Acts 15 Bible Study Questions
Questions for Acts chapter 15 Bible study
Questions for Acts 15 Bible Study
Acts 15:1-4 Bible Study Questions
Why are they said to have come "down" (Acts 15:1) from Judea when Judea is 300 miles (480 kilometers) south of Antioch in Syria?
Who were these "certain men" (Acts 15:1) from Judea?
What was their flawed theology?
Why didn't the church in Antioch simply reject their flawed message?
How did they decide to settle the dispute?
Why did they pass through "Phoenicia and Samaria" (Acts 15:3)?
What did they do en route?
Upon arrival, did they report all that they had done to "the apostles and the elders" (Acts 15:4)?
Who gets the credit at your church?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts15.htm
Acts 15:5-12 Bible Study Questions
What was "the sect of the Pharisees" (Acts 15:5)?
Why would they rise up in protest?
Were these Pharisees Christians?
What was the result of retaining elements of their tradition?
Are any elements of your theology based on extra-biblical tradition(s)?
What did they "dispute" (Acts 15:7) about so "much" (Acts 15:7)?
What did Peter tell them?
When did God choose the gentiles to hear the Gospel through Peter's "mouth" (Acts 15:7)?
When did God give "the Holy Spirit" (Acts 15:8) to the gentiles?.
What is Peter saying?
What "yoke" (Acts 15:10) is Peter referring to?
What does Peter remind them about salvation?
Does Peter seek a compromise between the disputing factions to maintain harmony and let both factions save face?
What did God do by having Peter take a stand?
How does your church deal with intra-church disputes?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts15-who-were-the-pharisees.htm
Acts 15:13 Bible Study Questions
Who is "James" (Acts 15:13)?
Then was this James the brother of Jesus (see Mark 3)?
What did James think of Jesus?
Then why would the "brethren listen" (Acts 15:13) to James?
What changed James from an unbeliever to a believer?
Why was that so pivotal to James coming to faith?
What year were you born?
Do you believe the year of your birth references the birth of a liar or the arrival on earth of God?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts15-james.htm
Acts 15:14-19 Bible Study Questions
Who are "gentiles" (Acts 15:14)?
Why does James say, "God at the first visited the gentiles to take out of them a people for His name" (Acts 15:14)?
Why does James then cite the Old Testament prophet Amos?
So what is James saying?
Which false requirement, already stated by Peter, is James also saying would cause needless "trouble" (Acts 15:19) to gentile Christians and therefore should be refuted?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts15-gentiles.htm
Acts 15:20 Bible Study Questions
What is "sexual immorality" (Acts 15:20)?
Is prostitution sexual immorality (see 1 Corinthians 6)?
Is adultery sexual immorality (see Leviticus 18)?
Is incest sexual immorality?
Is bestiality sexual immorality?
Is pornography sexual immorality?
"But I am only looking at women, not touching them" (see Matthew 5)
"I want to stop looking at pornography but I can't."
What is dopamine?
"I find myself looking at more and more weird pornography."
"Is there no hope for me now?"
Is homosexuality sexual immorality (see Romans 1)?
"But I am gay and I deserve sexual gratification."
"But homosexual marriage is now legal in my country."
"But the majority of the people around me now accept homosexuality" (see Genesis 19)
"But God wouldn't destroy my nation."
Who must rise up against sexual immorality, including homosexuality?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts15-sexual-immorality.htm
Acts 15:20-21 Bible Study Questions
What are "things polluted by idols" (Acts 15:20)?
Who eats food sacrificed to idols today?
What is an example of food sacrificed to idols eaten in the West?
Food sacrificed to idols is really sacrificed to whom (see 1 Corinthians 10)?
Does the Bible tell us to ask if a food item has been sacrificed to idols?
What was wrong with "things strangled and ... blood" (Acts 15:20)?
To recap, which four abstentions did the Jerusalem church instruct to the gentile church in Antioch?
Were they being issued a new set of commandments or the most important commandments (see Matthew 22)?
Why did the Jerusalem church instruct those four abstentions?
In context, what does "Moses" (Acts 15:21) mean?
So what is James saying to the Jews in the Jerusalem church?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts15-food-sacrificed-to-idols.htm
Acts 15:22-36 Bible Study Questions
Who accompanied Paul and Barnabas back to Antioch?
Who is "Silas" (Acts 15:22)?
Why did Barsabas and Silas accompany Paul and Barnabas to Antioch?
Whom did the Jerusalem church discredit to the gentile church in and around "Antioch" (Acts 15:23) of Syria?
Whom did the Jerusalem church affirm as servants of Christ?
Did the gentile Christians understand the letter as it was intended?
How else were they encouraged?
Who returned to Jerusalem "with greetings" (Acts 15:33) from the gentile church in Antioch?
What did Paul propose to Barnabas "after some days" (Acts 15:36)?
Answers: bibleversestudy.com/acts/acts15-silas.htm
Acts 15:37-41 Bible Study Questions
Who was "John called Mark" (Acts 15:37)?
Why didn't Paul want to take John Mark along on their second journey?
Why was Barnabas determined to take John Mark with them?
Between Paul and Barnabas, who was right about taking or not taking John Mark?
Was Satan again trying to create dissension?
If so, did he succeed?
What brought about John Mark's growth?
Which type of people does God use to expand His kingdom: goal-oriented people like Paul or people-oriented people like Barnabas (see 1 Corinthians 12)?