ACTS



CHAPTER 1

  1. Who wrote the book of Acts?
  2. a. From what mountain was Jesus taken up? b. Where did the apostles go from there? c. How long did it take them to get there? d. Where did they meet when they got there?
  3. At that time, what was the approximate number of disciples with the apostles?
  4. What was the purpose for the meeting that Peter was conducting?
  5. a. What qualification did the new apostle have to meet? b. Who was chosen?

CHAPTER 2

  1. What happened to the apostles on the day of Pentecost?
  2. a. Why did the multitude marvel when they saw the apostles? b. What nationality were the apostles? c. How many people were there with Peter?
  3. Did David ascend into heaven?
  4. What did David say about God's Holy one?
  5. What is the gift of the Holy Spirit?
  6. What other words was Peter telling the people concerning the perverse world?
  7. How did the people continue steadfastly in the apostles doctrine?
  8. How did they continue steadfastly in fellowship?
  9. What did the believers do with their possessions?

CHAPTER 3

  1. a. Who did Peter and John heal going into the temple? b. Who did they give credit to for this?
  2. a. In verse 19, what does "repent" mean? b. What does "be converted" mean? c. What are the times of refreshing? d. What would the refreshing do for us?
  3. Why is Jesus waiting in heaven?

CHAPTER 4

  1. What group of people confronted Peter and John?
  2. By what authority did Peter say they had healed the man?
  3. What did the priests and elders notice about Peter and John?
  4. Could the elders of Jerusalem deny the miracle that had been done?
  5. Why did the rulers and elders fear Peter and John teaching any more about Jesus?
  6. What was the importance of Barnabas selling his land and giving the money to the apostles?

CHAPTER 5

  1. What did Ananias and his wife do that was wrong?
  2. a. Who did Peter tell Ananias he has lied to? b. Peter told him he was not lying to men but to ? c. What happened to Ananias? d. What happened to his wife?
  3. a. What did Peter and the apostles perform among the people? b. What did the Sadducees think of this? c. What did the Sadducees do to the apostles?
  4. a. What happened to the apostles when they were in prison? b. Where did the apostles go? c. What did the Sadducees want the apostles to do? d. What was the apostles' answer to the Sadducees?
  5. What advice did Gamaliel, a Pharisee, give the Sadducees?

CHAPTER 6

  1. a. Who are the Hellenists? b. What did they complaint about? c. How did the apostles solve this problem?
  2. What false accusation did certain people bring against Stephen?

CHAPTER 7

  1. What was Stephen's response to the council's questioning?
  2. a. What did the people do to Stephen? b. What did Stephen ask of God for the people? c. Who also was there with the people?

CHAPTER 8

  1. What did Saul begin doing to the church?
  2. a. Who was Simon? b. What did the people think of Him?
  3. When Simon heard Philip's witness, what did he do?
  4. a. When Simon saw the Holy Spirit being given by the laying on of hands, what did he ask the apostles? b. What did Peter and John tell Simon? c. Why did they tell him this? d. What did they know about Simon from this? e. What did Simon need to do to get back right with God?
  5. a. What was the Ethiopian eunuch reading when Philip met him? b. Who was he reading about?
  6. What did Philip do to the Ethiopian after he believed?

CHAPTER 9

  1. a. Who met Saul on the road to Damascus? b. What happened to Saul?
  2. What did a disciple named Ananias tell Paul that he must do?
  3. When Paul was healed, what did he immediately do in the synagogues?
  4. How did Paul escape the Jews who were trying to kill him at Damascus?
  5. When Saul was in Jerusalem, whom did he dispute with?
  6. What did Peter heal Aeneas of in Lydda?
  7. What miracle did Peter do in Joppa?

CHAPTER 10

  1. a. Who was Cornelius? b. Did he know God?
  2. How were the works of Cornelius remembered by God?
  3. What did Peter's vision mean to Him?
  4. When the Holy Spirit came on Cornelius and his household, who was surprised?

CHAPTER 11

  1. What is the difference between John's baptism and Jesus' baptism?
  2. Where were the disciples first called Christians?

CHAPTER 12

  1. What did Herod try to do to the church?
  2. Which apostle did he kill?
  3. a. When Herod saw that this pleased the Jews, who else did he seize to kill? b. What happened to this person?
  4. Why was Herod struck down when giving his speech to the people of Tyre and Sidon?

CHAPTER 13

  1. Who did the Holy Spirit call to go to work?
  2. a. What did Elymas try to do against Saul and Barnabas? b. What did Saul tell Elymas that he was full of? c. What curse did Paul put on him? d. Where did this power come from?
  3. a. What was the word of exhortation by Paul to the synagogue? b. What was the reaction of the people to his word?
  4. Why did the Jews oppose Paul and Barnabas the next time they spoke?
  5. Why did the Gentiles receive the salvation also?
  6. Who were those who were appointed to eternal life?

CHAPTER 14

  1. Who did Paul heal at Lystra?
  2. a. What did the people think that Paul and Barnabas were? b. Did Paul and Barnabas accept this?
  3. Who followed Paul and Barnabas to Lystra?
  4. a. Paul reported that God had done what for the Gentiles? b. What does this mean?

CHAPTER 15

  1. What conflict did Paul and Barnabas have with the Judeans?
  2. a. What did Peter say was the way God judged the Gentiles? b. What example did Peter use?
  3. What did the group decide the Gentiles needed to know?
  4. a. Why did Paul want to go back in each city where they had preached the word? b. Why did Paul not want John to go along?

CHAPTER 16

  1. Why did Paul have Timothy circumcised?
  2. At Philippi, why was Paul and Silas thrown into prison?
  3. a. What happened to Paul and Silas in prison? b. What happened to the guard after Paul and Silas revealed to him that they were still in the prison?

CHAPTER 17

  1. What did the Jews in Berea do after listening to Paul and Silas' words?
  2. a. Who followed Paul and Silas to Berea? b. Why did they follow them?
  3. Who were the Areopagus?
  4. Who did Paul tell the Areopagus the unknown god was among their idols?

CHAPTER 18

  1. a. Who were Aquila and Priscilla? b. What was their occupation? c. Why did Paul stay with them?
  2. a. When the Jews opposed Paul at Corinth, what did he do? b. What did God tell Paul in the vision? c. Why did God use Paul as the instrument at Corinth when there was others there?
  3. a. Who was Apollos? b. What did he know of the Lord? c. How did Apollos prove Jesus was the Christ?

CHAPTER 19

  1. a. What was the difference between some of Paul's miracles and other's miracles? b. Give an example:
  2. a. Why could the sons of the priest not cast out demons in the name of Jesus? b. What happened to the sons of the priest?
  3. What was the purpose of signs and miracles?
  4. a. What was the main reason Demetrius stirred up the people against Paul? b. What was another reason?

CHAPTER 20

  1. a. How long did Paul speak to the disciples at Troas one night? b. What happened to Eutycus during this time?
  2. What helpful things had Paul taught the Ephesians?
  3. a. What 2 things concerning the gospel did Paul teach the Jews and the Greeks? b. What do these things mean?
  4. Why would Paul be innocent of the blood of all men?
  5. Did Paul feel that the disciples could be in danger of being drawn away from their faith?

CHAPTER 21

  1. What was the prophesy of Agabus toward Paul at the house of Philip?
  2. a. What had Paul been teaching the Jews and the Gentiles where he had been? b. What did the elders in Jerusalem want Paul to do?

CHAPTER 22

  1. At what point in Paul's testimony to the crowd in Jerusalem did they have enough?
  2. Why was the Roman commander afraid to scourge Paul?

CHAPTER 23

  1. What was the difference between the Pharisees and the Sadducees?
  2. a. What was the plot by the Jews against Paul? b. Who overheard this plot?
  3. Where did the commander decide to send Paul?

CHAPTER 24

  1. Why did the Jews bring Tertullus to Caesarea to testify against Paul?
  2. What did Paul tell Felix that the Jews may have against Him?
  3. What was one reason Felix may have understood about the Way?
  4. What did Paul tell Felix that made Felix afraid?
  5. How long was Paul kept by Felix?

CHAPTER 25

  1. When Festus replaced Felix as governor, what did the Jews ask him to do?
  2. Could Festus find any wrong doing in Paul?
  3. a. Who did Festus ask to hear the case of Paul? b. Why did Festus want this person to question Paul?

CHAPTER 26

  1. How was Paul kicking against the goads?
  2. What was Paul's mission to the Jews and Gentiles?
  3. How would the Jews and Gentiles turn from darkness to light?
  4. What did Paul almost persuade King Agrippa to do?
  5. Paul could have been set free except for what 2 reasons?

CHAPTER 27

  1. What was Paul's prophesy to the people on the Alexandrian ship?
  2. How many people were on the ship?
  3. What did Paul tell the people to do before the ship was wrecked?
  4. Why did the centurion not let the soldiers kill the prisoners?

CHAPTER 28

  1. a. What happened to Paul on the island of Malta? b. What did the natives first assume about Paul? c. What did they assume about Paul after he did not have any effects from the incident?
  2. After arriving in Rome, what was Paul allowed to do?
  3. Had the Jews in Rome heard any bad report about Paul?
  4. What did the Jews in Rome want to know?
  5. What did Paul try to prove to the Jews?
  6. a. How did Paul spread the gospel while in Rome? b. How long did he stay there?