Acts 17 Bible Study Questions
Questions for Acts chapter 17 Bible study
Questions for Acts 17 Bible Study
Acts 17:1-9 Bible Study Questions
Who are "they" (Acts 17:1)?
Where are "Amphipolis ... Apollonia ... Thessalonica" (Acts 17:1)?
At least how many Jewish men lived in Thessalonica?
Why was it Paul's "custom" (Acts 17:2) to go to the Jews first?
Where in the Scriptures - the Old Testament in this case - is Jesus prophesied?
Who were the "evil men from the marketplace" (Acts 17:5) taken by the unbelieving Jews?
Why did they attack "the house of Jason" (Acts 17:5)?
What is peculiar about their claim that Paul is "acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar" (Acts 17:7)?
What was the real reason for their accusation?
Where have we seen this sentiment and accusation before?
Was this to be expected (see John 15)?
How insulting is their accusation that Paul and those with him had "turned the world upside down" (Acts 17:6)?
Is the spiritual battle in your neighborhood outside your 'church' or inside? Who invaded who?
What is meant by "When they had taken security" (Acts 17:9)?
So, did the unbelieving Jews and their thugs succeed?
What happened to the new Christians in Thessalonica (see 1 Thessalonians 1)?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts17.htm
Acts 17:10-14 Bible Study Questions
Where is "Berea" (Acts 17:10)?
When did many of the Bereans (people of Berea) believe what "Paul and Silas" (Acts 17:10) preached to them?
How should this be different today?
How long did Paul stay in Berea?
How far is Berea from "the sea" (Acts 17:14)?
What may the Jews from Thessalonica (Acts 17:13) have concluded when Paul left Berea?
Were they right?
Who performed the important role in evangelizing Berea (see 1 Corinthians 3)?
What is your God-ordained role in evangelizing your community?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts17-berea.htm
Acts 17:15-18 Bible Study Questions
Who escorted Paul on the ship to Athens?
Who commanded them to send Silas and Timothy to Athens?
Why didn't Silas and Timothy just accompany Paul to Athens?
What was Athens (Acts 17:16) like in the first century AD?
Was Paul impressed with Athens?
What are idols (see Leviticus 26, Ezekiel 14 and Revelation 9)?
Why was Paul's spirit provoked?
What does it mean to be "provoked" (Acts 17:16)?
What is the consequence of idolatry in heart?
What are the idols in your heart?
What did Paul do when his spirit was provoked?
In a glittering, sophisticated and idolatrous place or crowd, are you impressed or provoked?
If provoked, do you share the Gospel with the sophisticates and warn them about their idolatry?
Who were "Epicureans and Stoic philosophers" (Acts 17:18)?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts17-paul-in-athens.htm
Acts 17:19-23 Bible Study Questions
What is "Areopagus" (Acts 17:19)?
Why was Paul taken to Areopagus?
Why did Paul call the people at Areopagus "very religious" (Acts 17:22)?
Did the Athenians really have an altar dedicated to an "UKNOWN GOD" (Acts 17:23)?
Why did Paul start by talking about this altar?
Was Paul twisting the Gospel to please his audience (1 Corinthians 9)?
Is this how pulpits preach today?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts17-areopagus.htm
Acts 17:24-28 Bible Study Questions
How does Paul introduce "God" (Acts 17:24) to the pagan Greeks?
Who "dwells in temples made with hands" (Acts 17:24)?
What do their idols need?
What does the Lord of heaven and earth need?
When do the various nations of the world turn to Christ?
Has this been true in the world history?
What about the people who died before the Gospel reached their region (see Ephesians 1)?
Is God unjust (see Isaiah 45)?
How is it just to predestine some and not others to be saved?
Should we share the Gospel only with those to be saved?
To which "poets" (Acts 17:28) is Paul referring?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts17-lord-of-heaven-and-earth.htm
Acts 17:29-34 Bible Study Questions
What is "the Divine" (Acts 17:29)?
When discussing "the Divine" with Hindus or Buddhists, do you address their pieces of metal and stone, or do you "respect" their religion?
What does Paul say about the timing?
Why "now" (Acts 17:30)?
Why didn't Paul get a chance to explain more about Jesus?
Why would that make them balk?
Does this mean Paul didn't get the chance to share the Gospel?