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Bible Study Acts Chapter 10

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on July 3, 2025|

Read Acts Chapter 10
1. Where does this chapter open?

2. To whom does Luke introduce us in Acts 10:1?

3. How is Cornelius described in Acts 10:1-2?

Going deeper: Where is Caesarea Maritima? Why was it an important port in the first century A.D.?

Going deeper: What was a centurian?

4. What happens to Cornelius in Acts 10:3?

Going deeper: When was the ninth hour?

5. How does Cornelius react in Acts 10:4?

6. What is the response of the angel in Acts 10:4-6?

7. What does Cornelius do after the angel leaves in Acts 10:7-8?

8. What happens around the time Cornelius’ men are approaching Joppa in Acts 10:9?

9. What was going on with Peter according to Acts 10:9-12?

10. What did the voice say to Peter in Acts 10:13?

11. How does Peter respond in Acts 10:14?

12. What did the voice respond in Acts 10:15?

13. What do you learn from Acts 10:16?

14. Describe at least two other places in the scriptures where a voice is heard from heaven. Provide the scripture references as well as a short description of what takes place and who is being spoken to from heaven and what is said.

15. What was Peter’s inner reaction according to Acts 10:17?

16. Describe the events in Acts 10:17-20?

17. What does Peter do in Acts 10:21?

 

18. What do Cornelius’ men tell Peter in Acts 10:22?

19. How does Peter respond to Cornelius’ men?

20. What does Peter do the next day in Acts 10:23?

21. How long does it take them to get to Caesarea?

22. Who was waiting for them in Caesarea? Who did he call?

23. How does Cornelius greet Peter in Acts 10:25?

24. What does Peter say in Acts 10:26?

25. What does Peter tell the large group of people assembled in Acts 10:27-29?

26. What does Cornelius respond when Peter ask him why he called him in Acts 10:30-33?

27. Copy Acts 10:33b. Imagine the scene in Caesarea, a Roman city. It was perhaps one of the most important Roman cities because of the harbor and the trade route connecting the harbor to the interior of Israel and points beyond in the Decapolis. The influence in this city would have been very pagan Roman with temples to the Caesar and other gods. It would have been very different from the atmosphere and focus in Jerusalem or even Judea where the population was mostly Jewish. What courage–or maybe desperation–would lead so many to gather to hear about the God who died on a Roman cross? What would the energy in the room have felt like? What does your heart feel when you think about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, choosing to meet these gentiles in a pagan city far from the religious center of Judaism.

28. What does Peter tell them in the following verses?
Acts 10:34

Acts 10:35

Acts 10:36

Acts 10:37-38

Acts 10:39

Acts 10:40-41

Acts 10:42

Acts 10:43

29. Review Peter’s message in Acts 10:34-43. What proof or evidence does he provide?

30. What happens while Peter is speaking in Acts 10:44?

31. What is the reaction of the Jews (circumcised believers) present?

32. What manifestation of the Holy Spirit was observed according to Acts 10:46?

33. What does Peter say and do in Acts 10:47-48?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 9 (Part 2)

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on May 29, 2025|

1. What was the reaction of those who heard him in Acts 9:21?

2. What happened to Saul according to Acts 9:22?

3. After considerable time had passed, what do the Jews in Damascus begin to plot? What action do they take in Acts 9:24?

4. Who found out about the plot?

5. What do the disciples do in Acts 9:25?

6. Where does Saul go in Acts 9:26?

7. What is his reception there according to Acts 9:26?

8. Who brought him to the apostles? What does he tell them of Saul in Acts 9:27?

9. Copy Acts 9:28 here. Meditate on this. How does your heart receive this picture? Is Saul an encouragement? Do you admire his zeal and focus? Or do you fear he is stirring things up? Open yourself to God and ask Him to show you how you react to such situations.

10. Who was seeking to kill Saul in Acts 9:29?

11. Who helps Saul in Acts 9:30? What do they do?

Going deeper: Who were the Hellenists?

12. Where was Caesarea located? Why would they have taken Saul to Caesarea in order to send him off to Tarsus?

13. What do you learn about the church in Acts 9:31?

14. To whose ministry does Luke move his focus in Acts 9:32? What was he doing?

Going deeper: Where was Lydda?

15. According to Acts 9:33, who does Peter visit in Lydda? What was his condition?

16. What does Peter say to him in Acts 9:34? What is the response?

17. What is the reaction among those living in the area in Acts 9:35?

Going deeper: Where was Joppa located? What was the historical significance of Joppa?

18. Who was Tabitha (Dorcas) according to Acts 9:36?

19. What happened to Tabitha in Acts 9:37?

20. What did the disciples do according to Acts 9:38?

21. What was Peter’s response in Acts 9:39? What was he shown when he arrived?

22. What did Peter do in Acts 9:40-41? What was his prayer?

23. What was the effect of the healing on the community in Acts 9:42?

24. With whom does Peter stay in Joppa?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 9 (Part 1)

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on May 22, 2025|

Read Acts Chapter 9
1. Who is Saul?

2. What was Saul doing according to Acts 9:1? Why?

3. What does Saul ask of the High Priest in Acts 9:1-3? Why?

Going deeper: Where was Damascus located in the first century? Why would Saul have wanted to go there in search of followers of the Way?

4. What happens as Saul approached Damascus according to Acts 9:3-4? What does the voice ask him?

5. How does Saul respond according to Acts 9:5? Who is the voice?

6. Several things are happening in this scene with Saul which are markers or indicators of Divine appearance. See if you can identify them.
See Ezekiel 1:28 and Daniel 10:9

See Genesis 22:11, 46:2; Exodus 3:4; and 1 Samuel 3:10

See Genesis 12:1, 22:2

7. What does Yeshua tell Saul to do in Acts 9:6-7?

8. What is Saul’s response in Acts 9:8?

9. What was Saul’s physical condition according to Acts 9:8-9?

10. Who was Ananias (Chananyah) according to Acts 9:10? How does the Lord speak to him?

11. Ananias answers the Lord with the phrase “Here I am, Lord,” which echos back to the Hebrew “Hineni.” This has been the response of devout Jews for centuries before Ananias which of course, as a student of Torah, he would have known. Review the following verses and note who else is part of this group.
Genesis 22:1

Exodus 3:4

1 Samuel 3:4-10

Isaiah 6:8

Prayer project. Meditate on these men of faith. Meditate on this Hebrew word “Hineni” (translated “Here I am”) Consider your own life and your response to God. Do you (have you) answered this way? How does your heart react when it hears this? Does it bring fear? What will God ask of me? Will it be too hard? Too scary? Or does your heart embrace the opportunity to serve God with willingness? Consider as you meditate the real reaction of your heart. Ask God to show you what He has for you in this.

12. What is he told to do according to Acts 9:11-12?

13. What is Ananais’ response in Acts 9:13-14?

14. How does the Lord respond in Acts 9:15-16?

Going deeper: “Bat Kol” (voice from heaven) is a familiar phenomenon in scripture and the writing of the sages. See Genesis 1:3, 21:17; Numbers 7:89; Daniel 4:28; Matthew 3:17 and 17:5.

15. What does Ananias do according to Acts 9:17?

16. What happens in Acts 9:18-19?

17. Who was Saul with according to Acts 9:19?

18. What did Saul immediately begin doing in Acts 9:20?

Prayer project: Consider Saul’s conversion. He’s riding along the dusty road headed to Damascus, as he approaches, his life is permanently interrupted. Recall how the details, the light from heaven, flashing around him, his fall to the ground from atop the horse (ouch), the voice calling him by name, asking him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” He must have been confused, disoriented, embarrassed, maybe even terrified to have a voice from heaven make such an accusation. What does his experience tell us about God? About human programs worked in the flesh for God? What do we learn from the change in Saul’s life? What was the change? What remained the same? How was he different just within this chapter? How does conversion impact a believer? How did your conversion impact you as a person? Ask God to remind you of the changes He has brought about. What message of instruction, comfort, exhortation or something else does God have for you in this reading of Saul’s conversion?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 8

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on March 20, 2025|

Read Chapter 8
1.What was Saul’s reaction to the stoning of Stephen? Why?

2. What happened right after the stoning of Stephen according to Acts 8:1?

3. What do you learn from Acts 8:2?

4. What was Saul doing according to Acts 8:3?

5. Copy Acts 8:4. How does this impact you? Can you picture them, fleeing persecution, but still being zealous to share the gospel? How does your soul react to this? Would you be afraid and silent? Would you also be preaching the gospel in the midst of your persecution?

6. What does Philip do according to Acts 8:5?

7. What is the reaction of the crowds in Acts 8:6-8?

8. To whom is the reader introduced in Acts 8:9? What is told of him?

9. What was the reaction to Simon the Magician according to Acts 8:10-11?

10. What happens when Philip comes to town according to Acts 8:12-13?

11. Why do Peter and John come to Samaria according to Acts 8:14? What do they do while they are there in Acts 8:15-17?

Going deeper: What is the significance of Samaria and the move of the Holy Spirit there?

12. How does Simon respond in Acts 8:18-19?

13. What is the response of Peter in Acts 8:20-23?

14. What do you learn from the following scriptures? How do they relate to Simon the magician?
Deuteronomy 29:18

Hebrews 12:15

Romans 6:16

Romans 8:8

14. How does Simon respond in Acts 8:24?

15. Copy Acts 8:25. Meditate on this. How does your soul respond to this life the disciples are living? What does it mean to go and preach the good news of God in places that you have historically been an enemy or hated or treated poorly? What would it do to your soul to see God turns the hearts of your enemies before your eyes?

16. Who speaks to Philip in Acts 8:26? What does he say?

Going deeper: Where is Gaza located in Israel? What historical enemy of Israel lived in this area of the land? What is the significance of Gaza to modern Israel?

17. What is Philip’s response in Acts 8:27?

18. Who does Philip meet in Acts 8:27-28? What is he doing?

Going deeper: What is a “eunuch?” What was the function of eunuchs in the ancient near east and other ancient societies?

19. What does the Spirit tell Philip to do in Acts 8:29?

20. When Philip goes over, what does he hear according to Acts 8:30?

21. What does Philip ask the man? What is his response?

22. What passage of scripture was the eunuch reading?

23. What question does he ask Philip about the passage? How does Philip respond according to Acts 8:35?

24. What occurs in Acts 8:36-38?

25. What happens when they came up out of the water according to Acts 8:39-40?

Going deeper: Where was Ashdod located? What was the historical significance of this city? Area of the country?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 7

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on March 13, 2025|

Read Acts Chapter 7
1. What does the high priest ask Stephen in Acts 7:1?

2. Whose story does Stephen begin with in Acts 7:2-8? What is his point in re-telling this story?

3. Whose story does Stephen turn to in Acts 7:9-16? What point is he making in telling this story?

4. Whose story does Stephen turn to in Acts 7:17-29? What is the point of this part of the story?

5. Whose story is being continued in Acts 7:30-34? What is the point of this part of the story?

6. What commentary does Stephen provide about the life and ministry of Moses in Acts 7:35-41? What is the point he is making here?

7. What does Stephen say that God did in Acts 7:42-43?

8. What does Stephen go on to say about the “tent of witness” or Tabernacle in Acts 7:44-47?

9. What does Stephen say about the dwelling place of the Most High in Acts 7:48-50? What passage is he quoting here?

10. How does Stephen address the people in Acts 7:51?

Isaiah 66:1-2

11. What do you learn from the following verses?
Exodus 32:9

Exodus 33:3, 5

Deuteronomy 9:6

Deuteronomy 10:16

Deuteronomy 30:6

Jeremiah 4:4

12. What does he say of their fathers (ancestors) in Acts 7:51-52?

13. Copy Acts 7:53. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

14. What was the reaction of the crowd listening to Stephen according to Acts 7:54?

15. What did Stephen do according to Acts 7:55-56?

16. What happened in Acts 7:57-58?

17. What does Stephen do according to Acts 7:59-60 as he was being stoned?

18. Copy Acts 7:58. What is your heart’s reaction to this scene? Are you sad? Angry? Rejoicing? How might the onlookers who loved Stephen be feeling? What about those who stoned him? How might the scene have impacted Saul?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 6

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on February 20, 2025|

Read Chapter 6
1. According to Acts 6:1, what was going on in Jerusalem in the community of believers?

Going deeper: What do you learn about widows from the following passages? Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 10:17-18, 24:17-21, 27:19; Psalm 9:18, 68:5. How might this teaching throughout scripture have impacted these Messianic Jews in the first century?

2. What is the response of the twelve in their statements to the whole community of disciples in the following verses?
Acts 6:2

Acts 6:3

Acts 6:4

3. What was the reaction of the community to these statements according to Acts 6:5?

4. Who did they choose according to Acts 6:5? How is Stephen described in Acts 6:5 and 6:8?

5. What was done with these men according to Acts 6:6?

6. Copy Acts 6:7. Meditate on this, especially how amazing it must have been to see the priests – those whose lives were dedicated to serving God, coming to faith in Yeshua, the Messiah.

7. Who disputed with Stephen according to Acts 6:9?

8. What happened in these disputes according to Acts 6:10?

9. What did these men do as a result according to the following verses?
Acts 6:11

Acts 6:12

Acts 6:13-14

10. What did they observe about Stephen as he sat in the council according to Acts 6:15?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 5 (Part 2)

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on February 13, 2025|

1. What happens according to Acts 5:17-18? What was the motivation according to the verses?

2. What happens during the night according to Acts 5:19-20? What is the message the apostles were given?

3. What do they do the next morning according to Acts 5:21? Why? Why at that location?

4. What happens when the temple police go to the prison, at the request of the council and the body of elders under the direction of the high priest, according to Acts 5:21-23?

5. What is the reaction of the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests when they heard according to Acts 5:24?

6. What happens according to Acts 5:25?

7. What do the temple police do? What were they afraid of?

8. What does the high priest say to them according to Acts 5:28?

9. Copy Acts 5:29. Meditate on this. How does this impact your heart? Are you excited? Afraid? Uncertain? Ask God to reveal what is in your heart concerning these things.

10. What are the teachings in spoken in the following verses?
Acts 5:30

Acts 5:31

Acts 5:32

11. What is the reaction of the high priest and those gathered with him according to Acts 5:33?

12. Who is Gamaliel? What does he advise according to Acts 5:35-39?

13. Copy Acts 5:39. Meditate on this. Who else does scripture tell us was fighting against God? What was the result? Open your heart to God. Ask Him to reveal times and situations when you were or are fighting against God. Ask God to re-align your heart and soul to be on God’s side. Confess and turn from your rebellion against God.

14. What was the reaction of the high priest and those gathered to the words of Gamaliel in Acts 5:39?

15. What did they do with the apostles according to Acts 5:40?

16. What was the response of the apostles as they left the council according to Acts 5:41?

Going deeper: “The name” is a reference to the tetragrammaton (Y-H-W-H). This is often substituted for using “HaShem” which literally means “the name” in Hebrew. Other substitutes include “Adonai” and “Yahweh.”

17. Copy Acts 5:42 here. Meditate on this. What do you think this looked like in the first century in Jerusalem? Take some time to describe the scene(s) or draw some images from your mind’s eye. These events were most likely happening in the heat of the summer that year since Pentecost is at the end of the spring (more or less).

Going deeper: This “teach and proclaim Jesus as Messiah” necessarily refers to teaching the Hebrew Scriptures, showing those which point to Messiah and which are fulfilled in the life, ministry and death of Yeshua. What might be some of the scriptures which they were focused on or bringing to light?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 5 (Part 1)

Posted in Acts, tagged , on February 6, 2025|

Read Acts Chapter 5
1. What happens in Acts 5:1-2?

2. What does Peter say to Ananias in Acts 5:3-4? To whom did Ananias lie?

3. What is the response of Ananias in Acts 5:5? Those watching?

4. What do the young men do according to Acts 5:6?

5. What happens three hours later according to Acts 5:7?

6. What does Peter say to her in Acts 5:8? How does she respond?

7. How does Peter respond in Acts 5:9?

8. What happens to Sapphira according to Acts 5:10? What was done with her body?

9. What was the reaction of those who heard about these things according to Acts 5:11?

10. What do you learn from the following verses?
Acts 5:12

Acts 5:13

Acts 5:14

Acts 5:15

Acts 5:16

Going deeper: Where was Solomon’s Portico located within the Temple complex?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 4

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on January 30, 2025|

Read Acts Chapter 4
1. Who comes to speak to Peter and John in Acts 4:1-2?

2. What happened in Acts 4:3?

3. Copy Acts 4:4. Mediate on this. How does your heart respond to the news that more people heard the word, believed and joined the body of believers. Do you believe this is still possible today? Ask God to reveal to you your part.

4. Who gathered together the next day according to Acts 4:5-6?

5. What do they ask Peter and John in Acts 4:7?

6. How does Peter respond in Acts 4:8-12?

7. Copy Psalm 118:22. Meditate on this. What is the significance of rejecting the Messiah? What does it mean that Christ (Messiah) is the chief cornerstone? Of what building is He the cornerstone?

8. Copy Acts 4:12. Meditate on this. How does your heart respond when it reads that there is only one way to be saved? Why would the Father be so limiting in His salvation plan?

9. What do you learn from the following verses?
Isaiah 53:11

Matthew 1:21

Acts 10:43

Acts 26:16-18

Romans 10:13

10. What do you notice about Peter and John according to Acts 4:13?

11. Who do they see in Acts 4:14? What is their reaction?

12. What is the discussion they have after putting Peter and John outside according to Acts 4:15-17?

13. What do they command Peter and John in Acts 4:18?

14. How does Peter respond in Acts 4:19-20?

15. What do the rulers and council members do in Acts 4:21?

16. What were the people doing Acts 4:21-22? Why?

17. What do John and Peter do when they are released in Acts 4:23?

18. What is the response in the following verses?
Acts 4:24?

Acts 4:25-26

Acts 4:27-28

Going deeper: From what scriptures is Acts 4:25-26 quoted?

19. What do they ask of God in Acts 4:29-30?

20. What happened when they prayed according to Acts 4:31?

21. How is the body of believers described in Acts 4:32?

22. What do you learn from the following verses?
Acts 4:33

Acts 4:34-35

Acts 4:36-37

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 3 (Part 2)

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on January 23, 2025|

Read Acts Chapter 3
1.What facts about Yeshua does Peter recite in his sermon in the following verses?
Acts 3:13

Acts 3:14

Acts 3:15

Acts 3:16

Acts 3:18

2. How does Peter respond in Acts 3:12-26?

3. Copy Exodus 3:6. What is the connection Peter is making?

4. Copy Isaiah 52:13-15. What is the connection Peter wants them to make by quoting Isaiah 52:13?

5. What do you learn from the following verses?
Isaiah 50:6

Isaiah 53:4-6

Daniel 9:26

6. What exhortations does he give the people in Acts 3:19-20?

7. What prophecy about Yeshua does Peter refer to in Acts 3:20-21?

8. What does Peter say of Moshe in Acts 3:22?

9. Copy Deuteronomy 18:15-17 here. Meditate on this. Can you identify the prophet of whom Moses is speaking?

10. What does Peter tell them in Acts 3:24?

11. What truth does Peter remind them of in Acts 3:25?

12. What do you learn from the following passages?
Genesis 12:1-3

Genesis 22:18

Genesis 26:4

Genesis 28:14

13. Copy Acts 3:26 here. Meditate on this. What is the response of your heart when you read that Yeshua was sent by the Father to bless us by turning us back from our wickedness? Ask the Father to open your understanding to the significance of this in your life and the lives of those believers around you.

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