Acts 5 Bible Study Questions
Questions for Acts chapter 5 Bible study
Questions for Acts 5 Bible Study
Acts 5:1-4 Bible Study Questions
What did Ananias do with the "proceeds" (Acts 5:2) of the sale?
What "possession" (Acts 5:1) did Ananias and Sapphira sell?
What was wrong with keeping back part of the proceeds from its sale?
What was Ananias guilty of?
What does this passage say about the Holy Spirit?
Why did Ananias do what he did?
Does peer pressure influence why and how much you give to God?
What percent of your total assets belong to Jesus?
How much of it is being used to meet the most pressing needs of His body in the world (click here)?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts5-chapter.htm
Acts 5:5-11 Bible Study Questions
How serious of a sin is lying to the Holy Spirit?
How serious are all other sins?
Why did Sapphira show up "about three hours" (Acts 5:6) Ananias died?
Did Peter trap Sapphira with his question, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much?" (Acts 5:8)
Why do Peter and Sapphira converse in terms of "so much"?
What does Peter learn from Sapphira's answer?
Did Peter kill Sapphira?
Were Ananias and Sapphira Christians?
What effect did this incident have on the church?
Do you know anyone who calls Jesus "Lord" but continues to disobey Him and live in sin - i.e., "practice lawlessness"?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts5-ananias-and-sapphira.htm
Acts 5:12-16 Bible Study Questions
Where was "Solomon's Porch" (Acts 5:12)?
Why did they keep gathering at Solomon’s Porch?
Who are "the rest" who didn't dare to "join" (Acts 5:13) the Christians at Solomon's Porch?
Who were "the people" who "esteemed" the Christians "highly" (Acts 5:14)?
What did "multitudes of" (Acts 5:14) those "people" become?
How busy were the apostles during this time of rapid church growth?
Who were healed?
Does God still grant miraculous healing today?
Did the people who were "healed" (Acts 5:16) back then and the people whom God heals today stay alive forever?
So what is the more important question?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts5-solomons-porch.htm
Acts 5:17-23 Bible Study Questions
Who laid their hands on the apostles and put them in prison?
What was this sect?
Why were they "filled with indignation" (Acts 5:17)?
If they were so upset, why did they put the apostles in prison overnight instead of trying them right away?
Did the angel open the prison doors to let the apostles escape?
Who were the "officers" (Acts 5:22)?
When did they and the prison guards realize that the apostles were gone?
How could the "guards standing outside before the doors" (Acts 5:23) have seen neither the angel open the doors nor the apostles leave?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts5-sadducees.htm
Acts 5:24-28 Bible Study Questions
How is the "high priest" different from the "chief priests" (Acts 5:24)?
What is meant by the chief priests and the others being "perplexed as to what the outcome would be" (Acts 5:24)?
How did they bring the apostles "without violence" (Acts 5:26)?
What might have been the high priest's demeanor?
"When had "the council ... strictly command" the apostles "not to teach" (Acts 5:28) in Jesus' name?
What is the high priest admitting to the apostles in Acts 5:28?
What does he mean by, "you... intend
to bring this Man's blood on us!"
He's accusing the apostles of trying to make them guilty of killing Jesus.
Who already addressed this issue?
Do the apostles intend to bring Jesus' blood on them?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts5-chief-priests.htm
Acts 5:29-33 Bible Study Questions
What does Peter imply by saying, "We must obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29)?
How often does this dilemma occur today?
In such cases, whom should Christians obey?
How can we know what God said in the Bible?
Do the apostles try to defend their actions?
Was Jesus murdered or did He voluntarily sacrifice His life for us?
Who do the apostles imply do not have "the Holy Spirit" (Acts 5:32)?
Why might the apostles have been particularly emboldened?
How did the high priest and the Sanhedrin react to Peter's declaration of Jesus' exultation and them being guilty of murder?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts5-obey-god-rather-than-men.htm
Acts 5:34-42 Bible Study Questions
Who was "Gamaliel" (Acts 5:34)?
Why was he "respected by all the people"?
To whom did Gamaliel teach the Jewish law?
Why did Gamaliel suddenly stand up and begin to speak?
Why would he be particularly concerned about that?
How much do Gamaliel's words apply to today?
What is peculiar about Acts 5:40?
How did the disciples take the beating and their command?
Was being beaten something that the apostles should really be "rejoicing" over (see Matthew 5)?
What examples do the apostles set for us?