Events

1. Multiple choice: The day that the Holy Spirit came in a special way on the apostles in Jerusalem was a feast day for the Jews. What was the name of the feast? (a) Passover; (b) Pentecost; or (c) Tabernacles.

2. What effect did Peter's sermon in Acts 2 have on the listening Jews? (a) They were angry at Peter; (b) they didn't believe his message; or (c) they were greatly convicted in their hearts.

3. What miraculous event made it possible for Peter  to preach his second sermon recorded in Acts 3?
(a) All the apostles speaking in tongues; (b) the healing of the man born blind; or (c) the healing of the man born lame.

 

1. (b) Pentecost (Acts 2:1). If possible, all Jewish men were to attend all three feasts in Jerusalem.

 

 

2. (c)They were greatly convicted in their hearts (Acts 2:37).

 

3. (c) The healing of the man born lame (Acts 3:12-26).

Events

1. Multiple choice: What major accomplishment was achieved by the disciples while they waited in Jerusalem for the promise of the Holy Spirit? (a) They selected  a chairman of the apostles; (b) they drew up the first church constitution; or (c) they selected a man to take Judas's place among the twelve apostles.

2. What two elements were involved in the method of choosing a replacement for Judas as one of the twelve apostles? (a) Prayer and secret ballot; (b) prayer and casting lots; or (c) prayer  and a sense of peace about the right choice.

3. When a successor was chosen for Judas, one of the criteria  was that he had accompanied Jesus during a certain time in His ministry. What were the two events chosen to mark this time period?
(a) The temptation of Jesus and His crucifixion; (b) the baptism of Jesus by John and the Ascension; or (c) the baptism of Jesus by John and the Resurrection.

 

1. (c) They selected a man to take Judas's place among the twelve apostles. (Acts 1:15--26).

 

2. (b) Prayer and casting lots (Acts 1: 24--26).

 

3. (b) The baptism of Jesus by John and the Ascension (Acts 1:21,22).

Events

Before I start my Bible study I name my sins to God the Father to be in fellowship and filled with the  Holy Spirit our Teacher in Jesus Christ Name.

1 John 1:9

 

 

1. Multiple choice: For how long did Jesus demonstrate that He was truly alive after His resurrection and before His ascension? (a) Thirty days; (b) forty days; or (c) one year.

 

2.True or false? After Jesus ascended into heaven, most of the disciples returned home to Galilee.

 

3. Question: What was the main activity of those who gathered together to wait  for the promised gift of the Holy Spirit?

 

 

 

1. (b) Forty days (Acts 1:3). Forty days is a significant number in the Bible, marking , among other things, the days of rain during the time of Nosh, the years of wandering in the wilderness, and the days of Christ's stay in the wilderness prior to His temptation.

 

2. False. They went to Jerusalem as Jesus had commanded them to do (Acts 1:12).

 

3. Prayer (Acts 1:14). Prayer was the crucial activity for the leaders of the early church. According to Acts 6: 1-4, the apostles refused to personally care for a practical need in the church so that they could give themselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the Word.

 



Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: Who  started out with Saul on his first missionary journey? (a) Silas; (b) Timothy; or (c) Barnabas.

2. Joseph was the name of the disciple not chosen to replace Judas Iscariot as one of the apostles. What was his surname? (a) James; (b) Justus; or (c) Barnabas.

3. Who went out with  Paul as he left Antioch on his second missionary journey? (a) Barnabas; (b) John; or (c) Silas.

1. (c) Barnabas (Acts 13:1-5).

 

2. (b) Justus (Act 1:23).

 

3. (c) Silas (Acts 15:40).

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: Several women waited with  the apostles in the Upper Room for the promise of the Holy Spirit. However, only one of them is named. Who is she? (a) Mary the mother of Jesus; (b) Mary Magdalene; or (c) Mary the sister of Martha.

3. True or false? The brothers of Jesus were present with the apostles when they waited for the promise of the Spirit in Jerusalem.

3. Question: Paul was tried before three different Roman officials before being sent to Rome to appear before Caesar. Name one of these three Roman rulers.

4. Multiple choice: Of the three Roman rulers who tried Paul before sending him to Rome which one was an expert in Jewish customs? (a) Felix ; (b) Festus; or (c) Agrippa.

 

 

1. (a) Mary the mother of Jesus (Acts 1:13, 14).

 

2. True (Acts 1:14).

 

3. Felix, Festus, and Agrippa (Acts 22-26).

 

4. (c) Agrippa (Acts 26:2,3).

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: Whose father was healed  of dysentery through the hands of Paul on the island of Malta? (a) Simeon's; (b) Julius's or (c) Publius's.

2. Who suffered death in Acts 7 as a result of his testimony for Jesus Christ? (a) James;  (b) Stephen; or (c) Peter.

3. True or false? The book of Acts ends with the death of the apostle Paul.

 

 

1. Publius's (Acts 28:8).

 

 

2. (b) Stephen (Acts 7:57-60). one of the seven chosen to care for the Hellenistic widow's (ch. 6).

 

3. False. Paul's death is not recorded in the Bible.

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: Not many people are mentioned  by name as traveling with  Paul on his voyage to Rome. However, a Macedonian of Thessalonica is mentioned. Who was he? (a) Aristarchus; (b) Mysias; or (c) Barnabas.

2. Question: Sailing on the ship to Rome with Paul were a number of soldiers as well as the sailors. At the height of the great storm one of these groups tried to escape the ship in a small boat. Was it the soldiers or the sailors?

3. Multiple choice: Who was bitten by a poisonous snake while on the island of Malta but suffered no harm? (a) Peter; (b) John; or (c) Paul.

 

 

1. (a) Aristarchus (Acts 27:2)

 

2. The Sailors (Acts 27: 30).

 

3. (c) Paul Acts 28:3-5).