Acts 21 Bible Study Questions

Acts 21:1-6 Bible Study Questions

Who are "we" (Acts 21:1)?

Who are "them" (Acts 21:1)?

Where are "Cos ... Rhodes, and ... Patara" (Acts 21:1)

Where is "Phoenicia" (Acts 21:2)?

Why did they change ships at Patara?

Where is "Tyre" (Acts 21:3)?

Why did they wait "seven days" (Acts 21:4) to board the ship in Tyre?

Since the disciples in Tyre "told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem" (Acts 21:4), was the Holy Spirit against Paul going there?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts21.htm

Acts 21:7-9 Bible Study Questions

How far was "Ptolemais" (Acts 21:7) from Tyre?

Wasn't Paul "hurrying to be at Jerusalem ... on the Day of Pentecost"  (Acts 20:16)?

Why didn't they just walk to Ptolemais, which would have taken only one day, instead of waiting for seven days in Tyre for the ship?

How can the 400 miles from Patara to Tyre be sailed in 6 days when it took 5 days to sail the 150 miles from Philippi to Troas?

Where is "Caesarea" (Acts 21:8)?

Who went to Caesarea "on the next day" (Acts 21:8)?

Who is "Philip" (Acts 21:8) who had the "four virgin daughters who prophesied" (Acts 21:9)?

Why is Philip called "the evangelist" (Acts 21:8)?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts21-ptolemais.htm

Acts 21:10-14 Bible Study Questions

Who is "Agabus" (Acts 21:10)?

Does Agabus share his opinion about what God wants to say?

Who are "the gentiles" (Acts 21:11) to whom the Jews will deliver Paul?

Why did everyone believe Agabus' prophecy?

Is Paul defying the Holy Spirit's warning given via Agabus?

Why does the Holy Spirit keep communicating the harm that awaits Paul in Jerusalem?

Why would God want Paul to die?

Was Paul ready for it?

Are you ready for it?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts21-agabus.htm

Acts 21:15-22 Bible Study Questions

Who is "Mnason" (Acts 21:16)?

Why did Mnason go to Jerusalem with Paul and his companions?

Who accompanied Paul's entourage and Mnason?

Why?

Who received them in Jerusalem?

Where are Peter and the other apostles?

Where will we learn about their missionary journeys?

Whom did James and all the elders of the Jerusalem church praise after hearing about Paul's "ministry" (Acts 21:19)?

Why couldn't they doubt Paul's account?

Who do the elders of the Jerusalem church then mention?

What issue do the elders of Jerusalem table before Paul?

Was the accusation true?

What will the elders do?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts21-mnason.htm

Acts 21:23-25 Bible Study Questions

What do they demand from Paul?

What is this vow (see Numbers 6)?

Which element of this vow absolutely was NOT for Christians?

Why not?

Were the elders of Jerusalem right or wrong to demand this Nazarite vow from Paul?

What do they recommend the gentile believers (accompanying Paul) do to dispel the rumors?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts21-nazarite-vow.htm

Acts 21:26-30 Bible Study Questions

Was Paul wrong to agree to take this vow?

Did the Lord intervene?

Who saw Paul and "stirred up" (Acts 21:27) the crowd?

Why would they recognize Paul and what would they have against him?

Why were the "doors ... shut" (Acts 21:30)?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts21-paul-nazarite-vow.htm

Acts 21:31-40 Bible Study Questions

How did the "news ... that all Jerusalem was in an uproar" (Acts 21:31) reach the Roman commander?

With how many "soldiers" (Acts 21:32) did the Roman commander run "down" to Paul?

How big and violent was the Jewish "mob" (Acts 21:35)?

Why did the Jewish mob go after Paul if it wanted Paul to be "Away" (Acts 21:36)?

Why does the Roman commander ask Paul, "Can you speak Greek?" (Acts 21:37)?

For which "Egyptian" did the Roman commander initially mistake Paul?

Where was Paul when he "stood on the stairs" (Acts 21:40)?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts21-roman-commander.htm