Acts Of The Apostles

Question 0

Acts of the apostles

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by st Luke)
Luke: apostle, physician, evangelist, and a missionary
An early history of the church
Paul(greatest missionary)
-Ascension of our lord.
-Matthias chosen to replace judas iscariot
-Communal life of the early Christians described (2)
- Pentecost (50 days )

Question 1

3 different feasts

Answer 1

A: Jewish Pentecost: thanksgiving for crops and gifts

B: Christian Pentecost: tongues of fire upon the apostles (2)

C: gentile Pentecost: peter baptisms Cornelius and family (10)

Question 2

Saul

Answer 2

Hated Christians

Knocked off his horse and is blinded, he hears a voice and converts to Jesus

Question 3

Early life

Answer 3

Born in tarsus as a Jew, became a roman citizen

• studied under gamaliel
• became a Pharisee. Was a rabid persecutor of Christians .

Question 4

Sauls conversion and baptism

Answer 4

experienced a vision and blindness on his way to Damascus
- baptized by Ananias.
-Spent 3 years in Arabia and returned to Damascus to teach and preach.
-apostasy
tries to bridge the gap between the gap between Jews- Christians

Question 5

Sauls early ministry

Answer 5

between 36-39 c.e he went to Jerusalem to meet the apostles

• sponsored by barnabus
• returned to tarsus
• he was brought to Antioch by barnabus

Question 6

Paul’s first missionary trip

Answer 6

Antioch (saul(Hebrew)) name to Paul, (gentile form of Saul.)

• Paul begins his first trip with barnabus
• established church communities at: pisida, Antioch, iconium, derby

Question 7

Secondary missionary trip

Answer 7

occurred after the council of Jerusalem

• accompanied by Silas, Timothy, and Luke
• revisited the churches that were previously established on his first missionary trip.
• returns to Antioch by way of Ephesus and Jerusalem.

Question 8

Paul’s third missionary trip

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• visits nearly all of the places he visited in the second trip.
• made Ephesus the center of the missionary effort.

Question 9

Plans for the fourth missionary trip to Rome and Spain

Answer 9

persecution by Jews and his arrest hindered Paul from accomplishing

• after 2 years of being imprizoned at Caesarea, Paul reached Rome to answer, no charges were there
• the acts of the apostles ends abruptly, did something happen to Luke? Or was it his intention to leave part blank so the church can continue its long and rich history.

Question 10

Local witnesses

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A man named Peter finds a crippled

were common in Jesus’s time

Question 11

Church witnesses

Answer 11

Peter and John headed to the temple
crippled man buy the door
they healed him in the name of Jesus
the cure spread fast and soon was known by many people
Jewish Council orders apostles to stop preaching
they say no

Question 12

Persecution breaks out

Answer 12

For a while the Jewish authorities seem to be able to live together
a deacon name Steven talks about jews skating God
He was seized and stone to death
Because of this, the disciples fled to Samaria
to spread the good news

Question 13

Church witness outside of Jerusalem

Answer 13

Philip begins to preach good news in Samaria
attracted John and Peter and they pray for the Holy Spirit
converts an official

Question 14

Gentile Pentecost

Answer 14

Centurion named Cornelius sends for Peter
Holy Spirit is poured out on Gentiles and Caesarea
and Gentiles must be circumcised to become Christian

Question 15

Peters departure

Answer 15

Peter was put in prison
and then a light shone on any broke chains
Peter escapes
visits disciples and then goes to Rome