Bible Survey 13A- The Christian Age (Part A)

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Lesson # 13 A

The Christian Age

(Part 1 -- Acts 1-13)

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1.
In what city were the apostles to wait for the promise from the Father? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. With what were the apostles to be baptized soon? (v.5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How shall Jesus return? (v.11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2.
How did the Holy Spirit reveal Himself? (v.1-4) 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How many were baptized that day? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3.
What was wrong with the man laid at the gate Beautiful? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ For what did he ask? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did he receive? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who preached on this occasion? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4.
What was the number of disciples now? (v.34 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did Peter say the man was made well? (v.10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did Barnabas do with his property? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5.
What did Ananias and Sapphira do? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Of what did Peter accuse the Jewish council (v. 27-33) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6.
What was the seven men's job? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did Stephen do among the people? (v.8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was irresistible about him? (v.10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7.
Who preached the sermons recorded in chapter 7? _ _ _ _ _ _ What happened to him? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was his last prayer? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8.
What did Saul do to Christians? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where did Philip preach? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did they do when they believed Philip's preaching? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Why did Peter and John come there? (v.15,18) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9.
Where did Saul become a Christian? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was the purpose of Jesus' appearance to him? (Acts 1:11; 22:14,15) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

10.
What was Cornelius' nationality? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Occupation? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did he feel toward God? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

11.
What resulted from the persecution of Stephen? (8:4; 11:19) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where were the disciples first called "Christians"? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Whom did the apostles send to that church to help them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

12.
What apostles was the first to be martyred? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who else did Herod intend to kill? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did Herod die? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

13.
Who was chosen for a missionary journey? (v.2) 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who chose them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What island did they go to first? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who was Sergius Paulus? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What young man accompanied them and attended to them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In what city was Paul invited to preach in the synagogue? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

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MATCHING (The number in the right column denotes chapter)

1. Peter ___ Took Judas' place as 12th apostle (1)

2. Saul ___ Thought to be the cause of apostles speaking in tongues (2)

3. Vision ___ Added the Saved to the Church (2)

4. Matthias ___ He freed the apostles from prison (5)

5. Jesus ___ Said "We ought to obey God rather than men" (5)

6. Rhoda ___ A man with the face of an angel (6)

7. New wine ___ Kept garments of the murderers of Stephen (7)

8. Stephen ___ A magician who was converted (8)

9. Lord ___ Appeared to Saul on the Damascus road (9)

10. Elymas ___ Was raised from the dead by Peter (9)

11. Dorcas ___ Convinced Peter he should go to Cornelius' house (10)

12. Agabus ___ A prophet who signified a great dearth would come (11)

13. Simon ___ She was so glad she forgot to open the gate for Peter (12)

14. An angel ___ Made blind because he sought to pervert the truth (13)

When Events Happened
6 BC Birth of Jesus ( some say between 6BC - 4BC)
6 AD Annas becomes high priest, Judea placed under procurators
14 Tiberius becomes the Roman emperor
26 Ministry of John the Baptist; Pilate made procurator of Judea
27 Jesus's ministry begins
30 Jesus crucified, resurrected, ascended; Church established
32? Stephen martyred
33? Saul converted (36 AD Pilate removed from office)
40 Cornelius and Gentile household converted
41 Claudius become Emperor; Agrippa I
41 Activities of church at Antioch (Acts 11& 12) James murdered
46 Paul's first missionary journey
48 Gathering at Jerusalem; second missionary tour (48 - 51/2)
51 Gallio becomes procurator of Achaia
52 Third missionary journey; Felix made procurator of Judea
54 Nero becomes Roman emperor
57 Paul arrested at Jerusalem, imprisoned at Caesarea (57-59)
59 Festus made procurator of Judea; Paul appeals to Caesar
59 Paul's voyage to Rome, under house arrest at Rome (60-62)
65? Paul killed at Rome; Jewish revolt against Rome (66 -73)
67? Peter killed at Rome
70 Jerusalem and temple destroyed by the Romans

Major Sermons in Acts

Several important sermons are recorded in the Book of Acts. Over twenty are included, with the majority coming from Peter (7 total) and Paul (11 total). Below are listed the more significant, together with the theme and text location.

Speech
Theme
Biblical
Reference

Peter to crowd
at Pentecost The evidence that Jesus is the Son of God Acts 2:14-40

Peter to crowd at the temple The Jewish people should repent for crucifying the Messiah, the Son of God Acts 3:12-26

Peter to the Sanhedrin Testimony that a helpless man was healed by the power of Jesus Christ Acts 4:5-12

Stephen to the Sanhedrin Stephen's rehearsal of Jewish history, accusing the Jews of killing the Christ Acts 7

Peter to Gentiles Gentiles can be saved in the same manner as Jews (household of Cornelius) Acts 10:28-47

Peter to church at Jeru. Peter's testimony of his experiences at Joppa and a defense of his ministry to the Gentiles Acts 11:4-18

Paul in Antioch synagogue Jesus was the Messiah in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy Acts 13:16-41

Peter in Jeru. council Salvation made available to Jew and Gentiles on the same basis Acts 15:7-11

James to Jeru council Gentile converts do not require circumcision Acts 15:13-21

Paul to elders of Ephesus Remain faithful in spite of false teachers and persecution Acts 20:17-35

Paul to crowd at Jerusalem Statement of his conversion and mission to the Gentiles Acts 22:1-21

Paul to Sanhedrin Paul's defense, declaring himself a Pharisee and a Roman citizen Acts 23:1-6

Paul to King Agrippa Paul's statement of his conversion and his zeal for the gospel Acts 26

Paul in Rome to Jews Paul's statement about his Jewish heritage Acts 28:17-20

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1.	In what city were the apostles to wait for the promise from the Father? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. With what were the apostles to be baptized soon? (v.5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How shall Jesus return? (v.11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2.	How did the Holy Spirit reveal Himself? (v.1-4) 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How many were baptized that day? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3.	What was wrong with the man laid at the gate Beautiful? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ For what did he ask? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did he receive? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who preached on this occasion? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4.	What was the number of disciples now? (v.34 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did Peter say the man was made well? (v.10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did Barnabas do with his property? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5.	What did Ananias and Sapphira do? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Of what did Peter accuse the Jewish council (v. 27-33) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6.	What was the seven men's job? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did Stephen do among the people? (v.8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was irresistible about him? (v.10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7.	Who preached the sermons recorded in chapter 7? _ _ _ _ _ _ What happened to him? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was his last prayer? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8.	What did Saul do to Christians? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where did Philip preach? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did they do when they believed Philip's preaching? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Why did Peter and John come there? (v.15,18) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9.	Where did Saul become a Christian? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was the purpose of Jesus' appearance to him? (Acts 1:11; 22:14,15) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
10.	What was Cornelius' nationality? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Occupation? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did he feel toward God? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
11.	What resulted from the persecution of Stephen? (8:4; 11:19) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where were the disciples first called "Christians"? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Whom did the apostles send to that church to help them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
12.	What apostles was the first to be martyred? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who else did Herod intend to kill? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did Herod die? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
13.	Who was chosen for a missionary journey? (v.2) 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who chose them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What island did they go to first? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who was Sergius Paulus? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What young man accompanied them and attended to them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In what city was Paul invited to preach in the synagogue? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

1. Peter	___ Took Judas' place as 12th apostle (1)
2. Saul	___ Thought to be the cause of apostles speaking in tongues (2)
3. Vision	___ Added the Saved to the Church (2)
4. Matthias	___ He freed the apostles from prison (5)
5. Jesus	___ Said "We ought to obey God rather than men" (5)
6. Rhoda	___ A man with the face of an angel (6)
7. New wine	___ Kept garments of the murderers of Stephen (7)
8. Stephen	___ A magician who was converted (8)
9. Lord	___ Appeared to Saul on the Damascus road (9)
10. Elymas	___ Was raised from the dead by Peter (9)
11. Dorcas	___ Convinced Peter he should go to Cornelius' house (10)
12. Agabus	___ A prophet who signified a great dearth would come (11)
13. Simon	___ She was so glad she forgot to open the gate for Peter (12)
14. An angel	___ Made blind because he sought to pervert the truth (13)

Speech	Theme	Biblical Reference
Peter to crowd at Pentecost	The evidence that Jesus is the Son of God	Acts 2:14-40
Peter to crowd at the temple	The Jewish people should repent for crucifying the Messiah, the Son of God	Acts 3:12-26
Peter to the Sanhedrin	Testimony that a helpless man was healed by the power of Jesus Christ	Acts 4:5-12
Stephen to the Sanhedrin	Stephen's rehearsal of Jewish history, accusing the Jews of killing the Christ	Acts 7
Peter to Gentiles	Gentiles can be saved in the same manner as Jews (household of Cornelius)	Acts 10:28-47
Peter to church at Jeru.	Peter's testimony of his experiences at Joppa and a defense of his ministry to the Gentiles	Acts 11:4-18
Paul in Antioch synagogue	Jesus was the Messiah in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy	Acts 13:16-41
Peter in Jeru. council	Salvation made available to Jew and Gentiles on the same basis	Acts 15:7-11
James to Jeru council	Gentile converts do not require circumcision	Acts 15:13-21
Paul to elders of Ephesus	Remain faithful in spite of false teachers and persecution	Acts 20:17-35
Paul to crowd at Jerusalem	Statement of his conversion and mission to the Gentiles	Acts 22:1-21
Paul to Sanhedrin	Paul's defense, declaring himself a Pharisee and a Roman citizen	Acts 23:1-6
Paul to King Agrippa	Paul's statement of his conversion and his zeal for the gospel	Acts 26
Paul in Rome to Jews	Paul's statement about his Jewish heritage	Acts 28:17-20

Lesson # 13 A

The Christian Age

(Part 1 -- Acts 1-13)

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