Acts'
Authors & Themes
Authors & Themes
The writer of Acts:
Who is Luke.
The feast celebrated in the 2nd Chapter of Acts:
What is Pentecost (or Shavuot).
The meaning of Gospel:
A Jew who believes in the Messiah.
What is a Messianic Jew.
First 5 books of the Old Testament:
What is the Torah.
John's title.
What was "The Baptizer" or "The Baptist."
What the wise virgins had for their lamps.
What is oil.
Jesus was tempted of the devil for how many days and nights.
What was 40 days and nights.
Why Herod the Great wanted to find baby Jesus.
What is to kill him.
When Paul and Silas were in prison, when they did this their chains fell off:
What is sang.
Writer of most of the epistles:
Who is Paul.
Paul stayed in Ephesus for this many years:
What is two.
Jesus' first miracle.
What is turning water to wine.
Matthew went by this name:
What is Levi.
Name of the Old Testament:
How John was killed.
The good shepherd left the how many sheep to get the one that was lost?
What is 99.
What Jesus offered the woman at the well:
He was born 6 months before Jesus.
Who is John.
In Paul's second missionary journey, he did what to Timothy?
What is circumcised him.
Meaning of Peter's Name
What is "rock."
The name Pentecost in Hebrew.
The Empire in control of Israel during the time of Christ & the early church.
Cornelius was a Gentile who observed the Torah, which is called what?
What is a righteous Gentile.
Meaning of the word Torah:
What is instruction.
John's purpose was to prepare the what?
What is the way or the way for the Messiah.
A parable illustrates a m_____ or spiritual lesson:
What is a moral lesson.
What is Israel.
A Jewish baby boy gets circumcised on this day.
What is the 8th day.
Who Paul brought on his first missionary journey:
Who is Barnabus.
Theme throughout first 10 chapters of Acts.
What is a unifying theme, such as "all things in common" or "in one accord."
Paul studied the Torah under this Rabbi.
Who is Gamaliel.
Josephus was this during the 1st century.
A historian or Roman historian.
When the Gentiles learned that the good news was being preached, they went to the synagogue to hear it on this day.
What is the sabbath.
Mistranslated word in the KJV, Easter, should be what?
What is Passover.
John's urgent message to the people:
What was "Repent" or "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
The prodigal spent this on riotous living.
What is his inheritance.
Number of wisemen that went to find Jesus:
What is "unknown."
Scholars believe Jesus was born during this feast.
What is the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot).
Paul was on his way to Damascus when he saw a bright light and heard a voice from heaven say, "Saul, why do you ________ ____?"
What is "persecute me."
Main characters of Acts:
Who are Paul and Peter.
Paul was born in Tarsus as a ______ from the tribe of _____.
What is Jew from the tribe of Benjamin.
The Amida (standing prayer) is the basis for this:
What is the Lord's Prayer.
The Jewish leaders were trying to figure out what to do with the new Gentile converts, so they gave them 4 commandments: Don't eat things strangled, don't eat things sacrificed to idols, don't eat blood, and what else?
What is "Don't fornicate."
Marcion, later deemed a heretic, attempted one of the first post-resurrection cannonizations of the Bible by excluding two parts:
John's diet was made up of two things:
Locusts & honey.
The seed went onto 4 types of ground: the beaten path and what else?
What are stony ground, among thorns, and good ground.
Jesus responded to the devil, saying, "It is ____." what?
What is "written."
Circumcision has 4 definitions: removal of foreskin, the people and two more:
What are conversion ritual and circumcision of the heart.
The Bereans were considered more noble, because they did this: