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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