Chapter-By-Chapter Overview Eight Lessons

Acts Chapter-by-Chapter Overview Eight Lessons

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“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” II Timothy 2:15

LESSON 1: ACTS 1-4

1. Acts 1:1 - To whom did Luke direct the book of Acts?

2. Acts 1:2 - Through Whom did Jesus give commandments to His apostles?

3. Acts 1:3 - “To whom also he shewed himself ______after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them ______days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:”

4. Acts 1:8 - Where did Jesus direct His disciples to be witnesses?

5. Acts 1:14a - “These all ______with one accord in prayer and ______,”

6. Acts 1:15-26 - On whom did the lot fall to replace Judas?

7. Acts 2:1 - “And when the day of ______was fully come, they were all with one ______in one place.”

8. Acts 2:4 - “And they were all ______with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with ______tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

9. Acts 2:4-6 - Why was the multitude confounded?

10. Acts 2:8 - “And how hear we every man in our ______tongue, wherein we were ______?”

11. Acts 2:21 - “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall ______on the name of the Lord ______be saved.”

12. Acts 2:41 - “Then they that gladly ______his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three ______souls.”

13. Acts 2:42 - In what did the apostles continue?

14. Acts 3:1-5 - What was wrong with the man laying at the gate of the temple?

15. Acts 3:6-7 - In what name was this man healed?

16. Acts 3:8-9 - What did all the people see this man do?

17. Acts 3:14 - “But ye ______the Holy One and the Just, and desired a ______to be granted unto you;”

18. Acts 3:15 - “And ______the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are ______.”

19. Acts 3:19a - “Repent ye therefore, and be ______, that your sins may be ______out,”

20. Acts 4:1-2 - Who were grieved that “through Jesus the resurrection from the dead” was preached?

21. Acts 4:12 - Is there salvation in any name other than Jesus Christ?

22. Acts 4:13 - What was perceived concerning Peter and John?

23. Acts 4:29-31 - What specific prayer request was answered?

24. Acts 4:33 - Of what did the apostles give witness with great power?

25. Acts 4:36-37 - What did Barnabas do with his land?

Memory Verse : Acts 4:12 ~ “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

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1. Acts 5:1-10 - What couple lost their lives by keeping back part of the price of their possession?

2. Acts 5:11 - What came upon the church as they heard these things?

3. Acts 5:12 - What were “wrought among the people” by the hands of the apostles?

4. Acts 5:14 - “And believers were the more ______to the Lord, ______both of men and women.”

5. Acts 5:17-18 - By whose hands were the apostles put in prison?

6. Acts 5:19-20 - Who said, “Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life”?

7. Acts 5:42 - How often did the disciples teach and preach Jesus Christ?

8. Acts 6:1 - Who murmured against the Hebrew disciples “because their widows were neglected”?

9. Acts 6:2 - What did the twelve desire not to leave?

10. Acts 6:3 - Name three qualifications that were guidelines in choosing out seven men.

11. Acts 6:4 - To what did the twelve desire to give themselves?

12. Acts 6:5 - Name the seven men that were chosen.

13. Acts 6:8 - Who was described as “full of faith and power”?

14. Acts 7:2-8 - Who was the first man Stephen referred to when he spoke?

15. Acts 7:9-18 - Who was sold into bondage, “but God was with him”?

16. Acts 7:20-36 - Who was used of God to bring Israel out of the land of Egypt?

17. Acts 7:37-43 - Where was Israel carried away because of their disobedience and idolatry?

18. Acts 7:51-59 - What did these “stiffnecked” people who resisted the Holy Ghost do to Stephen?

19. Acts 7:60 - What did Stephen cry to the Lord?

20. Acts 8:1a - Who consented unto the death of Stephen?

21. Acts 8:5 - Who preached Christ to the city of Samaria?

22. Acts 8:9-24 - Which “certain man” believed and was baptized, but was later reproved by Peter?

23. Acts 8:27-35 - Where was the eunuch from that learned of Jesus through Philip?

24. Acts 8:37b - What did the eunuch believe after Philip preached unto him Jesus?

25. Acts 8:38b - What did Philip do after the eunuch confessed Jesus Christ?

Memory Verse : Acts 5:42 ~ “And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.”

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1. Acts 9:1 - Who was “breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord”?

2. Acts 9:2-5 - Where was Saul near when he heard the voice of the Lord Jesus?

3. Acts 9:10-18 - What disciple from Damascus was with Saul when he was filled with the Holy Ghost and received his sight?

4. Acts 9:18b-20 - What did Saul do in the synagogues after his baptism?

5. Acts 9:22a - What people did Saul confound in Damascus?

6. Acts 9:23-24 - What did the Jews plan to do to Saul?

7. Acts 9:25 - “Then the disciples took him by ______, and let him down by the wall in a ______.”

8. Acts 9:26-27 - Who brought Saul to the apostles in Jerusalem when the other disciples wouldn’t?

9. Acts 9:29 - Who did Saul dispute against when “he spake boldly in the name of Jesus”?

10. Acts 9:31 - Where were the churches having rest and being edified?

11. Acts 9:32-35 - What certain man from Lydda did Jesus heal that was sick for eight years?

12. Acts 9:36-42 - What woman disciple from Joppa did the Lord raise from the dead?

13. Acts 10:1-2 - What devout centurion feared God and prayed always?

14. Acts 10:3-6 - Who instructed Cornelius to send for Peter in Joppa?

15. Acts 10:9-10 - About what hour was Peter praying when “he fell into a trance”?

16. Acts 10:10-16 - Why did Peter desire not to kill and eat that which the Lord commanded him?

17. Acts 10:25-26 - What did Peter say when Cornelius worshipped at his feet?

18. Acts 10:28-34 - What did Peter perceive after hearing Cornelius give his account?

19. Acts 10:35 - “But in every nation he that ______him, and ______righteousness, is accepted with him.”

20. Acts 10:36-37 - What did God send to the children of Israel?

21. Acts 10:38 - “How God ______Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with ______: who went about doing good, and healing all that were ______of the devil; for God was with him.”

22. Acts 10:39-41 - What did chosen witnesses do with Jesus after His death and resurrection?

23. Acts 10:44 - “While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy ______fell on all them which heard the ______.”

24. Acts 10:45b - Why were “the circumcision which believed” (Jews) astonished?

25. Acts 10:47-48 - Were these Gentiles then baptized?

Memory Verse : Acts 10:43b ~ “…that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. ”

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1. Acts 11:1 - Who heard in Judea “that the Gentiles had also received the word of God”?

2. Acts 11:2-3 - Why did the circumcised contend with Peter?

3. Acts 11:18b - “. . . Then hath God also to the ______granted repentance unto ______.”

4. Acts 11:19-22 - Who did the church in Jerusalem send to Antioch?

5. Acts 11:23b - What did Barnabas exhort the people to do in Antioch?

6. Acts 11:24 - Name three characteristics of Barnabas.

7. Acts 11:28 - Who proclaimed by the Spirit that there would “be great dearth throughout all the world”?

8. Acts 12:1-2 - Who killed James with a sword?

9. Acts 12:3-4 - What did this wicked king do to Peter?

10. Acts 12:5 - What “was made without ceasing of the church” for Peter?

11. Acts 12:7-11 - Who was used to get Peter out of prison?

12. Acts 12:13-16 - What damsel told the praying people “how Peter stood before the gate”?

13. Acts 12:20-24 - What grew and multiplied after the angel of the Lord killed Herod?

14. Acts 13:2 - What did the Holy Ghost say concerning Barnabas and Saul?

15. Acts 13:6-12 - What deputy believed in spite of the mischief of Elymas the sorcerer who was blinded?

16. Acts 13:43b - In what did Paul and Barnabas persuade the Jews and others to continue?

17. Acts 13:47a - “For so hath the Lord ______us, saying, I have set thee to be a ______of the Gentiles,”

18. Acts 13:48 - What people “glorified the word of the Lord”?

19. Acts 13:49 - “And the word of the Lord was ______throughout all the ______.”

20. Acts 13:52 - Who were “filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost”?

21. Acts 14:1-2 - What group of unbelievers stirred up the Gentiles in Iconium?

22. Acts 14:6-7 - To where did Paul and Barnabas flee, and there preach the gospel?

23. Acts 14:8-18 - What did the people of Lystra call Barnabas and Paul after the crippled man was healed?

24. Acts 14:22a - “______the souls of the disciples, and ______them to continue in the faith,”

25. Acts 14:27b - What type of door was opened to the Gentiles?

Memory Verse : Acts 13:49 ~ “And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.”

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1. Acts 15:1 - Where were the men from that brought controversy concerning circumcision?

2. Acts 15:9b - How are hearts purified, Jews and Gentiles alike?

3. Acts 15:11 - “But we believe that through the ______of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be ______, even as they.”

4. Acts 15:25-26 - What did Barnabas and Paul do with their lives “for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ”?

5. Acts 15:35 - What did Paul and Barnabas continue to do in Antioch?

6. Acts 15:36-39 - Unto where did Barnabas and Mark sail?

7. Acts 15:40-41 - What did Paul do as he went with Silas through Syria and Cilicia?

8. Acts 16:1-3 - From what country was Timotheus’ father?

9. Acts 16:5 - “And so were the churches ______in the faith, and ______in number daily.”

10. Acts 16:12 - In what chief city were Paul and Timothy “abiding certain days”?

11. Acts 16:14-15 - What city was Lydia from, “whose heart the Lord opened”?

12. Acts 16:23-24 - What happened to Paul and Silas when false charges were brought against them?

13. Acts 16:25 - What did Paul and Silas do in jail at midnight?

14. Acts 16:26 - What happened to the bands of all the prisoners when the earthquake came?

15. Acts 16:27 - What was the keeper going to do to himself?

16. Acts 16:30b - What did the keeper ask of Paul after he was assured no prisoners had fled?

17. Acts 16:31 - “And they said, ______on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be ______, and thy house.”

18. Acts 16:32-33 - What did those in the keeper’s house do after receiving the gospel?

19. Acts 17:5-9 - Whose house was assaulted by a company of unbelievers in Thessalonica?

20. Acts 17:10-11 - What were the characteristics of the Bereans?

21. Acts 17:16 - What city was wholly given to idolatry?

22. Acts 17:18a - Name two groups of philosophers Paul encountered.

23. Acts 17:18b - What subject did Paul preach unto them?

24. Acts 17:22 - From what hill did Paul call the men of Athens “too superstitious”?

25. Acts 17:30-31 - What will God judge in righteousness as He commands “all men everywhere to repent”?

Memory Verse : Acts 15:11 ~ “But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.”

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1. Acts 18:1-3 - Name the tent makers Paul stayed with in Corinth.

2. Acts 18:4 - When did Paul reason in the synagogue and persuade the Jews and the Greeks?

3. Acts 18:8 - Name the chief ruler of the synagogue who “believed on the Lord with all his house”?

4. Acts 18:9-11 - How long did Paul stay in Corinth?

5. Acts 18:12-16 - Name the deputy of Achaia who drove the legalistic Jews from the judgment seat.

6. Acts 18:19-23 - Where did Paul go, “strengthening all the disciples”, after he had ministered in Ephesus, Caesarea and Antioch?

7. Acts 18:24-28 - Who “mightily convinced the Jews” showing “by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ”?

8. Acts 19:1-3 - By whose baptism were certain disciples in Ephesus baptized?

9. Acts 19:8 - “And he went into the synagogue, and spake ______for the space of three months, disputing and

______the things concerning the kingdom of God.”

10. Acts 19:10b - What did “all they which dwelt in Asia” hear over the space of two years?

11. Acts 19:20 - “So ______grew the word of God and ______.”

12. Acts 19:24-29 - What silversmith (who made shrines for Diana) stirred up trouble against Paul?

13. Acts 19:35-36 - Who appeased the people to be quiet and to do nothing rashly?

14. Acts 20:4 - Who accompanied Paul into Asia?

15. Acts 20:9-12 - Which young man fell from the third loft while Paul was preaching?

16. Acts 20:19a - How did Paul describe his mind in serving the Lord?

17. Acts 20:21 - “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, ______toward ______, and ______toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”

18. Acts 20:27 - What did Paul not shun to declare?

19. Acts 20:35b - What is more blessed “than to receive”?

20. Acts 21:10-11 - Who prophesied of Paul’s future?

21. Acts 21:27-31 - Where were the Jews from that stirred up many in Jerusalem to kill Paul?

22. Acts 21:33 - Who took Paul and had him bound with two chains?

23. Acts 21:37-38 - What nation did he assume Paul was from?

24. Acts 21:39 - Where was Paul from?

25. Acts 21:40b - In what language did Paul speak to the people?

Memory Verse : Acts 20:21 ~ “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”

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1. Acts 22:6-9 - What did Paul and his companions see on the day of his conversion?

2. Acts 22:15 - “For thou shalt be his ______unto all men of what thou hast seen and ______.”

3. Acts 22:18b - Why did the Lord command Paul to get quickly out of Jerusalem?

4. Acts 22:22b - How did Paul’s audience respond to his testimony?

5. Acts 22:25-29 - Why didn’t the centurion or chief captain scourge or examine Paul?

6. Acts 23:1-2 - What high priest commanded that Paul be struck on the mouth?

7. Acts 23:6b - On what issue was Paul “called in question”?

8. Acts 23:9 - Who found no evil with Paul?

9. Acts 23:11 - Where did the Lord say Paul must also bear witness of Him?

10. Acts 23:16-22 - Who disclosed to the chief captain the Jews’ plot to kill Paul?

11. Acts 23:23-34 - To which governor did Claudias Lysias write concerning this plot?

12. Acts 23:35 - In whose judgment hall was Paul kept?

13. Acts 24:1-8 - Which orator accused Paul of being “a pestilent fellow” (a plague) among other things?

14. Acts 24:14b - How much of what was “written in the law and in the prophets” did Paul believe?

15. Acts 24:15b - “…that there shall be a resurrection of the ______, both of the just and ______.”

16. Acts 24:16 - What was Paul’s goal regarding his conscience?

17. Acts 24:24 - What was the name of Felix’s Jewish wife who heard Paul concerning faith in Christ?

18. Acts 24:25a - What did Paul reason with Felix?

19. Acts 24:25b - What was Felix’s response?

20. Acts 25:7 - Were the Jews able to prove any of their complaints against Paul?

21. Acts 25:13-22 - Which king came to Caesarea and consented to hear Paul’s defense?

22. Acts 25:23a - Who accompanied King Agrippa “with great pomp”?

23. Acts 25:23b - Who also entered into the place of Paul’s hearing?

24. Acts 25:24b - What did Festus say the Jews desired concerning Paul?

25. Acts 25:25 - To whom did Paul appeal?

Memory Verse : Acts 22:15 ~ “For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.”

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1. Acts 26:3 - In what did Paul say that King Agrippa was an expert?

2. Acts 26:5b - Paul’s past: “. . . that after the most ______sect of our ______I lived a Pharisee”.

3. Acts 26:10 - Who did Paul put in prison before his conversion?

4. Acts 26:20b - What did Paul preach in Damascus and other cities after his conversion?

5. Acts 26:22a - To whom did Paul continue to witness?

6. Acts 26:22b-23 - What did the prophets and Moses say concerning Christ?

7. Acts 26:28 - What did Agrippa say to Paul?

8. Acts 27:1 - To what centurion was Paul delivered?

9. Acts 27:3 - How did this centurion demonstrate courtesy toward Paul?

10. Acts 27:6 - “And there the centurion found a ______of Alexandria sailing into ______; and he put us therein.”

11. Acts 27:9-11 - Who did the centurion believe more than Paul concerning the dangers of the voyage?

12. Acts 27:14 - What was the name of the “tempestuous wind” they encountered?

13. Acts 27:22 - Why did Paul exhort others on the ship to be of good cheer?

14. Acts 27:33 - How many days did the ship’s company fast?

15. Acts 27:41-42 - What was the soldiers’ counsel after the ship went aground?

16. Acts 27:43-44 - How many made it safely to land after the shipwreck?

17. Acts 28:1 - Onto what island did the ship’s company escape?

18. Acts 28:2 - How were the inhabitants of Melita (current-day Malta) described?

19. Acts 28:3-6 - Did Paul have any ill effects from the poisonous snake bite?

20. Acts 28:7 - Name the “chief man of the island” that showed courtesy.

21. Acts 28:8 - Who was healed when Paul prayed and laid hands on him?

22. Acts 28:23 - What did Paul expound and testify from his lodging?

23. Acts 28:26b - “Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall ______, and not ______:”

24. Acts 28:28 - What did Paul make known?

25. Acts 30:31 - What did Paul preach and teach “with all confidence” for two years?

Memory Verse : Acts 28:28 ~ “Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.”

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