Revised 2016 ACC Quizzing Interchangeable Words and Other Comments 2/21/2016

Interchangeable words and other wording requirements:

1. There are three Johns: , and . John alone will be considered incomplete. 2. Paul = Saul - in chapter 13:21-22 King Saul will need to be clarified as King Saul or Saul son of Kish 3. the twelve = the apostles 4. the brothers = the brothers and sisters = disciples = believers 5. Hellenists (6:1) = Greek-speaking (6:1) = Greeks (11:20) = Greek-speaking non-Jews (11:20) 6. Stephen, Philip, , Nicanor, Timon, , Nicolaus (5/7) = seven men of good repute OR full of the Spirit OR of wisdom (need all three descriptions) 7. Mesopotamia = land of the Chaldeans ≠ Haran 8. Our fathers = Israelites’ fathers ≠ the = the and his 11 brothers 9. When referring to Egypt, king = Pharaoh 10. There are three Simon’s: Simon the magician, Simon the tanner and Simon Peter. Peter alone is an acceptable answer for Simon Peter. Simon alone is incomplete. 11. Use of the word “Lord”: -If the scripture says “God”, we will accept “God” or “Lord God”. Lord alone is incomplete. -If the scripture says “” or “”, we will accept “Jesus”, “Lord Jesus” or “Christ”. Lord alone is incomplete -If the scripture only uses the name “Lord”, and is unclear if it is referring to God or Jesus, then we will accept “Lord” as a complete answer and it does not need to be clarified. In this case, answering “Lord God” or “Lord Jesus” will be judged on a case-by-case basis. 12. Tabitha = 13. The (three) men who were sent by Cornelius = two servants and a devout soldier 14. (some of the) brothers from Joppa (10:23) = the six brothers (11:12) 15. Bar-Jesus = . Magician = Jewish false incomplete. 16. . Need full name. Proconsul incomplete. 17. Judas = Barsabbas in all but one case. In questions from 9:11, Judas needs to be clarified. 18. rulers = magistrates (chapter 16) 19. (some of) the itinerant Jewish exorcists = seven sons of 20. the tribune (of the cohort) = () Lysias 21. Ananias the High Priest will always need to be clarified. Ananias alone will be the 22. the emperor = Caesar 23. vessel = ship ≠ boat 24. Sometimes the situation or the group of people clarifies the name of the person. 25. Situation questions when a quote is within a conversation. The who said this to whom will be looking for the original people says the statement. 26. Word of God = = Good News

Other comments: Who are “We” In many places in the text, the exact meaning of “we” is impossible or almost impossible to determine. 1. For these areas, questions will not be asked where the answer would require “we” to be defined. 2. A number of questions will use “we” in the question without defining exactly to whom “we” refers. 3. A few times, the word “we” will appear as part of the answer.

Example: Q: “The native people put what on board when we were about to sail?” A: ”whatever we needed” 28:10