Acts Worksheet - Chapter 4

1. What groups of people became greatly disturbed by the teaching of Peter & John? vs.1-2
   
   
   
2. What did they not like about their teaching? vs.2
   
   
   
3. How did they take care of the problem? vs. 3
   
   
   
4. Many who had heard the message had already believed in the Lord. How many "men" had come to know the Lord at this point? vs. 4
   
   
   
5. Who gathered around Peter & John the next day to question them? vs. 5-6
   
   
   
6. What did they ask Peter & John? vs. 7
   
   
   
7. Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit as he spoke to the rulers and elders of the people. He said that the only thing they had done was benefit a sick man and he became well. How did Peter use this for an opportunity to witness for Jesus to them? vs.8-12
   
   
   
8. Peter said that Jesus was the chief corner stone of the building. Who did he say the builders were and what did they do with the corner stone, Jesus? vs.11
   
   
   
9. Peter told them how to be saved. What did he say in verse 12?
   
   
   
10. The rulers could tell that Peter & John were not educated and trained men; yet they had such confidence to speak these things. What did they begin to recognize about them? vs. 13
    
    
    
11. They had Peter, John, and the healed man leave the council while they had conference in regard to the miracle that had been done and the message that was being spread through the apostles. Did they accept that a miracle had truly occured? vs.14-16
    
    
    
12. How did they decide to stop the spread to more people hearing about this? vs. 17
    
    
    
13. They brought them back in and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. How did Peter and John respond to this? vs. 19-20
    
    
    
14. They threatened them some more, but finally let them go because there was no basis to punish them since the people were glorifying God for this noteworthy miracle that had happened. The man had been lame from his mother's womb. How old was he now? vs.21-22
    
    
    
15. Upon their release from jail, they went back to share all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. This brought the congregation into prayer and praise as they quoted Psalm 2 and realized the prophecy was being fulfilled before their eyes. What was the first thing they praised God for in this prayer? vs. 24
    
    
    
16. They recalled the Holy Spirit had said through David that the kings and rulers of the earth would take their stand against the Lord's Christ (vs.46). What did they acknowledge had truly happened in the city of Jerusalem that was a fulfillment of this? vs.27-28
    
    
    
17. They asked the Lord to "take note" of their threats. What did they ask the Lord to give His bond-servants? vs. 29
    
    
    
18. What would God continue to do through the name of His servant Jesus through the apostles He had chosen? vs. 30
    
    
    
19. When they finished praying, what happened again to the place where they had gathered to pray? vs. 31
    
    
    
20. What happened to those who were praying? vs. 31
    
    
    
21. The congregation of believers were of one heart and soul and not one of them claimed anything belonging to him as his own, but all things were common property to them. How did they take care of the needy among them? vs. 34,35
    
    
    
22. What were the apostles doing with great powere? vs. 33
    
    
    
23. What was upon all the people? vs. 33
    
    
    
24. One of those who sold a tract of land and laid the money at the apostle's feet for those who had need among them was a man named Joseph, who was a Levite of Cyprian birth. What name did the apostles give him and what did that name mean? vs.36,37
    
    
    
25. Who has the Lord brought in your life that has been an encouragement to you? Share about that person and give God the glory. Amen.
    
    
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