Acts 9 Bible Study Questions
Questions for Acts chapter 9 Bible study
Questions for Acts 9 Bible Study
Acts 9:1-2 Bible Study Questions
What else had Saul been doing besides "breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord" (Acts 9:1)?
Why did Saul want to go after the Christians in "Damascus" (Acts 9:2)?
Why sort of "letters" (Acts 9:2) do you think Saul sought from the high priest?
What was the name of the "high priest" (Acts 9:1)?
What do you think the high priest thought of Saul?
What did Saul abound with?
What didn't he have?
What did that combination lead to?
Does zealously and sincerely believing in something make it true?
What is the only infallible source of the truth?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts9-chapter.htm
Acts 9:3-6 Bible Study Questions
Had Saul been riding a horse or walking on the road to Damascus?
Who said to Saul, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” (Acts 9:4)?
Since Jesus already had ascended to heaven, did He come back for a visit before His second coming?
Is it accurate to say that Saul persecuted Jesus?
What did Jesus mean by, "It is hard for you to kick against the goads" (Acts 9:5)?
What is remarkable about the exchange between Jesus and Saul?
Why isn't there a longer discussion?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts9-saul-damascus-road.htm
Acts 9:7-9 Bible Study Questions
Why didn't "the men who journeyed with" (Acts 9:7) Saul fall to the ground as well?
Did Saul's travel companions hear Jesus as well (see Acts 22)?
Which account is correct?
What didn't Saul do during his first three days in Damascus?
Wasn't he hungry and thirsty?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts9-conversion-of-saul.htm
Acts 9:10-18 Bible Study Questions
To whom did the Lord communicate "in a vision"?
What is remarkable about the Lord's directions to Ananias?
What is wrong with Ananias’ response to the Lord?
Why do you think the street was named "Straight" (Acts 9:11)?
What happened to Straight Street since then?
Did Saul's many sufferings during his ministry for Jesus' name come as a surprise to him?
How can this message of suffering for Jesus' name in Christian ministry be reconciled with the wealth and prosperity that many pulpits today promise to those who will follow Jesus?
What else did Jesus explain to Ananias?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts9-ananias.htm
Acts 9:19-23 Bible Study Questions
How might the disciples have felt meeting and spending time with Saul?
Who might have felt even more surreal?
When did Saul began to preach and what did he share?
How soon after conversion should new Christians tell non-Christians about Jesus today?
What should new Christians tell non-Christians about Jesus?
How many days were the "many days" after which "the Jews plotted to kill" (Acts 9:23) Saul (see Galatians 1)?
Where did Saul spend those years?
Where is "Arabia" (Galatians 1:17)?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts9-saul-in-damascus.htm
Acts 9:24-31 Bible Study Questions
Who was trying to capture and kill Saul (see 2 Corinthians 11)?
Why would a city wall have a window big enough to pass a basket big enough to fit a man?
Why didn't the disciples in Jerusalem believe Saul to be a disciple?
Why isn't it surprising that "Barnabas" (Acts 9:27) was the brave one?
How long did Saul stay in Jerusalem?
Who were the "Hellenists" who tried to kill Saul?
Why did the brethren send Saul to Tarsus from Caesarea?
Is there a need to reconcile Acts 9:27 with Galatians 1:18-19?
What do "Judea, Galilee, and Samaria" (Acts 9:31) comprise?
Who were in the "churches" (Acts 9:31) in Israel?
What church growth strategy led to them being "multiplied" (Acts 9:31)?
Should it be different today?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts9-paul-escapes-in-a-basket.htm
Acts 9:32-35 Bible Study Questions
Where is "Lydda" (Acts 9:32)?
Who are "saints" (Acts 9:32)?
Why did Peter go through "all parts of the country" (Acts 9:32)?
Why was Aeneas healed?
Where is "Sharon" (Acts 9:35)?
Did Peter heal Aeneas?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts9-lydda.htm
Acts 9:36-40 Bible Study Questions
What does "Dorcas" (Acts 9:36) mean?
Were the disciples in Joppa hoping Peter would heal Dorcas?
Where is Joppa (Acts 9:36)?
What were some of Dorcas' “charitable deeds” (Acts 9:36)?
What is Peter raising Tabitha reminiscent of (see Mark 5)?
What is the main difference between the two incidents?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts9-dorcas.htm
Acts 9:41-43 Bible Study Questions
Who are "the saints" (Acts 9:41)?
Which Christians?
Aren't saints the few exceptionally devout and pious Christians?
Don't saints intercede for us to God (see Romans 8 and Ephesians 6)?
Don't you have to die and be in heaven to become a saint (see Romans 15, Ephesians 1, Philippians 1 and 2 Corinthians 1)?
Why do some religions designate and revere certain people as "saints" and tell others to pray to them?
How does having saints boost revenues?
Should the pope be designating certain dead people as saints?
And what was the repercussion of raising Tabitha from the dead?