Homework I, Chapter I

Name ______________________

Directions: Please either print or copy and paste to a Word Document the following questions and then answer them. Answer them from the assigned reading.

1. Acts is the continuation of the ____________ account and establishes the basis for the ________________.

Luke’s apologetic focus looks in what two directions?

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List the themes of the Resurrection of Christ:

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10. In Acts, Luke covers about thirty

years.

True       False

11. Acts was the only history book of the

Early Church in the Bible.

True      False

12. Christ's risen appearances to his disciples were unlike the Old Testament saints appearances.

True       False

13. It was among Judaism that the catholic ideas of the Gospel took their rise.

True      False

14. Since man is powerless to create, he seeks control.

True      False

15. Man never thought that he could resist the spread of the Gospel by physical means. 

True      False

16. Spiritual power comes from a living union with a living God. 

True      False

17. The disciples were _____________ and filled with courage to proclaim the brand new message of the ____________________ ___________.

18. Unless Christians are thrown out into a course of ________________ _____________, they will be drawn into an orbit so narrow that action will be no longer possible.

19. Ananias and Sapphira receive no discipline because of their treachery.

True      False

20. What caused Peter to realize that Christ has broken down the barrier between Jew and Gentile?

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21. Paul was falsely accused of bringing Gentiles into the Temple.

True      False

22. Acts contains no sermons by Paul. 

True      False

23. What does Luke provide in His Gospel that demonstrates that his Gospel message is founded on historical fact?

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24. No ancient witnesses agree on Luke writing the Book of Acts.

True      False

25. What Scripture says Luke was a physician by profession?

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26. Luke was never with Paul.

True     False

27. Nero's anti-Christian policy, following the great fire of Rome is not found in Acts.

True     False

From the commentary, what Aramaic phrases/names does Luke include in Acts?

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32. Acts cannot be classified as a piece of literary art.

True      False

33. Ancient writers commonly used the expression "________" to describe the _________ of illustrious ___________.

34. How many “persecutions” are listed in the Outline of Acts?

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In the opening of a world-wide ministry in Caesarea, name the four things that happened:

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What especially is noted about Berea in the Outline?

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