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This character dominates the second half of the Book of Acts. |
| | A) | Peter |
| | B) | Paul |
| | C) | Jesus |
| | D) | John the Apostle |
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The author of Acts concentrates so much on the missionary work of the apostle Paul because ______________________. |
| | A) | Paul's work in Gentile areas represents the transition of Christianity from a Jewish to a Hellenistic environment. |
| | B) | Paul was the only Jewish Christian missionary. |
| | C) | Luke and Paul were blood relations. |
| | D) | Paul had been the leader of Jesus' disciples when Jesus ministered in Galilee. |
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Luke states the organizing principle for the Book of Acts in Acts 1:8, in which the risen Jesus states that his disciples will be witnesses for him "to the ends of the earth." |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The apparent reason the eleven remaining apostles elect Matthias as a replacement for Judas Iscariot after his suicide is that __________________. |
| | A) | Judas had decreed that Matthias should be his replacement |
| | B) | Matthias was on "standby" to become an apostle in the event one of them died. |
| | C) | Matthias was the only candidate for the job who was from Galilee. |
| | D) | the number twelve represents the twelve tribes of Israel, so the apostles represented a kind of "new Israel." |
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Luke is the only New Testament writer to describe the risen Jesus' ascent to the spirit world. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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When the Holy Spirit fell upon the believers on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2, the Spirit's presence was indicated when the believers began to ____________________. |
| | A) | raise the dead. |
| | B) | walk on water. |
| | C) | heal the sick. |
| | D) | speak in tongues. |
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The Christians in the early Jerusalem church demonstrated their commitment to Jesus' words about material possessions by moving into a monastic community in the desert. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Luke's name for the early Christian movement is _____________. |
| | A) | the Way. |
| | B) | the Light. |
| | C) | the Gospel of Truth. |
| | D) | the Synagogue of Jesus. |
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Beginning in Acts 6, Luke distinguishes two different groups in the early Jerusalem church: Aramaic-speaking Jewish Christians and Greek-speaking Jewish Christians whom Luke calls _________________. |
| | A) | Sovereigns. |
| | B) | Hellenists. |
| | C) | Antiochenes. |
| | D) | Alexandrians. |
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The first Christian to die a martyr's death in the Book of Acts is Theophilus. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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While he is on his way to arrest Christians in Damascus, _______________ encounters the risen Christ in the form of a blinding light and heavenly voice. |
| | A) | Peter |
| | B) | Paul |
| | C) | Pontius Pilate |
| | D) | Herod Agrippa II |
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The first Gentile Christian in the Book of Acts is a Roman soldier named Cornelius. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Followers of "the Way" first received the name of Christians in the city of ______________. |
| | A) | Antioch in Syria. |
| | B) | Rome. |
| | C) | Jerusalem. |
| | D) | Corinth |
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When the apostle Paul and his associate Barnabas confronted Jewish Christians in a conference in Jerusalem, the issue of debate was __________________. |
| | A) | whether Jesus' resurrection was bodily or spiritual. |
| | B) | whether the Hebrew Scriptures were indeed divinely inspired. |
| | C) | whether Gentiles could become Christians. |
| | D) | whether Gentiles could become Christians without being circumcised. |
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While in this city, Paul and Silas established the first Christian church in Europe. While there, they were wrongfully flogged and imprisoned without a trial. |
| | A) | Corinth |
| | B) | Jerusalem |
| | C) | Vienna |
| | D) | Philippi |
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While in this city, Paul was politely invited by the city's intellectuals to give an address concerning his philosophy at a public forum called the Areopagus. |
| | A) | Corinth |
| | B) | Philippi |
| | C) | Athens |
| | D) | Alexandria |
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Paul's lengthy missionary work in the city of Ephesus created religious competition for the worshipers of the goddess Isis, to whom the Ephesians had dedicated a huge temple. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to Luke, even though Paul was arrested and spent some three years in a Roman prison, two different Roman governors personally absolved the apostle of any illegal activity. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Paul travels to Rome near the end of the Book of Acts because ____________________. |
| | A) | he claims to have relatives there. |
| | B) | he received an invitation from the Roman emperor to discuss his religious views. |
| | C) | as a Roman citizen, Paul has the right to stand trial before the Roman emperor. |
| | D) | Paul hopes that a trip to Rome will improve his failing health. |
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Some scholars claim that Luke ends the Book of Acts abruptly after portraying Paul's arrival in Rome because Paul's arrival there signals the accomplishment of Luke's purpose for writing the Book of Acts. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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