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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