Acts 8 Bible Study Questions

Acts 8:1-4 Bible Study Questions

Who was Saul and to whose death was he "consenting" (Acts 8:1)?

Why would "devout men" (Acts 8:2) lament over Stephen's exemplary courage for Christ?

Who among the Christians stayed in Jerusalem?

Why were the other Christians "scattered" (Acts 8:1, 4)?

To what extent did Jesus foresee this scattering?

What is meant by "every house" (Acts 8:3)?

What happened to the Christians Saul dragged off and imprisoned (see Acts 26)?

What did Saul/Paul say about that later on (see 1 Corinthians 15)?

What does that mean for Satanists, witches, even Muslim terrorists who abuse and even murder Christians?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts8-bible-study.htm

Acts 8:5-8 Bible Study Questions

Where is "Samaria" (see 1 Kings 16)?

Who is "Philip" (Acts 8:5)?

How significant was Philip going to Samaria?

Why did Philip go to Samaria to preach Christ?

What happened when the Gospel began to be shared in Samaria?

Why don't more Jewish Christians preach Christ to the Palestinians today?

How often do you and your church go to a racially different neighborhood in your town to share Jesus' love and truth?

Is your church even racially integrated? If not, why not?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts8-samaria.htm

Acts 8:9-13 Bible Study Questions

To whom did the Samaritans attribute Simon's powers?

Were they right?

Why did they "heed" (Acts 8:10) Simon?

Why did they "believe" (Acts 8:12) Philip, and what does it affirm?

Could demonic powers be mistaken as Godly powers today?

How can demonic "signs" be distinguished from Godly signs?

What did Simon do as he "continued with Philip" (Acts 8:13)?

What does Simon's amazement indicate?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts8-simon-sorcerer.htm

Acts 8:14-19 Bible Study Questions

What is meant by "receive the Holy Spirit" (Acts 8:15 & 19)?

What gifts could the new Christians have received?

Wasn't the Holy Spirit visible as a dove when He descended on Jesus upon His baptism?

Why might the Lord have delayed the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Samaritans until Peter and John came to them?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts8-receive-holy-spirit.htm

Acts 8:20-25 Bible Study Questions

Was Simon a believer?

What are some of the questions that can be raised about his faith?

Why does Acts 8:13 say that Simon "believed"?

What does this passage indicate about baptism's power to save people?

What did Simon want?

What English word did Simon give us?

Would Jesus see any trace of it in your church?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts8-simony.htm

Acts 8:26-40 Bible Study Questions

In which direction did Philip travel?

Where was "Ethiopia" (Acts 8:27)?

Who was "Candace" (Acts 8:27)?

Who was the "eunuch" (Acts 8:27)?

Was he a Jew?

Who told Philip to catch up to the eunuch?

How was Philip able to hear what the eunuch was reading?

Where in Isaiah was he reading?

What is the Biblical criteria for being baptized?

What is the Biblical way to be baptized?

What might the eunuch have concluded about Philip?

What happened to Philip after Caesarea?

What happened to this eunuch?

How much 'organized' Bible training is required for one to end up evangelizing an entire nation?

How much Bible training have you received compared to this eunuch?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts8-philip-ethiopian-eunuch.htm