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1 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Study Questions Property of Appalachian Youth Ministries Tuesday Quiz Material (Chapters 1-9) CHAPTER ONE 1. Question: To whom was the treatise called Acts of the Apostles addressed? Answer: Theophilus (1:1) 2. Question: To whom did Jesus give the commandments? Answer: To the apostles He had chosen (1:2) 3. Question: What were the things that Jesus spoke of? Answer: The things pertaining to the kingdom of God (1:3) 4. Question: What were the apostles to wait for in Jerusalem? Answer: The Promise of the Father (1:4) 5. Question: What element did John use in his baptism? Answer: Water (1:5) 6. Question: Having already been baptized with water, what baptism were the apostles now to expect? Answer: The baptism of the Holy Ghost (1:5) 7. Question: Quote the apostles' question to Jesus in Acts 1:6. Answer: "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?" (1:6) 8. Question: What was it that Jesus told His disciples they were not to know? Answer: The times or the seasons which the Father had put in His power (1:7) 9. Question: After having received power from the Holy Spirit, the disciples were to become witnesses for Christ in what four specified localities? Answer: A. Jerusalem B. In all Judea C. In Samaria D. To the uttermost part of the earth (1:8) 10. Question: Finish this statement: "And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and... Answer:...a cloud received Him out of their sight." (1:9) 11. Question: Who appeared to the disciples after Jesus had ascended into heaven in Acts 1:10? Answer: Two men in white apparel (1:10) 12. Question: Traditionally, what is the distance between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives? Answer: A Sabbath day's journey (1:12) 13. Question: Give the names of the eleven apostles that abode in the upper room. Answer: Peter, James, John, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Batholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James (1:13) 14. Question: The apostles continued with one accord in prayer and supplication. Name those who were present along with the apostle during this time of continuance. Answer: A. The women B. Mary the mother of Jesus C. His brethren (1:14) 1

2 15. Question: Who became the spokesman for the apostles during the days prior to Pentecost? Answer: Peter (1:15) 16. Question: How many people had assembled in the upper room? Answer: About an hundred and twenty (1:15) 17. Question: With what means did Judas purchase a field? Answer: The reward of iniquity (1:18) 18. Question: (Two part question) What was the name given to the field purchased with the money from Judas, and what is the interpretation of that name? Answer: A. Aceldama B. The field of blood (1:19) 19. Question: What two men were appointed for the apostles to select a replacement for Judas Ischariot from? Answer: Barsabas and Matthias (1:23) 20. Question: (Two part question) How did the apostles go about finding God's choice as a replacement, and who was selected? Answer: A. They cast lots B. The lot fell on Matthias (1:26) CHAPTER TWO 1. Question: What day of the Jewish calendar found the disciples gathered in one accord? Answer: The Day of Pentecost (2:1) 2. Question: What sound of nature was heard as the disciples waited for their endowment of power? Answer: The sound of a rushing, mighty wind (2:2) 3. Question: What great phenomenon evidenced the coming of the Holy Spirit? Answer: Cloven tongues of fire sitting upon each of them (2:3) 4. Question: What new experience did the disciples encounter on the day of Pentecost? Answer: They were all filled with the Holy Ghost (2:4) 5. Question: Who gave the people utterance to speak with other tongues? Answer: The Spirit (2:4) 6. Question: According to Acts 2:5, what sort of men were dwelling in the city of Jerusalem? Answer: Devout men from every nation under heaven (2:5) 7. Question: What effect did the speaking in other languages have upon the multitude? Answer: It confounded them (2:6) 8. Question: What did every man in the multitude hear on the Day of Pentecost? Answer: His own language being spoken (2:6) 9. Question: Quote the question found in Acts 2:7. Answer: "Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?" (2:7) 10. Question: Name five of the fifteen nationalities mentioned as being represented on the Day of Pentecost. Answer: (Name 5 of the 15) Parthians, Medes, Elamites, Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, Libya, Rome, Cretes, Arabians (2:9-11) 2

3 11. Question: What accusation was made of the disciples in Acts 2:13? Answer: These men are full of new wine. (2:13) 12. Question: At what time did Peter speak on the day of Pentecost? Answer: The third hour of the day (2:15) 13. Question: What Old Testament prophet did Peter quote in Acts 2:16-21? Answer: Joel (2:16) 14. Question: According to the prophet Joel, what did God promise to do in the last days? Answer: Pour out His Spirit upon all flesh (2:17) 15. Question: According to the prophet Joel, what effect would the endowment have on the sons and daughters? Answer: Their sons and daughters would prophesy and the young men would see visions (2:17) 16. Question: Name the three wonders which Joel prophesied would happen before the great and notable day of the Lord. Answer: A. Blood, fire, and vapor of smoke B. The sun would be turned to darkness C. The moon turned to blood (2:19-20) 17. Question: Who are those which will be saved in the great and notable day of the Lord? Answer: Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord (2:21) 18. Question: Having heard Peter's message on the Day of Pentecost, what was the reaction of the multitude? Answer: They were pricked in their hearts and asked what they should do. (2:37) 19. Question: Quote Peter's admonition to those who were pricked in their hearts after his powerful sermon, and give the reference of this admonition. Answer: "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Acts 2: Question: Give the number of converts which resulted from Peter's sermon on the Day of Pentecost. Answer: About 3,000 souls (2:41) CHAPTER THREE 1. Question: What hour of the day did Peter and John go to the Temple for the hour of prayer? Answer: The ninth hour (3:1) 2. Question: How long had the man sitting at the temple gate been lame? Answer: From birth (from his mother's womb) (3:2) 3. Question: Give the name of the gate at which Peter and John found a lame man sitting. Answer: Beautiful (3:2) 4. Question: What was the purpose for the lame man being at the Gate called Beautiful? Answer: To ask alms of them that entered the temple (3:2) 5. Question: Quote Peter's reply to the lame man after he had asked alms of Peter and John. Answer: "Silver and Gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk." (3:6) 3

4 6. Question: Name the specific parts of the man's body which received strength as a result of the miracle. Answer: His feet and ankle bones (3:7) 7. Question: (Two part question) Where did the lame man go immediately after his healing and what do we find him doing there? Answer: A. He entered with them into the temple B. Walking, Leaping, and Praising God (3:8) 8. Question: What was the reaction of the people when they saw the man walking and praising God? Answer: They were filled with wonder and amazement (3:10) 9. Question: Give the name of the temple porch where Peter preached to the people. Answer: Solomon's Porch (3:11) 10. Question: By what power did Peter perceive the people thought the healing of the lame man was performed? Answer: By Peter and John's own power or holiness (3:12) 11. Question: Name the Hebrew patriarchs Peter spoke of when he indicated whose God had performed this miracle. Answer: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (3:13) 12. Question: According to Acts 3:13, who was determined to let Jesus go free during His trial? Answer: Pilate (3:13) 13. Question: After having denied the Just and Holy One, what was the wish of the people during the Lord's trial? Answer: They desired a murderer to be granted unto them. (3:14) 14. Question: According to Acts 3:15, what were the apostles witnesses to? Answer: The killing of the Prince of life and God having raised Him from the dead (3:15) 15. Question: How was it that the people allowed themselves to crucify Christ? Answer: Through ignorance (3:17) 16. Question: Quote Acts 3:19. Answer: "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord." (3:19) 17. Question: What Old Testament patriarch prophesied that God would raise up a prophet like unto himself? Answer: Moses (3:22) 18. Question: What will happen to every soul that will not hear Christ? Answer: They will be destroyed from among the people (3:23) 19. Question: State the details of the covenant God made with Abraham. Answer: In Abraham s seed all the kindreds of the earth would be blessed (3:25) 20. Question: How did God specifically bless the people when He raised up His Son and sent Him to them? Answer: By turning away every one of them from their iniquities (3:26) 4

5 CHAPTER FOUR 1. Question: Who came to the temple as Peter was preaching? Answer: The priest, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees (4:1) 2. Question: According to Acts 4:4, give the number of men which were converted as a result of the preaching of Peter and teaching of Peter and John. Answer: About five thousand (4:4) 3. Question: Give the four men mentioned as being present in Jerusalem at the trial of Peter and John. Answer: A. Annas B. Caiaphas C. John D. Alexander (4:6) 4. Question: According to Acts 4:7, what did the temple rulers wish to know about Peter and John? Answer: By what power or name they had done this? (4:7) 5. Question: Give exact quote and reference. When ask by what power they had healed the impotent man at the temple gate, what was the response which Peter gave. Answer: "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole." Acts 4:10 6. Question: Name other ways by which a man can be saved other than through the name of Jesus. Answer: There is no other way. (4:12) 7. Question: After hearing Peter's defense and seeing the man which was healed, what did the men of the council determine? Answer: They could say nothing against the miracle (4:14) 8. Question: What could the men of the council not deny? Answer: That a notable miracle had been done (4:16) 9. Question: For what purpose did the rulers threaten Peter and John? Answer: In order that the news of the miracle not spread further (4:17) 10. Question: What could Peter and John not help doing? Answer: Speaking of the things which they had seen and heard (4:20) 11. Question: For what reason could the council not punish Peter and John for healing the lame man? Answer: Because all men glorified God for the miracle (4:21) 12. Question: (Two part question) What Old Testament author wrote these words: "Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?" Give the reference for this quotation. Answer: A. David B. Psalm 2:1 (4:25) 13. Question: Why were Herod, Pontius Pilate, the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered together against Jesus? Answer: To do what God's hand and counsel had determined to be done (4:4:27-28) 14. Question: In response to the threat of the council, what did the disciples ask God to grant unto them? Answer: That with all boldness they might speak God's Word (4:29) 15. Question: By what two ways did the apostles propose that God should grant them boldness to speak God's Word? Answer: A. By stretching forth His hand to heal B. By allowing signs and wonders to be done in the name of Jesus (4:30) 5

6 16. Question: According to Acts 4:31, what three things happened after the disciples prayed? Answer: A. The place was shaken B. They were filled with the Holy Ghost C. They spake the Word of God with boldness (4:31) 17. Question: According to Acts 4:33, what two great things did the apostles possess? Answer: A. Great power B. Great grace (4:33) 18. Question: When the Christians brought money and laid it at the feet of the apostles, how was the money distributed? Answer: Unto every man according as he had need (4:35) 19. Question: What surname did the apostles give to Joses? Answer: Barnabas (4:36) 20. Question: Give the interpretation of the surname Barnabas which was given to Joses. Answer: The son of consolation (4:36) CHAPTER FIVE 1. Question: Cite two things Ananias and Sapphira chose to do with their money. Answer: A. Keep back part of the money B. Lay a part of it at the Apostle's feet (5:2) 2. Question: Who did Peter say had caused Ananias and Sapphira to lie to the Holy Ghost? Answer: Satan (5:3) 3. Question: After being rebuked by Peter, what happened to Ananias? Answer: He fell down and gave up the ghost. (5:5) 4. Question: After what space of time following her husband s death did Sapphira come before Peter? Answer: About three hours (5:7) 5. Question: According to Peter, what had Ananias and Sapphira agreed together to do? Answer: Tempt the Spirit of the Lord (5:9) 6. Question: When the church saw what happened to Ananias and Sapphira what was their reaction? Answer: Great fear came upon all the church (5:11) 7. Question: (Fill in the blanks.) "And by the hands of the apostles were many and wrought among the people." Answer: A. Signs B. Wonders (5:12) 8. Question: What was their reasons for placing the sick ones, lying on beds and couches, in the streets? Answer: That the shadow of Peter might overshadow some of them (5:15) 9. Question: Who laid hold on the apostles and placed them in the common prison? Answer: The high priest and all that were with him (5:17-18) 10. Question: According to Acts 5:19, by what miraculous occurrence was the apostles released from the common prison? Answer: The angel of the Lord opened the prison doors. (5:19) 6

7 11. Question: Quote the instructions which the angel gave the apostles when he freed them from the common prison. Answer: "Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life." (5:20) 12. Question: What three things did the officers discover when they went to the common prison to obtain the apostles being held there? Answer: A. The prison was truly shut. B. The keepers were standing outside guarding the prison doors. C. The prisoners were not inside. (5:23) 13. Question: Why did the captain and his officers bring the apostles without violence to meet with the council? Answer: They feared that the people might stone them for arresting the apostles (5:26) 14. Question: According to Acts 5:28, what two accusations did the council bring against the apostles? Answer: A. Filling Jerusalem with their doctrine B. Intending to bring this man's (Jesus) blood upon them (5:28) 15. Question: Quote the response which Peter gave to the council in answer to the accusation brought against the apostles in Acts 5:28. Answer: "We ought to obey God rather than men." (5:29) 16. Question: According to Peter, why did God exalt Jesus to be a Prince and a Savior? Answer: A. To give repentance to Israel B. For forgiveness of sins (5:31) 17. Question: Name the honorable person who stood to speak before the council. Answer: Gamaliel (5:34) 18. Question: What did Gamaliel suggest would happen if the apostle's counsel and work was of men? Answer: Nothing would become of it (5:38) 19. Question: Finish this quote by Gamaliel, the Pharisee who was a doctor of the law. "But if it be of God, ye cannot..." Answer: "...overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." (5:39) 20. Question: Give the apostles reactions upon being released by the council. Answer: They rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for Christ's name (5:41) CHAPTER SIX 1. Question: According to Acts 6:1, what nationality was found murmuring, and who were they murmuring against? Answer: The Greeks and they were murmuring against the Hebrews (6:1) 2. Question: According to Acts 6:1, for what reason were the Greeks murmuring? Answer: Their widows were being neglected in the daily ministration (6:1) 3. Question: Quote the apostles response to the murmurings of the Greeks. Answer: "It is not reason that we should leave the Word of God, and serve tables." (6:2) 4. Question: How many men did the apostles appoint to serve tables? Answer: Seven (6:3) 7

8 5. Question: Give the qualifications for the seven deacons selected for the purpose of serving the tables. Answer: Of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom (6:3) 6. Question: The deacons were chosen so the apostles would be free to continue in what? Answer: Praying and the ministry of the Word (6:4) 7. Question: Name the seven men who were chosen to be deacons. Answer: Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas (6:5) 8. Question: What act of ordination for the seven deacons was performed by the apostles? Answer: They laid their hands on them. (6:6) 9. Question: As the Word of God increased, what particular group began to become obedient to the faith? Answer: A great company of the priests (6:7) 10. Question: What happened through Stephen because he was a man full of faith and great power? Answer: He did great wonders and miracles among the people (6:8) 11. Question: Why was Stephen able to do great wonders and miracles among the people? Answer: He was full of faith and power (6:8) 12. Question: Give the names of the groups from various Synagogues who disputed with Stephen. Answer: Libertines, Cyrenians, Alexandrians, them of Cilicia and of Asia (6:9) 13. Question: According to Acts 6:10, the men who disputed with Stephen were not able to do what? Answer: To resist the wisdom and spirit by which he spake (6:10) 14. Question: What accusations did certain suborned men make against Stephen? Answer: Stephen spoke blasphemous words against Moses and God (6:11) 15. Question: After the people, elders, and scribes had been stirred up, Stephen was caught and brought before what group? Answer: The council (6:12) 16. Question: What two groups accused Stephen of blasphemy? Answer: A. The men who were suborned B. The false witnesses (6:11 and 13) 17. Question: False witnesses accused Stephen of blasphemy against what two things? Answer: A. The Holy Place B. The Law (6:13) 18. Question: Stephen was charged with saying that Jesus of Nazareth would do what two things? Answer: A. Destroy the temple B. Change the customs which Moses delivered (6:14) 19. Question: As Stephen was being tried, in what manner did the council look upon him? Answer: Steadfastly (6:15) 20. Question: According to Acts 6:15, as Stephen was being tried, what did people observe about him. Answer: His face appeared like the face of an angel. (6:15) 8

9 CHAPTER SEVEN 1. Question: According to Acts 7:1, who questioned Stephen? Answer: The High Priest (7:1) 2. Question: Who appeared to Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia? Answer: The God of Glory (7:2) 3. Question: Quote God's command to Abraham in Acts 7:3. Answer: "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee." (7:3) 4 Question: Where did Abraham go once he left the land of the Chaldeans? Answer: Charran (7:4) 5 Question: How long did Stephen say the people of God were treated with evil? Answer: 400 years (7:6) 6. Question: According to Acts 7:10, give the three things which God did for Joseph. Answer: A. He delivered him out of all his afflictions B. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh C. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house (7:10) 7. Question: Who did Stephen say had dealt subtilly with the people of Israel while they were in Egypt? Answer: Another king which knew not Joseph (7:18) 8. Question: How does Stephen describe the education of Moses? Answer: He was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians (7:22) 9. Question: Finish the response the Hebrew slaves gave to Moses when he reprimanded them for striving with one another. "Who made thee a ruler..." Answer: "...and a judge over us?" (7:27) 10. Question: What appeared to Moses after he had been in the land of Midian for forty years? Answer: An Angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush (7:30) 11. Question: Why was Moses commanded to take off his shoes? Answer: He was standing on holy ground (7:33) 12. Question: Moses brought the children of Israel out of after he had shown what two things in the land of Egypt? Answer: Wonders and signs (7:36) 13. Question: What did Moses promise the Lord would raise up? Answer: A Prophet (7:37) 14. Question: According to Acts 7:41, after making the golden calf in the wilderness, what two sins did the Israelites commit? Answer: A. They offered sacrifice unto the idol B. They rejoiced in the works of their own hands (7:41) 15. Question: Name the two false gods which Israel worshiped which brought about their captivity beyond Babylon. Answer: A. Moloch B. Remphan (7:43) 9

10 16. Question: (Two part question) What great king found favor with God and desired to build Him a permanent temple? Who did God allow to build this temple? Answer: A. David B. Solomon (7:45-47) 17. Question: (Fill in the blanks.) Heaven is my, and earth is my Answer: A. Throne B. Footstool (7:49) 18. Question: Quote Acts 7:51. Answer: "Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." (7:51) 19. Question: The men who stoned Stephen could only see him, but what and Whom did Stephen see? Answer: The glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God (7:55) 20. Question: Quote the prayer Stephen prayed just prior to his death which showed his forgiveness toward his persecutors? Answer: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." (7:60) CHAPTER EIGHT 1. Question: Who man was consenting unto the death of Stephen? Answer: Saul (8:1) 2. Question: According to Acts 8:3-4, how did it come about that the church was scattered abroad and went everywhere preaching the Word? Answer: Because Saul made havoc of the church by putting the believers in prison. (8:3-4) 3. Question: According to Acts 8:6, who listened to Philip's preaching, and with what frame of mind? Answer: A. The people B. All in one accord (8:6) 4. Question: According to Acts 8:6-7, specify what miracles the people saw Philip do. Answer: A. Cast out unclean spirits B. Healed people with palsy C. Healed the lame (8:6-7) 5. Question: (Two part question) According to Acts 8:10, give the spectrum of people who gave heed to Simon, and what were their thoughts concerning his spiritual standing? Answer: A. From the least to the greatest B. This man is the great power of God (8:10) 6. Question: Why did the people respect Simon so much? Answer: Because he had bewitched them with sorceries for a long time (8:11) 7. Question: Name three things Simon did after hearing Philip's message. Answer: A. Believed B. Was Baptized C. Continued with Philip (8:13) 8. Question: What prayer did Peter and John pray over the believers at Samaria? Answer: That they might receive the Holy Ghost (8:15) 9. Question: How did the people of Samaria receive the Holy Spirit? Answer: By the laying on of the hands of Peter and John (8:17) 10

11 10. Question: Quote Peter's reply to Simon s request to purchase the gift of God with money. Answer: "Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money." (8:20) 11. Question: Why couldn't Simon the Sorcerer receive the power of the Holy Ghost? Answer: His heart was not right in the sight of God (8:21) 12. Question: What did Peter perceive concerning Simon the Sorcerer? Answer: That he was in the gall of bitterness, and bond of iniquity (8:23) 13. Question: Where did the angel of the Lord instruct Philip to go? Answer: Unto the way that goes down from Jerusalem unto Gaza (8:26) 14. Question: Who was coming from Ethiopia to Jerusalem to worship? Answer: A eunuch of great authority under Candice, queen of the Ethiopians (8:27) 15. Question: When Philip saw the eunuch, what did the Spirit instruct him to do? Answer: To go and join the eunuch on the chariot (8:29) 16. Question: Upon arriving at the chariot, what question did Philip ask of the eunuch? Answer: Do you understand what you are reading? (8:30) 17. Question: Give the Old Testament reference of the prophecy which Philip found the Eunuch reading. Answer: Isaiah 53:7-8 (8:32-33 and Isaiah 53:7-8) 18. Question: What did the eunuch want to do when they came to a place where there was water? Answer: He wanted to be baptized (8:36) 19. Question: What had to occur before the eunuch could be baptized by Philip? Answer: The eunuch had to believe on Jesus Christ with all his heart (8:37) 20. Question: How was it that Philip departed from the eunuch? Answer: The Spirit of the Lord caught him away. (8:39) CHAPTER NINE 1. Question: According to Acts (;2, what did Saul want from the High Priest? Answer: Letters giving him permission to arrest Christians and bring them bound to Jerusalem (9:2) 2. Question: On his way to Damascus something unusual happened to Saul, tell what happened. Answer: A light shone from heaven, he fell to the earth, and a voice spoke to him. (9:3-4) 3. Question: Quote the response the Lord gave when Saul asked, "Who art thou, Lord?" Answer: "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks." (9:5) 4. Question: What happened to the men traveling with Saul when he received the unusual revelation on the road to Damascus? Answer: A. They stood speechless B. They heard a voice C. They saw no man (9:7) 5. Question: (Two part question) How long was Saul without his sight, and what did he refuse to do during this period of time? Answer: A. Three days B. He refused to eat or drink (9:9) 11

12 6. Question: What was the name of the street to which Ananias was to go? Answer: Straight (9:11) 7. Question: What had Ananias heard about Paul? Answer: How much evil he had done to the saints in Jerusalem (9:13) 8. Question: Why did God consider Saul a chosen vessel? Answer: Because he was to bear the name of God before the Gentiles, kings and the children of Israel (9:15) 9. Question: Upon their introduction, what title did Ananias use in addressing Saul? Answer: Brother (9:17) 10. Question: After being baptized and spending certain days with the disciples in Damascus what did Saul begin to do? Answer: He began to preach in the synagogues that Christ is the Son of God (9:20) 11. Question: What effect did Saul s preaching have on the Jews which dwelt in Damascus? Answer: He confounded them by proving that Jesus is the Christ (9:22) 12. Question: How did Saul escape the Jews of Damascus which took counsel to kill him? Answer: During the night the disciples let him down over the wall in a basket (9:25) 13. Question: When Saul returned to Jerusalem and reported to the disciples, why were they so fearful of him? Answer: They didn't believe he was a disciple. (9:26) 14. Question: Who befriended Paul by pleading his case before the disciples in Jerusalem? Answer: Barnabas (9:27) 15. Question: When the Greeks sought to slay him, where did the disciples send Paul? Answer: Tarsus (9:29-30) 16. Question: What did the people who dwelled in Lydda and Saron do because of the miracle which occurred in the life of Aeneas? Answer: They turned to the Lord (9:35) 17. Question: Quote the significant statement given to introduce Tabitha? Answer: "This woman was full of good works and alms deeds which she did." (9:36) 18. Question: What did the people of Joppa do when Tabitha died? Answer: They washed her, laid her in an upper chamber, and sent for Peter (9:37-38) 19. Question: Give the three things Dorcas did when Peter said: "Tabitha, arise." Answer: A. She opened her eyes B. She saw Peter C. She sat up (9:40) 20. Question: With whom did Peter stay after raising Tabitha from the dead? Answer: Simon a tanner (9:43) 12

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