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Bible Study Acts Chapter 16 (part 2)

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

  1. Describe Paul’s vision in Acts 16:9.
  2. What is Paul’s response to the vision in Acts 16:10?
  3. Where does Paul head from Troas in Acts 16:11? How does he travel there?
  4. Where does Paul head in Acts 16:12? What do you learn of that city? How long does Paul stay?
  5. Where does Paul go on the Sabbath in Acts 16:13?
  6. Why do Paul and Silas meet at the river in Acts 16:14?
  7. How is Lydia described in Acts 16:14?
  8. What happened according to Acts 16:15?
  9. Who do Paul and Silas meet in Acts 16:16? How is she described?
  10. What was the slave girl doing in Acts 16:17-18?
  11. What did Paul do in Acts 16:18? Why?
  12. What was the reaction of the owners when Paul cast out the demon from the slave girl in Acts 16:19-21?
  13. What was the reaction of the crowd in Acts 16:22-23?
  14. What did the jailer do in Acts 16:24?
  15. What were Paul and Silas doing around midnight? What were the other prisoners doing?

Going deeper:  Why would a group of women be gathered for prayer by the river on Shabbat?

Going deeper: Review Acts 16:16-18. What do you observe about the behavior of the demon? Note all that you see. How can you use this information when dealing with demonic activity? Consider spending some time in prayer about this information, asking God to reveal to you how it might be applicable to situations you have faced, are facing or will face.

Going deeper: Consider Paul and Silas singing hymns and praying. What types of prayers and hymns would they be saying/singing? Why? Why is it important to sing songs and hymns that are doctrinally correct? What might have been their intention in singing and praying aloud in this situation?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 13 (Part 2)

Posted in Acts, tagged , on September 11, 2025|

Read Acts Chapter 13 
1. What does Paul say happened in Jerusalem in Acts 13:27-31?

2. Copy Acts 13:32 here. What is this “good news” promised to the fathers? Where is it found in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)?

3. What does Paul say about Psalm 2 in Acts 13:33?

4. What does Paul say about Isaiah 55:3 in Acts 13:34?

5. What does Paul say about Psalm 16:10 in Acts 13:35?

6. What does Paul say about David in Acts 13:36?

7. What meaning or understanding (midrash) does Paul give for Psalm 16:10 in Acts 13:37?

8. What is the significance of this one who did not see corruption according to Acts 13:38-39?

9. What warning does Paul give in Acts 13:40-41?

10. What happens in the following verses?
Acts 13:42

Acts 13:43

Acts 13:44

Acts 13:45

11. What do Paul and Barnabas tell the Jews in Acts 13:46?

12. Copy Isaiah 49:6 here.

13. Copy Isaiah 45:22 here.

14. Copy Acts 13:48-49. How does your heart react to this “good news” (the scriptures your copied from Isaiah 49:6, 45:22 as spoken by Paul in Acts 13:47) that God seeks to reach the ends of the earth. Consider those you see as most detestable because of their crimes, their sins, their lifestyle, their values (or lack of them). How does your heart react to the thought of them with your in church, in heaven? Ask God to show you where your heart is not aligned with His in this message Paul and Barnabas are preaching. Where does this not resonate as rejoicing in your soul?

15. What did the non-believing Jews do in Acts 13:50?

16. What was the response of the disciples in Acts 13:51-52?

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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 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 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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Bible Study Acts Chapter 3 (Part 1)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 16, 2025|

Read Acts Chapter 3
1. Where were Peter and John going in Acts 3? At what time?

Going deeper: When is the 9th hour? What would have been going on at the temple at that time?

2. Why would they be at the Temple at that time?

Going deeper: Where in the temple complex was the Beautiful gate located?

3. Who was being carried according to Acts 3:2? Why?

4. What does the lame man ask of Peter and John in Acts 3:3?

5. What do Peter and John say to him in John 3:4?

6. How does the man respond in Acts 3:5? Why?

7. What does Peter say to him in Acts 3:6?

8. What happens in Acts 3:7-8?

9. What is the reaction of the people who saw him in Acts 3:9-10?

Prayer prompt: Review Acts 3:1-10. For 10 minutes, meditate on the images from the story, the place–Herod’s Temple. The people, Peter, John, the lame man, and the crowd at the temple complex. What do you see? How are these events impacting people witnessing them? For the next 10 minutes, reflect on the lame man. What is his life as a beggar? What would he be thinking about Peter and John? What might he have been expecting from them? How would the healing have changed his life? His ideas about God? As you think through this, how does your soul react? Does it believe God is capable of such miracles? Do you believe God is doing this type of miracle today? What healing do you need in your life? Do you believe God wants to do that work? How does your heart feel? Tell God the healing you desire. Listen to what He says.

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 1 (Part 3)

Posted in Acts, tagged , , , on October 24, 2024|

Read Acts Chapter 1 
1. After watching Yeshua ascend, what might the reaction of the disciples be? Why? (See Luke 24:52)

2. From where did the disciples return to Jerusalem according to Acts 1:12? How far of a distance did they travel? What might the topic of conversation have been?

Going deeper: What is the meaning of “a Sabbath day’s journey?”

3. Where did they go when they returned to Jerusalem?

4. Who was there according to Acts 1:13-14?

5. What were they doing?

Going deeper: Why would prayer be of such significance to them during this time?

6. During this time, what does Peter do according to Acts 1:15-26? Why?

7. What happened to Judas according to Acts 1:16-18?

8. What became of the field referenced in Acts 1:19-20? Why?

Going deeper: Review Psalm 69:25 and 109:8. How do they relate to this passage? What is the significance of these psalms to God’s plan of salvation?

9. Why does Peter want to replace Judas? What does he use to support his position?

10. What qualifications were given for the person to fill the position in Acts 1:21-22? Why would these be important?

11. Describe the process they use for choosing the new member of the twelve.

12. Who was chosen? What did he go on to do?

Prayer prompt: Review Acts 1:3-5. Meditate on this. Ask God what this means for you. What is your heart’s reaction to these proofs? What is your heart’s response to the promise of the Father to send His Spirit? Does this encourage you? Frighten you? Ask God to reveal what is in your heart. Pay attention to your heart and examine what comes out.

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Bible Study Acts – Chapter 1 (part 1)

Posted in Acts, Bible Study, tagged , , on August 15, 2024|

Read Acts Chapter 1
1. Who is Theophilus? What does his name mean?

2. What is the “first book” referred to in Acts 1:1?

3. What, according to Acts 1:1-2, was the contents of that book?

4. What did Yeshua do after His death according to Acts 1:3?

Going deeper: What is the significance of “many proofs” to Christianity? To your faith? To the unbelievers?

5. What does the forty days refer to in Acts 1:3?

6. What did Yeshua tell the apostles according to Acts 1:4?

7. Review the following scriptures and note the proof described in each?
Matthew 28:9-10

Matthew 28:17-20

Mark 16:9

Mark 16:12

Mark 16:14-18

Mark 16:19

Luke 24:13-30

Luke 24:36-49

Luke 24:51

Going deeper: Looking back to the gospels, how did Yeshua prepare his disciples for their ministry after he was gone. Provide specific proof from the scriptures with references.

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Bible Study – Acts (An Introduction)

Posted in Acts, tagged , , on August 8, 2024|

Background:
1. What was the primary language of the New Testament? Why?

2. Who is the author of the book of Acts?

3. When was the book of Acts written?

4. To which of the Gospels is the book of Acts directly related? How is it related?

5. What do you learn about the author of Acts from the following scriptures?
Colossians 4:14

2 Timothy 4:11

Philemon 1:24

6. To what audience was the book of Acts written? Provide support for your answer.

Going deeper: How does this original audience and Luke’s addressing him/them impact how we understand the book of Acts today? How will it impact our application of the book of Acts?

Read the Preface to the gospel of Luke (Luke 1:1-4) Note that this is also the preface to Acts as these two books, Luke and the Book of Acts (of the Apostles) were originally two volumes of the same book. “It was custom in antiquity, whenever a work was divided into more than one volume, to prefix to the first a preface for the whole.” (See John R.W. Stott, The Message of Acts)

1. What sort of work does the author say he has put together in Luke 1:1-3?

2. To whom was this writing directed according to Luke 1:3?

3. For what purpose was the writing given to Theophilus according to Luke 1:4?

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