Geography

1.Multiple choice: Where were the apostles when Jesus told them to wait for the Promise of the Father?

2. Fill in the blank: Before Jesus ascended in to heaven He told the disciples that they would be His witnesses in  Jerusalem,  Judea, ----------, and to the end of the earth.







3. Multiple choice: Where were the disciples and Jesus when He ascended into heaven? (a) Mount Sinai (b) Mount Horeb;
 or (c) Mount Olivet.

1. (c) Jerusalem (Acts 1:4) the main center of activity throughout the first seven chapters of Acts.

2. Samaria (Acts 1:8).

3. (c) Mount Olivet (Acts 1:12).
 

Events

1. Multiple choice: What reason did Peter give for allowing Cornelius and his gentile family and friends to be baptized? (a) They had received the Holy Spirit; (b) they had believed with all their heart; or (c) they had repented.

2. Question: According to Stephen's message in Acts 7, who were the Jew's resisting when they refused to believe his message about Jesus being the Christ?

3. Multiple choice: When Stephen made his point that God does not dwell in temples made with hands, he quoted: "Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool." What prophet was he quoting? (a) Isaiah; (b) Jeremiah; or (c) Ezekiel.

 

1. (a) They had received  the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:47).

 

2. The Holy Spirit (Acts 7:51).

 

3. (a) Isaiah (Acts 7:48,49).

Events

1. Fill in the blank:  When Peter witnessed to Cornelius about Jesus Christ, he said that "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with ---------."

2. True or false? Peter taught the Gentiles in Cornelius's household that Jesus was able to heal people oppressed by the Devil because God  was with Him.

3. Multiple choice: According to Peter's message to Cornelius, what was the content of God's message through Jesus Christ? (a) Love; (b) peace; or (c) hope.

 

 

1. "Power" (Acts 10:38).

 

2. True (Acts 10:38).

 

3. (b) Peace (Acts 10 :36). This is reconciliation, in which the wrath of God has been averted  against our sin and we are given peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom.5:1,2).

Events

1. Multiple choice: Following Saul's conversion and subsequent blindness, a man named Ananias came to him and laid hands on Saul. At this time Saul regained  his sight. What else happened to Saul
at this time? (a) He was filled with the Holy Spirit; (b) he became an apostle; or (c) he spoke with tongues.

2. How long did Paul live in his own rented house in Rome? (a) One year; (b) two years; or (c) three years.

3. Cornelius was the first gentile convert. However, he was already a godly man. His godliness was shown by two things that characterized his  life. One thing was prayer. What was the other? (a) Bible study; (b) witnessing; or (c) giving.

1. (a) He was filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 9:17).

 

2. (b) Two years (Acts 28:30). Even though Paul was under Roman arrest, he had great freedom to speak to anyone who came to him (v.v. 30,31).

 

 

3. (c) Giving (Acts 10:1,2).

Events

1. Multiple choice: How did the Ethiopian eunuch respond to Philip's question as to whether or not he understood what he was reading in the Scripture? (a) "No, I really don't!"; (b) "Not all of it" or (c) "How can I" unless someone guides me?

2. When Philip joined the Ethiopian eunuch on the road, the eunuch was reading from Isaiah 53:7,8. In this prophecy, how is Jesus pictured? (a) As the Good Shepherd; (b) as a sheep going to slaughter; or (c) as the door of the sheepfold.

3. Fill in the blank: When the risen Jesus confronted Saul on the road to Damascus, He said to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you --------- Me?

 

1. (c) "How can I, unless someone guides me" (Acts 8:31)?

 

2. (b) As a sheep going to slaughter (Acts 8:32,33).

 

3. 'Persecuting" (Acts 9:4). Saul's persecution of the church was persecution of the Lord Himself.

Events

1. Fill in the blanks: When the apostles needed some men to help in the ministry of distributing food to the needy widows, they looked for certain qualifications. They looked for people of good reputation and full of the -------- -------- and --------.

2. When  Stephen was giving his defense before the Jewish council he said, concerning the nature and character of God, that "the Most High does not dwell in temples made with ---------".

3. When the apostles were forbidden to speak anymore in the name of Jesus, Peter and the other apostles answered, "We ought to obey --------- rather than ---------."

 

1. Holy Spirit...wisdom (Acts 6:3).

 

2. Hands (Acts7:48).

 

3." God...men" (acts 5:29). This is the one principle in Scripture that sets the Word of God above obedience to any institution or law of man.

Events

1. Multiple choice: What reason does Luke give for the great growth of the early church? (a) Strong leadership of the apostles; (b) the Lord adding people to the church; (c) strong preaching.

2. What specific doctrine taught by the apostles was especially offensive to the Sadducees? (a) The resurrection from the dead; (b) the ascension of Jesus; or (c) the deity of Jesus.

3. What was the result of the apostles being filled with the Holy Spirit in Acts 5? (a) They spoke with other tongues; (b) they performed wonders and miracles; or (c) they spoke the word of God with boldness.

 

 

1. (c) The Lord adding people to the church (Acts 2:47).

 

 

2. (a) The resurrection from the dead (Acts 4:1,2). The  Sadducees also did not believe in angels or spirits (Acts 23:8).

 

3. (c) They spoke the word of God with boldness (Acts 4:31).