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Acts exam 2
acts 5-10
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Bible Studies
Undergraduate 1
03/28/2011

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Term
outline of Acts
Definition

 

  • Calling the witnesses (1:1-8)
  • Witnessing in Jerusalem (1:9-7:60)
  • Witnessing in Judea/Samaria (8:1-12:25)

Preparing to witness (1:9-26)

the witnessing begins (2:1-47)

the witness of peter and john (3:1- 5:42)

the witness of Stephen (6:1-7:60)

  • Witnessing in the remotest part of the Earth (13:1-28:31)

 

Term
Who are the Christians who lied about how much they sold their land for?
Definition
Ananias and Sapphira
Term
Did Ananias and Sapphira have to sell their land?
Definition
No
Term
Did Ananias and Sapphira have to give all of the price of the land to the apostles?
Definition
No
Term
Who did Peter say Ananias and Sapphira were lying to?
Definition
The holy spirit
Term
What happened to Ananias and Sapphira?
Definition
God struck them dead
Term
What impact did the death of Ananias and Sapphira have on the church?
Definition
Great fear came upon the church
Term
Who did the religious leaders put in jail in Acts 5?
Definition
the apostles
Term
Who helped the apostles to escape from jail?
Definition
an angel
Term
Hebrews 14:9
Definition
Angels are ministering spirits who serve the saints
Term
What Jewish Rabbi cautioned the religious leaders against killing the apostles?
Definition
Gamaliel
Term
What 3 things were the apostles told to do when they were released from prison?
Definition

Go

Stand

Speak

Term
When did the apostles start teaching in the temple once they were released?
Definition
Daybreak
Term
what did the apostles say when they were ordered to stop preaching about Jesus?
Definition
we ought to obey God rather than mam
Term
Why were the greek-speaking Jewish Christians upset?
Definition
Their widows were being neglected
Term
what did the apostles say the greek-speaking jewish christians had to devote their attention to?
Definition
prayer and ministry of the word
Term
what did the apostles tell the people to do to address the problem?
Definition
appoint 7 men to oversee the work
Term
Did the seven men who were chosen to oversee the work have Greek names?
Definition
Yes
Term
One of the men chosen to feed the widows was arrested. What was his name?
Definition
Stephen
Term
When stephen was on trial, he was said to have the face of a what?
Definition
Angel
Term
What did the brother on trial say the fathers of the religious leaders had done?
Definition
persecuted the prophets
Term
what did the brother say the religious leaders had done?
Definition
they did not keep the law
Term
what did the brother see when he looked into heaven?
Definition
Jesus standing at God's right hand
Term
Is Jesus regularly shown in the NT to be standing at God's right hand?
Definition
No, he is seated
Term
What did the religious leaders do to Stephen?
Definition
stoned him
Term
Did Stephen forgive them as he was dying?
Definition
Yes
Term
Who did the people stoning Stephen lay their garments at the feet of?
Definition
Saul
Term
What did Saul become a leader of?
Definition
Persecution against the church
Term
What were the 2 problems in the church in Jerusalem in Acts 8
Definition
persecution and the gospel was not spreading
Term
Where did the Christians go as a result of the persecution?
Definition
Judea and Samaria
Term
what did the christians do when they got to Judea and samaria?
Definition
Preached the word
Term
Summarize the growth of persecution
Definition

They killed Jesus

They imprisoned Peter and John

They imprisoned and beat all of the apostles

They killed Stephen

They began to persecute the membership

Term
You cannot chain christianity if you have christians......
Definition
willing to be chained for christianity
Term
What is the name of the man who tricked the people of Samaria with magic?
Definition
Simon
Term
which of the 7 men chosen in acts 6 to care for the widows went to preach in Samaria?
Definition
Philip
Term
what did the people of Samaria do when they believed the preaching of Philip?
Definition
they were baptized
Term
who did the apostles in Jerusalem send to help the new christians in Samaria
Definition
Peter and John
Term
what did peter and john do to pass on the spirit to these new christians?
Definition
they laid hands on them
Term
what did simon try to buy
Definition
the holy spirit
Term
who told philip to go to the eunuch and talk to him?
Definition
holy spirit
Term
how far was it from Jerusalem to ethiopia?
Definition
750-1,000 miles
Term
what road was the eunuch on leaving jerusalem
Definition
the road to Gaza
Term
what book in the bible was the eunuch reading while riding in the chariot
Definition
Isaiah
Term
what did philip preach to the eunuch starting with the book of isaiah?
Definition
Jesus
Term
what did philip want to do when he saw water?
Definition
be baptized
Term
what did the eunuch go on his way doing?
Definition
rejoicing
Term
saul had letter permitting him to arrest christians in what city?
Definition
damascus
Term
did saul see Jesus as the savior or as a sinner?
Definition
a sinner
Term
what did saul see as he approached damascus?
Definition
a light
Term
what question did jesus ask saul?
Definition
why are you persecuting me?
Term
what happened to saul after he spoke to Jesus?
Definition
he was blind
Term
what did the blindness teach saul?
Definition
humility
Term
how many days was saul blind and without food and water?
Definition
3 days
Term
who was sent to saul in damascus?
Definition
ananias
Term
was ananias anxious to help saul?
Definition
No
Term
Jesus told ananias that saul was a....
Definition
chosen instrument
Term
what fell from Saul's eyes before he regained his sight?
Definition
Something like scales
Term
what did saul do after he regained his sight?
Definition
he was baptized
Term
what woman died at Joppa who helped the widows?
Definition
Dorcas, Tabitha
Term
What did tabitha's name mean?
Definition
gazelle
Term
who did the brethren send for at Lydda when Tabitha died?
Definition
Peter
Term
Where did they lay Tabitha's body?
Definition
in an upper room
Term
what did the widows show peter
Definition
garments and tunics
Term
what did peter do when he saw the woman who had died?
Definition
he sent everyone out and raised her up
Term
What was the Roman capital of Judea in the first century
Definition
Caesarea
Term
What was cornelius's position in the roman military?
Definition
Centurion
Term
Who was Cornelius
Definition
A god-fearing man who gave alms to the Jewish people and prayed
Term
Who appeared to Cornelius in a vision
Definition
an angel
Term
Cornelius was to send for a man named Peter in wat city?
Definition
Joppa
Term
what happened to peter at about noon on the day the messengers from Cornelius arrived?
Definition
he had a vision while praying
Term
What did Peter see in his vision
Definition
a sheet filled with animals
Term
what did God want peter to learn?
Definition
dont call anything unclean that God has made clean
Term
What did peter find at cornelius' house
Definition
he had gathered relatives and friends
Term
did peter allow cornelius to worship him?
Definition
no
Term
peter told cornelius that jesus was a man who went about doing what
Definition
good
Term
what did peter say that those who believed in jesus would recieve
Definition
forgiveness
Term
what happened while peter was preaching
Definition
the audience received the spirit
Term
what did peter command cornelius and the crowd to do?
Definition
be baptized
Term
is it normal in the book of acts for the spirit to come before baptism?
Definition
no
Term
why might god have allowed the spirit to come before baptism with Cornelius?
Definition
to get jewish christians to accept gentile christians
Term
Were the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem very excited to hear about Cornelius becoming a Christian?
Definition
No
Term
How many brethren from joppa witnessed the events in Caesarea?
Definition
six
Term

cornelius was a devout man but was he saved before peter preached to him?

Definition
no
Term
how did the jewish christians respond when they heard how the holy spirit fell upon cornelius and his family?
Definition
the glorified god
Term
what are three things we learn about god's plan of salvation from cornelius' story?
Definition

believe

repent

be baptized

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