Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
Paul’s Cities
Damascus: Jews sought to kill him; escaped in a basket at night.
Jerusalem: Greeks sought to kill him.
Caesarea: Cyprus base; Jesus; deputy Sergius Paulus.
Antioch: Sabbath; almost the whole church; expelled from their coasts.
Iconium: City divided — Jews and Gentiles wanted to stone them; they left.
Lystra: Called gods; Jews stoned Paul; left for dead.
Philippi: Divination; pagans; prison; earthquake.
Thessalonica: Jews; lewd fellows; city uproar; assault on Jason’s house; Paul left by night.
Berea: Noble; Thessalonica Jews stirred up the people.
Athens: Areopagus.
Corinth: Jews opposed and blasphemed; many believed; 18 months; insurrection — one accord against Paul at judgment seat; many people.
Ephesus: Well received; Diana of the Ephesians.
Greece: Jews lay in wait.
Jerusalem: Warned three times not to go; tumult.
Acts Chapter 1
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
To whom did Luke write? Theophilus.
When did Jesus tell them they would be baptized by the Holy Spirit? Not many days hence.
How far is Mount Olive from Jerusalem? A Sabbath day’s journey, or about half a mile.
How many disciples were there then? 120.
What is Judas’s field called? Aceldama — the field of blood.
Where was it prophesied that Judas would die? Psalm 69:25.
What does the prophecy concerning Judas say?
“Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.”
Who were appointed as candidates for apostle? Joseph called Barsabas, surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
Who was chosen? Matthias.
Acts Chapter 2
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
When did the Holy Spirit fall? The Day of Pentecost.
What time was it? The third hour of the day.
Where did Joel say daughters would prophesy? Joel 2:32.
How many souls were added in one day? 3,000.
Acts Chapter 3
When did Peter and John go to the temple to pray? The ninth hour.
At which gate did the lame man sit? The Gate Beautiful.
Where did people marvel at the miracle? Solomon’s Porch.
What happened to those who would not hear the prophet Jesus? They were destroyed.
From which prophet was Jesus foretold? Samuel.
Acts Chapter 4
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
How many believed? 5,000.
Who was gathered at Jerusalem? Annas, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander.
Why did people marvel looking at Peter and John? They were unlearned men, yet the people took knowledge that they had been with Jesus.
How old was the man on whom the miracle was performed? More than 40 years old.
Who placed money at the apostles’ feet? Joses, surnamed Barnabas, a Levite of Cyprus.
Acts Chapter 5
How many hours after Ananias died did his wife come in? Three hours.
Which Pharisee defended the apostles? Gamaliel.
Which false prophet rose up before Jesus? Theudas.
How many followed him? 400.
Who else rose up? Judas of Galilee.
When? In the days of the taxing.
Acts Chapter 6
What murmuring arose? The Grecians murmured against the Hebrews.
Why? Their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Who were chosen to serve tables? Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch.
Who did great signs and wonders among the people? Stephen.
Which synagogues disputed with Stephen? The Libertines, Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those of Cilicia and Asia.
What did they do to Stephen? They brought him to the council, claiming he spoke blasphemy against the temple and the law.
Acts Chapter 7
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
Where did Abraham dwell after leaving Ur? Haran (also called Charran).
How large was Joseph’s family when they came to Egypt? 75 souls.
Another name for Charran? Haran.
Where is Haran? A city in Turkey.
From whom did Abraham buy the sepulchre? Emmor, the father of Sychem.
Acts Chapter 8
What happened after the persecution in Jerusalem? All were scattered except the apostles.
Where did Philip go to preach? Samaria — and all gave heed to him.
Which certain man was in Samaria? Simon Magus.
What was he called? The great power of God.
What was Simon Magus’s spiritual condition? In the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity.
Where did the angel of the Lord tell Philip to go? The way from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert.
Who was the queen of Ethiopia? Candace.
How did Philip leave the Ethiopian? The Spirit took him away.
Where did Philip arrive? Azotus.
Where is Azotus? Ashdod, 32 km south of Tel Aviv.
Acts Chapter 9
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
Where did Saul see the light? Damascus.
Whom did God send to open Paul’s eyes? Ananias.
Where did Paul stay? The house of Judas.
Which street? The street called Straight.
What did Paul do after receiving his sight? He ate, abode with the disciples in Damascus, and preached in the synagogue right away.
What did the Jews do? They guarded the gate to kill Saul, but he escaped by being let down in a basket over the wall.
Who told the disciples in Jerusalem not to be afraid of Saul? Barnabas.
After the Jews tried to kill Paul in Jerusalem, where did he go? Caesarea, then Tarsus.
Where are Caesarea and Joppa? Caesarea is north of Tel Aviv; Joppa is to the south; Lydda is to the east.
Who did Peter heal in Lydda? Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years.
What was Dorcas’s other name, and in which city? Tabitha, in Joppa.
What is near Joppa? Lydda.
Where did Peter stay in Joppa? With Simon the tanner.
Acts Chapter 10
What time did the angel come to Cornelius? The ninth hour.
Where did Peter see the sheet vision? Joppa.
Acts Chapter 11
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
How many times did God send the vision to Peter? Three times.
How many men came to Peter, and from where? Three men from Caesarea.
Why did Peter go? The Spirit said to go with them, doubting nothing.
Who went with Peter? Six men.
What happened as Peter spoke? The Holy Spirit fell upon them.
Where were disciples first called Christians? Antioch.
Where is Antioch? On the border of Turkey and Syria.
Which prophet said there would be a dearth? Agabus.
What is a dearth? A situation where food is in short supply.
When did the dearth come? In the days of Claudius Caesar.
Who sent relief to those in Judea? Barnabas and Saul.
Acts Chapter 12
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
Who stretched out his hand against the church? Herod.
Who was killed? James, the brother of John, with the sword.
Who did Herod also take? Peter.
Why? Because it pleased the Jews.
When was it? During the days of unleavened bread.
Where did Peter arrive after being released from prison? The house of Mary, the mother of John surnamed Mark.
Which girl heard Peter knock? Rhoda.
What did Herod do when he found Peter had escaped? He killed the keepers.
With whom was Herod highly displeased? Tyre and Sidon.
What did Herod do next? He made a speech and died because of his pride.
Why did God kill him? Because he did not give God the glory.
Who did Barnabas and Paul take with them on their journey? John surnamed Mark.
Acts Chapter 13
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
Which prophets and teachers were in Antioch? Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, and Saul.
What did the Holy Spirit tell them? “Separate to me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Where were they sent? Seleucia, then Cyprus.
Where is Seleucia? At the southernmost point where Turkey and Syria meet.
Where did they preach the word of God? Salamis.
Where is Salamis? In Cyprus.
Where did they go next? Paphos.
Who was in Paphos? A false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
Where is Paphos? A city in Cyprus.
Who was the deputy of the country? Sergius Paulus.
What did he ask? To hear Paul and Barnabas.
Who withstood them? Elymas the sorcerer.
Where did they go next? Perga in Pamphylia.
Where is Perga? About 15 km from Antalya, Turkey.
From Perga, where next? Antioch in Pisidia.
How many nations were destroyed in Canaan? Seven nations.
How long did God give the Jews judges? 450 years.
Until when? Until Samuel the prophet.
Which tribe was King Saul from? Benjamin.
How many years did he rule? 40 years.
What did the Jews do to Paul and Barnabas? They expelled them from their coasts.
Where did they go next? Iconium.
Acts Chapter 14
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
What is Iconium today? Konya.
What happened in Iconium? Part believed and some did not.
What happened next? They tried to stone them.
Where did they flee? Lystra and Derbe.
Where are Lystra and Derbe? Close to Iconium.
What does Lystra mean? That which dissolves or disperses.
What happened in Lystra? They called Barnabas Jupiter and Paul Mercurius.
Who wanted to make sacrifices? The priest of Jupiter.
What happened next? Jews came and stoned Paul, leaving him for dead.
Where did they go next? Derbe.
Where is Derbe? Close to Gaziantep.
Where did they go next? Pisidia, then Pamphylia.
Where is Pisidia? Close to Iconium.
Where is Pamphylia? South Anatolia.
Where did they go next? Attalia, known today as Antalya.
Acts Chapter 15
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
What did certain men from Judea say? That unless you are circumcised, you cannot be saved.
What did the apostles do? They went to Jerusalem about the question.
Where did they stop on the way? Phoenicia and north Syria.
What were the Gentiles told to abstain from? Blood, fornication, things offered to idols, and things strangled.
Whom did the apostles send to Antioch regarding circumcision? Judas and Silas.
What were Judas and Silas? Prophets.
Who did Paul choose as a partner after the dispute with Barnabas? Silas.
Who did Barnabas choose? Mark.
Where did Barnabas go? Cyprus.
Where did Paul go? Syria and Cilicia.
What happened after Paul went through Phrygia? The Holy Spirit forbade them to preach in Asia.
Where did they go next? Mysia.
Where are Mysia and Bithynia? South of Istanbul.
Where did they want to go next? Bithynia — but the Spirit forbade them.
What does “assayed” mean? To try or attempt to do something.
After Mysia, where did they go? Troas.
Where is Troas? South of Istanbul, in Mysia.
What happened next? Paul had a dream to go to Macedonia in Greece.
Which two cities came next? Samothracia and Neapolis.
Where are they? Samothrace is an island; Neapolis is a Greek city on the coast.
Where next? Philippi, the chief city of Macedonia.
What did the apostles do in Philippi? They worshipped by the river on the Sabbath and rebuked a demon of divination.
Then what? Paul and Silas were brought before the magistrates, their clothes were torn, they were beaten and put in jail.
What happened next? At midnight, an earthquake opened the gates, and the jailor was saved.
Acts Chapter 17
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
Where did Paul and Silas pass through? Amphipolis and Apollonia.
Where are these cities? Close to Thessalonica.
What did Paul do in Thessalonica? He preached in the synagogue for three Sabbath days.
What did the Jews do? Those who did not believe set the city in an uproar and assaulted the house of Jason where Paul and Silas dwelt.
What did the Jews do next? They brought Jason before the rulers.
“These all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.” — Acts 17:7
What happened next? The brethren sent Paul away by night to Berea.
What did the Jews there do? They were more noble than those in Thessalonica and received the word with all readiness of mind.
Where is Berea? East of Thessalonica.
What happened next? Jews from Thessalonica went to Berea and stirred up the people.
Where did Paul go next? Athens.
How did Paul feel there?
“His spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.” — Acts 17:16
What did Paul do there? He disputed with the Jews and devout persons in the synagogue and in the market daily.
Who met Paul? Certain philosophers — Epicureans and Stoics.
What is an Epicurean? One who seeks modest pleasure in a state of ataraxia — tranquility and freedom from fear — and aponia — absence of bodily pain — through knowledge of the world and limiting desires.
What is a Stoic? One who is free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law.
Where did they bring him? The Areopagus.
Where is the Areopagus? A rock in the Acropolis.
Where did Paul stand? In the midst of Mars Hill.
What is Mars Hill? The Areopagus.
What has God made? One blood of all nations, having determined their times and the bounds of their habitations.
How did they respond to the resurrection? With mocking.
Who believed in Athens? Dionysius and Damaris.
Acts Chapter 18
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
Where did Paul go next? Corinth.
Who did Paul find in Corinth? A Jew named Aquila and his wife Priscilla.
What did they do for work? They were tentmakers.
Where had they come from? They had left Rome because Claudius had commanded all Jews to leave.
What happened in Corinth? Silas and Timothy came, but the word was opposed and blasphemed.
What did Paul say? “I go to the Gentiles.”
Where did Paul go next? To the house of a man named Justus, next to the synagogue.
Who believed? Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue.
What did God tell Paul in a vision? “Fear not; for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.”
How long did Paul stay in Corinth? 18 months.
What happened next? The Jews brought Paul before Gallio, the deputy of Achaia.
Where is Achaia? The southern part of Greece.
What did Gallio say? “If it be a question of words and names and of your law, look ye to it.”
What happened next? The Greeks beat Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, but Gallio cared nothing for it.
Where did Paul go next? Syria, with Priscilla and Aquila.
What did Paul do before leaving? He shaved his head.
Where? In Cenchrea.
Where is Cenchrea? Between Athens and Corinth.
Where did Paul go next? Ephesus.
Where is Ephesus? Close to Patmos.
Then where? Caesarea, Galatia, and Antioch.
To whom was the way of the Lord expounded more fully? Apollos.
Who explained it to him? Aquila and Priscilla.
Where did Apollos go? Achaia, southern Greece.
Acts Chapter 19
Who did Paul find in Ephesus? Certain disciples who had not received the Holy Spirit.
How many were they? Twelve.
How long did Paul preach in the Ephesus synagogue? Three months.
What happened? Some spoke evil of the Way.
Where did Paul go next? The school of Tyrannus — for two years.
Who tried to exorcise in the name of Jesus? Seven vagabond Jews, the sons of Sceva.
Who did Paul send to Macedonia? Timotheus and Erastus.
Who made silver shrines for Diana? Demetrius.
Who did the Ephesians catch, fearing Diana was blasphemed? Paul’s companions Gaius and Aristarchus.
Where did they drag them? The theatre.
Who tried to defend Paul? Alexander.
When the crowd knew he was a Jew, what did they do? They cried out for two hours, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”
Who calmed everything down? The town clerk, who said the image of Diana fell down from Jupiter.
Acts Chapter 20
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
Who accompanied Paul to Macedonia? Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Timotheus, Tychicus, and Trophimus.
Where did they wait for Paul? Troas.
Where did Paul preach until midnight? Troas.
Who fell? Eutychus.
Where did the apostles go? Assos, Mitylene, Chios, Samos, Trogyllium, and Miletus.
Where did Paul end his journeys? Ephesus.
From there, where? Cos, Rhodes, Patara, Phoenicia, Tyre, Ptolemais, and Caesarea.
Where did the disciples meet in Caesarea? The house of Philip the evangelist, who had four daughters who prophesied.
Who came from Judea? The prophet Agabus, who bound Paul’s girdle around himself.
Who did the Jews say Paul had brought into the temple? Trophimus the Ephesian.
What happened in Jerusalem? The whole city was in uproar.
Acts Chapter 22
When did Paul receive his vision? At noon.
Acts Chapter 23
Book of Acts — Questions and Answers (King James Version)
What did Ananias do to Paul? He commanded him to be smitten on the mouth.
What did the Pharisees say in the council? “We find no fault in this man: if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.”
How many made a conspiracy against Paul? More than 40.
Who heard of the lying in wait? Paul’s sister’s son.
How did they make Paul leave Jerusalem? With 200 soldiers, 70 horsemen, and 200 spearmen.
When? At the third hour of the night.
To whom was Paul sent? Felix the governor.
Where did Paul go? Antipatris, in Aphek.
Where was Paul kept? In Herod’s judgment hall.
Acts Chapter 24
Who did Ananias send to accuse Paul? Tertullus.
Who was the governor? Felix.
Who was Felix’s wife? Drusilla, a Jewess.
Who kept Paul bound for two years? Porcius Festus.
Acts Chapter 25
Who went to visit Festus? King Agrippa and Bernice.
Acts Chapter 27
Who kept the prisoners? Julius of the Augustan band.
What was the ship’s name? Adramyttium.
Where did they sail? Toward Crete.
What was the name of the wind that arose? Euroclydon.
Where did they go after? The island of Clauda.
What is tackling? The ropes and rigging of the ship.
How many were on the ship? 276.
What did they throw into the sea? The wheat.
Acts Chapter 28
What was the name of the island where they escaped from the broken ship? Melita.
Who was the chief man of the island? Publius.
How long did he lodge them? Three days.
Who did Paul heal? The father of Publius, who had a fever, and many others.
How long did they stay in Melita? Three months.
What was the name of their next ship? Castor and Pollux.
Where did they go from there? Syracuse, for three days.
Where is Syracuse? In Sicily.
From there, where? Rhegium, then Puteoli.
Where did the brethren meet Paul? At Appii Forum and the Three Taverns.
How long did Paul stay in his own hired house? Two years.
How did Paul preach in Rome? With all confidence, and no man forbade him.