Acts 1 Bible Study Questions

Acts 1:1 Bible Study Questions

Who is "Theophilus" (Acts 1:1)?

Who is "I" (Acts 1:1)?

What is the "former account" (Acts 1:1)?

With which event did the former account close?

Then why did he write that the former account records what Jesus "began" (Acts 1:1) to do and teach (see John 16)?

What qualified him to record what Paul recounted and taught?

Did he record only what he was told?

Where did he begin to accompany Paul (see Acts 16)?

Where is Troas (see Phrygia, Bithynia, Mysia).

To where did he accompany Paul?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts1-chapter.htm

Acts 1:1-3 Bible Study Questions

Who is "Theophilus" (see Luke 1)?

What does "taken up" (Acts 1:2) refer to?

How long did Jesus stay on earth after His resurrection?

How many people saw Him during those forty days (see 1 Corinthians 15)?

What else did Jesus do besides "being seen by them" (Acts 1:3) during those forty days?

Is there any other evidence of Jesus' resurrection (see Resurrection of Jesus)?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts1-theophilus-luke.htm

Acts 1:4-9 Bible Study Questions

What is the "promise of the Father" (Acts 1:4)?

When did Jesus tell them this promise from the Father (see John 14 and 15)?

What were they to do until the Father fulfills this promise?

Why (see Psalm 127 and John 16)?

Which "John baptized with water" (Acts 1:5) and why?

What do you think about their question, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6)

What finally opened the spiritual eyes of the apostles?

What else did they receive when the promise was fulfilled?

To do what?

Where are "Judea and Samaria" (Acts 1:8)?

Does "to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8) include your neighborhood, school or place of work?

Could the disciples who "watched" (Acts 1:9) Jesus' ascension have been His witnesses in those places?

So who should?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts1-promise-of-the-father.htm

Acts 1:10-11 Bible Study Questions

Where is heaven (see Genesis 1, Deuteronomy 26, and 2 Corinthians 12)?

Into which of these heavens did Jesus "go" (Acts 1:11)?

Who were the "two men" mentioned in Acts 1:10?

How did Jesus come to earth the first time?

How will Jesus "come" (Acts 1:11) to earth the second time (see 1 Thessalonians 4 and Matthew 25)?

What will Jesus do when He returns to earth?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts1-heaven.htm

Acts 1:12-15 Bible Study Questions

What is "a Sabbath day's journey" (Acts 1:12)?

Where is "the mount called Olivet" (Acts 2:12)?

How many of the eleven remaining disciples were staying in the "upper room" (Acts 1:13)?

Who were the "women" in Acts 1:14?

Who are "His brothers"?

Doesn't John 7:5 say that Jesus' "brother did not believe in Him"?

How many disciples were there?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts1-sabbath-days-journey.htm

Acts 1:16-26 Bible Study Questions

How did Judas die?

How did Judas die according to Matthew 27?

How are the accounts in Acts 1 and Matthew 27 reconciled?

What is meant by "he might go to his own place" (Acts 1:25)?

What does it mean to “cast their lots”?

Whose name fell out?

What role was he to perform?

What does that involve?

Has that changed today?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts1-how-did-judas-die.htm