College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
Acts 15 - Introduction
A TEST OVER THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER AND THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY
Answer the following questions. A sentence or two will suffice.
1.
What was taught by certain men from Judaea that caused such a stir?
2.
Why go to the apostles and elders about the trouble?
3.
What encouragement did Paul and Barnabas have on their way to Jerusalem?
4.
Who especially objected to uncircumcised Christians? What sect?
5.
Who said that God had chosen him that by his mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe?
6.
What was the yoke which neither the fathers nor the Jews of Peter's day could bear?
7.
What was the point of argument in the speeches of Paul and Barnabas?
8.
What did James add that had not been said before?
9.
Why ask the Gentiles to abstain from: What is strangled, and from blood?
10.
What did Paul tell Peter when he withstood him to the face?
11.
What purpose did Paul have in making a second journey?
12.
Why disagree over John Mark?
13.
Why circumcise Timothy?
14.
What were the decrees that were delivered to the churches?
697.
Who was Phoebe? Why not stay in Ephesus? Whom did Paul see in Caesarea? What amount of time involved in the second journey? How many miles?
15.
What did Paul do in Phrygia and Galatia?
16.
Why would a man from Macedonia be any different than any other man?
17.
What is a Roman colony?
18.
What was the occupation and home town of Lydia?
19.
How did the Lord open the heart of Lydia?
20.
Why did Paul rebuke the spirit in the maid at Philippi?
21.
What was an accusation of the slavemasters before the magistrates in Philippi?
22.
Was the jailor listening to the singing and praying of Paul?
23.
Why ask the magistrates to deliver them personally?
24.
Why did the magistrates fear Paul and Silas?
25.
For how many sabbaths did Paul reason from the scriptures in the synagogue at Thessalonica? What was his message?
26.
Who did Paul stay with in Thessalonica? How did this man get into trouble?
27.
Where was Luke left to labor? Timothy? Silas and Timothy?
28.
Why did Paul leave Berea?
29.
What provoked Paul's spirit in Athens?
30.
What is an Epicurean? A Stoic?
31.
What is the Areopagus?
32.
How did Paul develop his sermon on the unknown God?
33.
When did some on Mars hill mock at Paul? At what point in his sermon?
34.
Why live with Priscilla and Aquila in Corinth?
35.
Who was Titus Justus? Who was Crispus?
36.
Who was Gallio? Who was Sosthenes?
37.
Where did Paul cut his hair? Why?
38.
Why not stay at Ephesus?