Bible Study of Acts Aug 15- Sept. 2019

August 15, 2019

 
Have ye never read… Acts 1, 2, & 3
Check the answers: BIBLE study next Thursday
 
1.     AS Peter boldly preached to the crowd, he quoted the prophet Joel (Chapter 2).  What did Joel and Peter say would happen to the moon? 
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2.     Many Jews thought Moses predicted the coming of Joshua, but Peter wanted them to know Moses predicted the coming of whom?
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3.     How does the physician Luke, inspired by the Holy Spirit, describe Christ’s ascension?   
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4.     Luke quotes a psalm which invokes calamity [distress, tribulation] -- an imprecatory psalm (109:8) [contains a curse] -- in reference to whom?
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5.     How are we blessed by the Abrahamic covenant?  _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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6.   What pierced the Judeans’ hearts?  What did Peter say?
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7.     Pilate offered a choice, and instead of Jesus the people chose a _________.
 
8.     Why did Jesus tell the disciples to remain in Jerusalem?
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9.     What spectacular [visibly astonishing] wonder did God employ to make his presence known at Pentecost?
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10.    Could the Jews from other nations comprehend the language of the Galileans?
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August 22, 2019   Hawkin Family Singers
 
August 29, 2019
 
Have ye never read… Acts 4, 5, & 6
Check the answers: BIBLE study next Thursday
 
1.     Who brought a complaint against the Hebrews?  Why were they upset? 
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2.    What did Barnabas place at the feet of the apostles?
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3.     What was the condition of the common prison after the angel of the Lord released the disciples?   
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4.     Who were the Libertines?
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5.     How many heard Peter and John preach before they were detained?_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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6.   Ananias’ heart was filled with parsimony [selfishness].  Who put it there?
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7.     Referring to Psalm 2:1-2, Luke wrote about the heathens raging.  Who were these heathens and whom were they fulminating [ranting]against?
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8.     Who ordained [appointed] Stephen to ...serve tables...?
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9.     Peter and John did not obey the Sanhedrin.  Who did they obey that we also should obey?
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10.    What filled the high priest and Sadducees when they heard about the multitudinous [numerous] healings?
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September 5, 2019

Have ye never read… Acts 7, 8, & 9

Check the answers: BIBLE study next Thursday

 

1.     What did Simon want the apostles to grant him? 

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2.     After the Ethiopian official was saved and baptized, to what city was Philip ...caught away...?

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3.     Why did Jacob send his sons to Egypt?   

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4.     When Saul desired to join the disciples, who was his advocate?

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5.     What words did Peter say to Dorcas that changed everything? _________________________________________________________________

 

6.   What passage of scripture did the Ethiopian eunuch ask Philip to explain?

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7.     As Stephen ...looked up steadfastly into heaven... what did he see?

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8.     When his father died, where was Abraham domiciled [living]?

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9.     What overspread the city of Samaria when Philip preached and healed many?

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10.    After Moses removed his shoes, what did the Lord tell him he had seen and heard?

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September 12, 2019

Have ye never read… Acts 10, 11, & 12

Check the answers: BIBLE study next Thursday

 

1.     When Peter came to Jerusalem, some confronted, criticized (contended with) him.  What did Peter do that he had to explain to the contenders? 

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2.     Who opened the iron gate when Peter was rescued from prison?

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3.     Did the Gentiles have the Holy Ghost before they were baptized?   

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4.     What was Herod’s arrogant, prideful, and fatal mistake?

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5.     Did Peter waver?  What did the Spirit tell Peter about doubting? ___________________________________________________________________

 

6.   If God does something we do not understand or with which we may even disagree, can we -- can anybody -- oppose (withstand) God?

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7.     Was Peter sure he saw and heard ...the angel of the Lord...?

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8.     When Peter was preaching, what did he say that indicated that he was aware of what the ancient prophets were pointing to?

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9.     When Barnabas left Antioch, where did he go and who was he looking for?

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10.    How did the Jews react when Zebedee’s son was killed with a sword?

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September 19, 2019

Have ye never read… Acts 13, 14, & 15

Check the answers: BIBLE study next Thursday

 

1.     Did David’s body decompose [...see corruption...] in the grave? 

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2.     Who “stirred up” and poisoned the Gentiles’ minds?

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3.     From before creation, has God known all his works?   

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4.     What judgment did people make when they rejected the word of God?

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5.     Who appointed (ordained) the elders of the Lycaonian churches, and to whom are the elders committed (commended)? ______________________________________________________

 

6.   Contentions in the Corinthian church were not good, can respectable, sincerely believing, and devout Christian leaders have disputes (contentions)?

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7.     What was Elymas attempting to prevent? 

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8.     What in the world was the priest in Lystra going to do for Mercury and Jupiter?

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9.     Were Jewish Law and circumcision serious issues or were they no big deal?

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10.    Has God on occasion let us continue in our own way?

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