35

Then the whole population of Lydda and Sharon saw Aeneas walking around, and they turned to the Lord.

Question 36

9:37

Answer 36

About this time she became ill and died. Her body was washed for burial and laid in an upstairs room.

Question 37

9:39

Answer 37

So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other clothes Dorcas had made for them.

Question 38

9:30

Answer 38

When the believers heard about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus, his hometown.

Question 39

9:38

Answer 39

But the believers had heard that Peter was nearby at Lydda, so they sent two men to beg him, “Please come as soon as possible!”

Question 40

9:43

Answer 40

And Peter stayed a long time in Joppa, living with Simon, a tanner of hides.

Question 41

9:42

Answer 41

The news spread through the whole town, and many believed in the Lord.

Question 42

9:40

Answer 42

But Peter asked them all to leave the room; then he knelt and prayed. Turning to the body he said, “Get up, Tabitha.” And she opened her eyes! When she saw Peter, she sat up!

Question 43

9:41

Answer 43

He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then he called in the widows and all the believers, and he presented her to them alive.