Study Questions from Acts Ch 13 on 3/10

My Sunday school class/Life Group is studying the book of Acts. Every Monday, I’ll post the questions we discussed the day before. I encourage you to jot your thoughts down.

On Wednesdays, I’ll post some of the comments from the class discussion.

If you’d like a PDF file of the questions, email me at crd.author@gmail.com

Circumstances being what they were, we spent a lot of time on a few questions. We did have a good time of prayer and also talked via speaker phone with one of our class members whose recovering from his first hospital stay at age 81.

Chapter 13

Vv13-41

What happens to John Mark?

Who invites Paul and Barny to speak? Why would they do that?

Vv16-41 is Paul’s first recorded sermon. Compare it to the previous sermons in Acts.

 We got this far this week. 

What is immediately noticeable in v16?

Vv17-20a is a very short version of what 5 books of the Bible?

Whose descendents are referred to in v23?

In v26 Paul explains the purpose of his sermon. What is it?

Who specifically is included in “they” in vv 27-29?

Why do you think Paul uses the quotations he does from Psalms in vv33-35?

In vv38-41, Paul’s tone is significantly different from the tone in the same part of Peter’s first sermon. What is the warning in v40, and how does it apply to the year 2001?

Vv 42-52

What evidence do we have of the effectiveness of Paul’s sermon? 

How does that compare to the evidence after Peter’s first sermon?

Why do you think there is no mention of numbers of converts here?

Vv 44-47 are pivotal verses in the Book of Acts. Why? What is implied here?

Hmmm. v46 has some interesting wording. React to the last phrase.

New evidence of Paul’s effectiveness appears in v49. What is it?

How do the Jews react to Paul’s preaching?

What does v51 mean?

What two things filled the disciples? What is the relationship between them?

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