Acts 13:1-52

Acts 13:1-52
Paul’s first missionary travels-

Acts 1-3
The church sends off Paul and Barnabas.

Acts 4-12
Paul and Barnabas travel to Cyprus and meet others.

Acts 13-41
Paul arrives at Antioch.
Sermon from V16 to V41.

Other sermons in Acts----
Peter Acts 2:17----
Acts 3:11----
Steven Acts 7:1------
Paul Acts 9:20

Read verses 41-48 carefully
V42- They were invited back next week.

V44- The whole city gathered

In your words what do these verses say about the church at that time?
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What did the apostles do in the end?
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Acts 12:1-25

Acts 12:1-25 “Herod, Angels and Guards”

Read Acts 12:1-5

V1- Herod Agrippa I; reigned from A.D. 37-44, remember this. He was known to get favor with the Jews by persecuting Christians.
V2- James was the first of the apostles to be martyred. James was in the inner circle, brother to John (see verse 17 different James).
V3- Herod saw that this pleased the Jews, so he arrests Peter.
So what did the people of the church do? __________________________________________________

Read Acts 12:6-10
Read Daniel 10:7-19

V7- The angel seems excited? __________________________________________________________
V9- Was the angel real, or a vision? ______________________________________________________

What is the purpose of angels? What other passages do angels appear?

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Read Acts 12:11-17
V11- What does the last part of this verse mean? ____________________________________________
V12-15- Why did Rhoda not open the door?
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Jewish superstition says that each person had a guardian angel that assumes that persons form.

V17- “Tell James…” (brother of Jesus, who wrote the book of James).
V17- “And then he left for another place…..” What’s this all about….?____________________________
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Read Acts 18-25
V18-19- SOP to kill guards that let the prisoners escape.
V20-21- Political negotiations for food and accommodations for celebration----
Why was Herod struck down and killed? ___________________________________________________
Who did it? __________________________________________________________________________
(see reference in Josephus)

V25—Ready Set for Chapter 13

Acts 11:1-30

Acts 11:1-30

Read the first half verses 1-18- “Peter’s re-cap”
V1-3- It appears as though every Christian Jew knows what came down when Peter was away. And they started by questioning Peter, Peter didn’t appear angry, but explained what happened.
Does this seem to be a normal Peter response? _____________________________________________
What would you have done in either Peter, or the other’s shoes-?
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V10-11- These verses appear to tie in the time frame a little better than chapter 10 had.

V17-18- These have been called one of the most shocking verses is Jewish history,
See Is 42:1, 6 and 49:6- Read most of these verses.

So was everything now fine and dandy between the Jews and these gentiles? Touch on Acts 15: ---5---
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I think we should save most of Acts 15 for when we get there.

Read verses- 19-30—“The church of Antioch, more firsts for the book of Acts.”

Reference sources read---John Macarthur’s commentary, Halley’s Bible Handbook.

V19-21- Who were those who were scattered, and where did they come from?
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V22- Last time they apostles, chap 8, why not here? _________________________________________
V25-26- There are two firsts in these verses, what are they? ___________________________________
V27- Prophets sent down? Who and why (I Cor 14:32) _______________________________________

A whole lot of attention is paid to this account in scripture????? Is it me or my imagination???

What is the real significance behind Paul being here? ______________________

Next week- funniest verse in the whole Bible.

Acts 10:1-49

Acts 10:1-49
• A Gentile Soldier- Cornelius, his vision, his action
• Peter, falls into a trance and has a weird dream.
• Both respond without question V7, 21, 29
• Peter speaks to the Gentiles
• The Holy Spirit comes among the Gentiles V44-46
• Chapter 11 Peter is held responsible for his actions with the Gentiles

Read all of Chapter 10.
What are the major themes?
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This chapter needs to be tied together from beginning to end to illustrate the major theme regarding Gentiles.

Acts 9:31-43

V31-32 “A time of peace, Living in Fear” ?? see 5:11
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How does the Bible define fear? LOOK IN YOUR CONCORDANCE!!
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Read Acts 9:32-43
Aeneas and Dorcas
What is the significance to this raising of the dead?
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Have we taken the raising of the dead for granted at this point?
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V37 Did the believers have another plan?
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V43 Peter stayed with a tanner, what is this significance?
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Acts 9:1-31

Acts 9:1-31 (first part of Chapter nine only)
Saul’s conversion to the one and only Paul…
Read Acts 9:1-19
V1-6 Saul’s traveling to Damascus to persecute more Christians. After he falls to the road, what reoccurring thing does God ask him to do?
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V7-14 Ananias’s vision. Go and fulfill Paul’s vision….this was obviously tough for Ananias the prophet.
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V15-16
Who was Paul chosen to speak with?
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What does verse 16 mean, explain in your own words…
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V17-19 Is there some significance to Paul having the scales on his eyes, (not being able to see what was really there)?
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Read Acts 9:20-31
V20 “At once Paul began to preach that Christ was the Son of God.” Do you find this odd?
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V22 “Paul grew more and more Powerful”…Powerful how???
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V26-28 Barnabas!! With other mentions of Barnabas in early chapters, what can we conclude further about this man??
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V29-30 He debated?? Will this be Paul’s style from now on?
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V31-32 “A time of peace, Living in Fear” ?? see 5:11
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Next week ---The remaining chapter, including Dorcas 

Acts 8:26-40

Read Acts 8:26-40

Acts 8:26
An Angel said go, Philip went!
Acts 8:27-30
If you were to describe this event in your own words, what specific points, details, and actions would you list? Who is this person in the chariot? Where was he going and why? Yes, it is odd.
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V30-31
What question did Philip ask about Isaiah? How did the eunuch respond (what was his statement?)
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V39-40
Philip is taken else where.
What was the whole purpose of this little event?
Assuming that everything in the Bible has some final purpose, what is the purpose of this passage?
How have we learned from it?
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Would you help a person asking questions, no matter how odd?
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