Extra Acts - Part 2

Question 1

Robert Menzies gives a definition of Luke’s understanding of the gift of the Spirit

A prophetic

Answer 1

Enabling which empowers one for participation in the mission of God.

Question 2

The ministry of the Holy Spirit includes - witness & prophecy &

Answer 2

Joy, discernment, miracle power, boldness, fear of God, comfort, guidance, spiritual gifts

Question 3

A Sabbath day’s walk =

Answer 3

1000 yards

Question 4

Luke draws attention to 5 things in Acts 1:12-26
#1 - They all

Answer 4

Joined together in one accord, united together, with one mind

They were all restored, recommissioned, no conflict or jealousy

Question 5

The believers in Acts 1:12-26 were gathered with one purpose the Greek word is

Answer 5

Homothumatadon

Question 6

LUke draws attention to 5 things in Acts 1:12-26
#2 - They all joined

Answer 6

Constantly in prayer - temple 9 am & 3pm and persistence in the upper room

Joyful praise with expectation of the outpouring of the Spirit were their chief occupation.

They were asking for the promised gift

Question 7

Luke draws attention to 5 things in Acts 1:12-26
#3 -

Answer 7

The women joined with them in prayer with the same steadfastness

If one man were present, the masculine pronoun was used for the mixed group

Luke wanted everyone to know the women were present

Question 8

The women in the upper room included - 7+

Answer 8

Mary Magdalene, Salome, Joanna, MAry and MArtha of Bethany, John Mark’s mother, Susanna

Other who had followed Jesus

Question 9

Luke draws attention to 5 things in Acts 1:12-26
#4

Answer 9

Mary the Mother of Jesus was present in teh upper room.
She was not a leader but present and fillled with the Holy Spirit
She could have died in Jerusalem or went with John to Ephesus and died there

Question 10

Luke draws attention to 5 things in Acts 1:12-26
#5

Answer 10

The brothers of Jesus were present, though prior to the Cross they did not believe in Him
James & Jude became leaders in the Jerusalem church.

Question 11

The priests used Judas’ 30 pieces of silver to buy a field they named

Answer 11

Akeledama - field of blood
30 pieces of silver was the price of Jesus’s death
Judas’s violent death

Question 12

The apostles decided that the person to replace Judas must be

Answer 12

A person who had been with them since the beginning of- Jesus’s baptism to ascension

Question 13

The word apostle may be related to what rabbinic sources called shaliach meaning

Answer 13

A person who acts in behalf of another- power of attorney

Question 14

Two men who could replace Judas

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1 - Barasabbas - Roman name Justus
2 - Matthias - git of the Lord - He was (possibly) one of the 72 sent out by Jesus in Luke 10:1

Question 15

To make the choice between Barssabbas & Matthias the apostles:

Answer 15

1-Prayed and recognized that Jesus knew which ne He wanted - he was the Heart Knower
2 - Cast lots

Question 16

After the ascension of Jesus, the 120 continued to pray and praise for

Answer 16

10 days

Question 17

The 120 gathered in teh upper room during the

Answer 17

Harvest festival/Feast of Weeks
7 weeks between Passover & Pentecost

Question 18

Pentecost means

Answer 18

50th - called because of the fiftieth day after the waving of the sheaf of first fruits

Question 19

We are NOT told where the120

Answer 19

met
We know it was upper room was located
Some thing it was the 3rd hour of the day and therefore they were meeting in teh temple or the temple court so that the women could be present

Question 20

The sound of the mighty rushing wind reminded them

Answer 20

OT manifestations
God speaking to Job in storm
Red SEa - mighty wind dried out the path through the Red Sea

Question 21

Fire and light were common symbols of divine presence
4 examples

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1 - Burning bush
2-Fire on Mt. Sinai after people of ISrael accepted the law
3- Spirit coming in power charred the ropes of Samson
4 -Fire consumed Elijah’s sacrifice & stones on the altar

Question 22

Wind and fire preceded the Pentecostal baptism/gift of the spirit
They were not

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Part of the gift nor were they related on other occasions when the spirit was poured out.

Question 23

Jesus promised a filling =

Answer 23

Full, satisfying experience.
They were ALL filled - not just some
In OT selected individuals were filled

Question 24

The outpouring of the Holy Spirit was prophesied about in Joel - it was

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A receiving and active taking of a gift
A falling upon, an outing out of the git and a coming upon.

Question 25

The Holy Spirit is a person

Answer 25

Any time were are talking about filling of the spirit we are talking about an experience that brings relationship

Question 26

As soon as the 120 were filled they begin to speak in tongues - the Greek word is

Answer 26

Glossolalia
This was entirely unknown in Judaism and would be regarded as a remarkable NOVUM marking a new phase inGod’s dealings with his people.

Question 27

They spoke in tongues as

Answer 27

The Spirit enabled them to
He proceeded to give and continued to give them ability to speak out loudly and boldly

Question 28

Tongues at Pentecost was a sign

Answer 28

To unbelievers
God used them to draw a crowd as well as to edify the believers

Question 29

Because it was the feast of Pentecost it is likely that

Answer 29

As many as 1,000,000 Jews from all over the known world were in Jerusalem.

Question 30

The hearers were amazed and perplexed - perplexed means

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Confused, at a loss, completely unable to underhand what this was all about
They understood the meaning of the words but not the purpose

Question 31

There was definite evidence that gleukous (glucose) was not the ordinary word for wine - instead

Answer 31

It was sweet, unfermented grape juice.
What the mockers meant is these men are too abstemious to touch anything fermented have made themselves drunk on grape juice

Irony is self evident

Question 32

In Acts 2:14-40 Peter stood up and spoke

Answer 32

In his own language (Aramaic) as the Spirit enabled him to
What follows is not an ordinary sermon in the ordinary sense of the word.
IT was spontaneous an infestation of the gift of prophecy

Question 33

In Acts 2:14 - 40 Peter declared that what he had seen and heard in Acts 2:33 was

Answer 33

A fulfillment of Joel 2:28-30
Peter said this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel

Question 34

Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit he specified what the word “afterward” in Joel 2:28 means

Answer 34

The outpouring is in teh last days. He recognized that the last days began with the ascension of Jesus

Entire church age is the last days

Question 35

In Hebrew “all flesh” means

Answer 35

All humankind
The Spirit wants to give us power and make us strong