Acts 13 Bible Study Questions

Acts 13:1 Bible Study Questions

Where is "Antioch" (Acts 13:1)?

How many prophets and teachers were "in the church that was at Antioch" (Acts 13:1)?

Who is "Barnabas" (Acts 13:1)?

Who is "Lucius" (Acts 13:1)?

Who is "Simeon" (Acts 13:1)?

Who is "Manaen" (Acts 13:1)?

What roles do "prophets and teachers" (Acts 13:1) perform?

Can prophets teach and teachers prophesy?

Are "prophets" and "teachers" also titles to be used to call certain people in the church?

What about the titles of "Pastor," "The Reverend" or "Bishop"?

Then why are pastors called "Pastor"?

How many God-given gifts does every Christian have?

Did God intend that/those gift(s) to be used to serve oneself?

What do we call "every part" doing "its share" (Ephesians 4:16)?

What do we call a person who has no ministry and no God-given gift for it?

What is your God-given gift and ministry?

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Acts 13:2-5 Bible Study Questions

What is "fasting" (Acts 13:1)?

What does fasting involve?

Who were fasting above?

Why were they fasting?

What other purposes are linked to fasting in the Bible (see 2 Samuel 12, Matthew 17 and Nehemiah 1)?

What does "they were ministering to the Lord" (Acts 13:2) mean?

Who said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them" (Acts 13:2)?

What was the work to which God had called Barnabas and Saul?

Where are "Seleucia, ... Cyprus" (Acts 13:4) and "Salamis" (Acts 13:5)?

Why did they preach "in the synagogues of the Jews" (Acts 13:5)?

Who was Barnabas and Saul/Paul's "assistant" (Acts 13:5)?

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Acts 13:6 Bible Study Questions

What is a "false prophet" (Acts 13:6)?

How can you tell whether or not a "prophet" is speaking God's truth?

Does a false prophet always contradict the Bible and give prophecies that always turn out to be false?

What must you read constantly to know when a false prophet is contradicting the Bible?

How do false prophets present themselves (See Matthew 7)?

What do false prophets often look like today?

Can a false prophet do 'miracles' (see Matthew 24)?

How can they show "wonders"?

How can "wonders" of evil spirits be distinguished from the Holy Spirit's supernatural works (see John 16)?

Where is "Paphos" (Acts 13:6)?

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Acts 13:7-12 Bible Study Questions

What is a "proconsul" (Acts 13:7)?

Who was with the proconsul?

Why was Paul so harsh with Elymas?

What should Holy Spirit-filled Christians today say to false prophets, especially in front of the people being led astray by them?

What impact did "the hand of the Lord" (Acts 13:11) have on Elymas?

Was Elymas made permanently blind?

What astonished the proconsul?

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Acts 13:13-16 Bible Study Questions

Where is "Perga in Pamphylia" (Acts 13:13)?

Why did John Mark leave Barnabas and Paul in Perga and return to Jerusalem?

Where is "Antioch in Pisidia" (Acts 13:14)?

What is meant by "the Law" (Acts 13:15)?

What is meant by "the Prophets" (Acts 13:15)?

How big was this synagogue in Antioch of Pisidia?

Who were in the audience?

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Acts 13:17 Bible Study Questions

What does Paul mean by "The God of this people Israel chose our fathers" (Acts 13:17)?

What was so special about them that made God choose Israel from all of the people on the earth?

Why would God choose to mold His nation out of such a family?

How did God exalt "the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt" (Acts 13:17)?

Why does Paul say that "with an uplifted arm [God] brought them out of" (Acts 13:7) Egypt (see Exodus 8, 10 and 14)?

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Acts 13:18 Bible Study Questions

Why does Paul say God "put up with" the ways of the Hebrews in the wilderness for "about forty years" (Acts 13:18)?

How did the Hebrews betray God in the wilderness?

When did the Hebrews complain (see Exodus 16 and Number 11)?

When did the Hebrews doubt God (see Number 13 and 14)?

Was not believing in God and His deliverance really grounds for death?

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Acts 13:19 Bible Study Questions

Which were the seven nations in the land of Canaan (see Deuteronomy 7)?

Is it accurate to say that God - "He" (Acts 13:19) - destroyed those seven nations of Canaan (see Joshua 6)?

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Acts 13:20-21 Bible Study Questions

Why did God give Israel "judges" (Acts 13:20) for the next 450 years?

Who were those fifteen judges of Israel during this era?

Why did Israel ask for a king after those 450 years (see 1 Samuel 8)?

Is there any desire to be led by a 'tangible' human being instead of God in your heart when you watch your pastor preach?

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Acts 13:22 Bible Study Questions

When did God decide to remove Saul, Israel's first king, and raise up David in his place (see 1 Samuel 13)?

But didn't David sin as well (see 2 Samuel 11)?

Then why did David but not Saul find favor with God (see 2 Samuel 12)?

Does this distinction apply today?

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Acts 13:23-26 Bible Study Questions

According to what "promise" (Acts 13:23) did God promise that Jesus would be from David's seed (see Isaiah 9 and Luke 1)?

How did God keep His promise (see Luke 3)?

Why does Paul specify that "John had first preached, before His coming" (Acts 13:24)?

What did John the Baptist mean about the "sandals" (Acts 13:25)?

How was the "word of this salvation" (Acts 13:26) sent to the Jews and God-fearing gentiles in Antioch of Pisidia?

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Acts 13:27-32 Bible Study Questions

To which "voices of the Prophets" (Acts 13:27) is Paul referring?

Who had "fulfilled" those Prophets' "voices" (Acts 13:27)?

Who took Jesus "down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb" (Acts 13:29)?

What "glad tidings" (Acts 13:32) is Paul declaring to them?

Who are "those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem" (Acts 13:31)?

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Acts 13:33-37 Bible Study Questions

What is the meaning of "have begotten" (Acts 13:33)?

What is meant by the full quote, "You are My Son, today I have begotten You" (Acts 13:33)?

What "corruption" (Acts 13:36) is Paul talking about?

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Acts 13:38-45 Bible Study Questions

Through which "Man" is "forgiveness of sins" (Acts 13:38) preached?

What does Jesus' resurrection have to do with forgiveness of sins?

What is Paul warning them to "beware" of (Acts 13:40)?

When Paul finished speaking, which group left the synagogue?

Which group stayed in the Jewish synagogue?

Did all of the Jews leave Paul and Barnabas?

Who are "devout proselytes" (Acts 13:43)?

How and why did the Jews oppose "the things spoken by Paul" (Acts 13:45)?

What made them envious?

How did the whole city come together to hear the word of God on the next Sabbath?

How many sermons have you heard, and how many neighbors have you invited to hear the Word of God with you?

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Acts 13:46-52 Bible Study Questions

Why did Paul and Barnabas say, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to" (Acts 13:46) the Jews first?

Did Paul and Barnabas plead to reconcile with the Jews who opposed them?

Was it Paul and Barnabas' place to pronounce judgment on anyone?

Should a Christian today tell someone else that that person will end up in heaven or hell?

Who "believed" (Acts 13:48)?

"Appointed" (Acts 13:48) by whom?

How did the Jews raise up "persecution against Paul and Barnabas" (Acts 13:50)?

How did Paul and Barnabas react?

Why (see Mark 6)?

Why were "the disciples ... filled with joy" (Acts 13:52)?

So why did the Holy Spirit let them be "expelled" (Acts 13:50)?

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