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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