Seed of the Word
Acts — Group study guide
Part 1 of 4 · chapters 1–7
7 chapters · 106 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
Contents
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Seed of the Word
Acts 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Acts 1 (KJV)
1. To whom was the book of Acts addressed?
Acts 1:1
- A. Timothy
- B. Titus
- C. Philemon
- D. Theophilus
2. After doing what was Jesus taken up?
Acts 1:2
- A. After breaking bread with them
- B. After giving commandments to his disciples
- C. After baptizing the eleven
- D. After healing a blind man
3. With what kind of proofs did Jesus show himself to his disciples?
Acts 1:3
- A. Written proofs
- B. Proofs by fire
- C. Doubtful proofs
- D. Infallible proofs
4. What is the promise of the Father?
Acts 1:4-5
- A. The land of Canaan
- B. An earthly kingdom
- C. The destruction of Rome
- D. The Holy Ghost
5. What question did they ask Jesus about the kingdom?
Acts 1:6
- A. Who shall be greatest in the kingdom?
- B. When wilt thou destroy Rome?
- C. Wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
- D. Who shall sit on thy right hand?
6. What do we receive when the Holy Ghost comes upon us?
Acts 1:8
- A. Riches
- B. Power
- C. Fame
- D. Rest
7. While the disciples looked toward heaven, who spoke to them?
Acts 1:10
- A. Two men in white apparel
- B. Moses and Elias
- C. The elders of the temple
- D. Two Roman soldiers
8. Where did the disciples go after returning to Jerusalem?
Acts 1:13
- A. Into the temple
- B. Into the synagogue
- C. Into the house of Caiaphas
- D. Into an upper room
9. What were the disciples doing in the upper room with Mary and the brethren of Jesus?
Acts 1:14
- A. Dividing their goods
- B. Writing the gospels
- C. Continuing in prayer
- D. Fasting in silence
10. About how many people were gathered on the day Peter spoke about Judas?
Acts 1:15
- A. About seventy
- B. About three thousand
- C. About twelve
- D. About a hundred and twenty
11. Who prophesied the fall of Judas?
Acts 1:16
- A. Isaiah
- B. Jeremiah
- C. Moses
- D. David
12. What does Aceldama mean?
Acts 1:19
- A. The field of blood
- B. The potter's field
- C. The place of a skull
- D. The valley of tears
13. Who was numbered with the eleven apostles and took the place of Judas?
Acts 1:26
- A. Joseph Barsabas
- B. Barnabas
- C. Matthias
- D. Stephen
Notes
Seed of the Word
Acts 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Acts 2 (KJV)
1. On what Jewish feast day did a wind fill the house?
Acts 2:1
- A. Passover
- B. Tabernacles
- C. Trumpets
- D. Pentecost
2. What sat upon the heads of the disciples in the upper room?
Acts 2:3
- A. A dove
- B. Cloven tongues like as of fire
- C. A cloud of glory
- D. Drops of oil
3. How many were filled with the Holy Ghost in the upper room?
Acts 2:4
- A. Only the twelve
- B. Only Peter
- C. None
- D. All
4. What did the disciples begin to do when they were filled with the Holy Ghost?
Acts 2:4
- A. They began to speak with other tongues
- B. They began to heal the sick
- C. They began to fast
- D. They began to sell their goods
5. Why was the multitude that gathered after the sound confounded?
Acts 2:8
- A. Because they feared an earthquake
- B. Because the apostles were armed
- C. Because they understood nothing they said
- D. Because they heard them speak the wonderful works of God in their own tongues
6. When the disciples were filled with the Spirit, what did some in the multitude say mockingly?
Acts 2:13
- A. That they were mad
- B. That they were sorcerers
- C. That they were drunk, full of new wine
- D. That they were Samaritans
7. Who prophesied what happened in the upper room?
Acts 2:16
- A. Isaiah
- B. Joel
- C. Malachi
- D. Daniel
8. What would our sons do when filled with the Holy Ghost?
Acts 2:17
- A. Rule
- B. Build the temple
- C. Forget the law
- D. Prophesy
9. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be what?
Acts 2:21
- A. Saved
- B. Rich
- C. Judged
- D. Forgotten
10. Why did Jesus rise again?
Acts 2:24
- A. Because the disciples prayed for him
- B. Because Pilate ordered it
- C. Because it was not possible that death should hold him
- D. Because the guards fell asleep
11. What did God swear to David with an oath?
Acts 2:30
- A. That he would never die
- B. That of the fruit of his loins he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne
- C. That he would build the temple
- D. That he would conquer Egypt
12. The Jews crucified Jesus, but God has made him what?
Acts 2:36
- A. High priest of the temple
- B. Lord and Christ
- C. King of Rome
- D. A prophet of Galilee
13. What did the people ask after they were pricked in their heart?
Acts 2:37
- A. Who is this Jesus?
- B. Where is his body?
- C. What shall we do?
- D. When will the kingdom come?
14. For whom is the promise of the gift of the Spirit?
Acts 2:39
- A. For as many as the Lord our God shall call
- B. Only for the apostles
- C. Only for the priests
- D. Only for those in Jerusalem
15. How many souls were added to the church on the day of Pentecost?
Acts 2:41
- A. About three thousand
- B. About five thousand
- C. About a hundred and twenty
- D. About five hundred
16. In what doctrine did the church continue steadfastly?
Acts 2:42
- A. In the doctrine of the Pharisees
- B. In the tradition of the elders
- C. In the apostles' doctrine
- D. In the doctrine of the Sadducees
17. What did all that believed have in common?
Acts 2:44
- A. Only the temple
- B. Only their houses
- C. Nothing
- D. All things
18. The believers parted their goods among themselves according to what?
Acts 2:45
- A. Each one's rank
- B. Each one's tribe
- C. The high priest's order
- D. Every man's need
Notes
Seed of the Word
Acts 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Acts 3 (KJV)
1. At what hour did Peter and John go up together into the temple?
Acts 3:1
- A. At the ninth hour
- B. At the third hour
- C. At the sixth hour
- D. At midnight
2. What was the name of the temple gate where the man lame from birth was laid?
Acts 3:2
- A. The Golden gate
- B. The sheep gate
- C. The fish gate
- D. The Beautiful gate
3. What did the lame man ask of Peter and John?
Acts 3:3
- A. To heal him
- B. To carry him into the temple
- C. An alms
- D. Some water
4. Who said, "But such as I have give I thee"?
Acts 3:6
- A. John
- B. Paul
- C. Philip
- D. Peter
5. How did the people react when they saw the lame man walking in the temple?
Acts 3:10
- A. With wonder and amazement
- B. With anger
- C. With indifference
- D. With mockery
6. Was it by Peter's own power or holiness that the lame man was healed?
Acts 3:12
- Yes
- No
7. What comes from God if we repent and are converted?
Acts 3:19
- A. Times of war
- B. Times of trial
- C. Times of famine
- D. Times of rest
8. Until when must Jesus be received in heaven?
Acts 3:21
- A. Until the temple is rebuilt
- B. Until Israel is rich
- C. Until the death of the last apostle
- D. Until the times of restitution of all things
9. What will God do to the one who will not hear the prophet he raises up?
Acts 3:23
- A. He shall be cut off or destroyed
- B. He shall be forgiven
- C. He shall be made king
- D. He shall be sent to Egypt
10. What did God tell Abraham the nations would be through his seed?
Acts 3:25
- A. Slaves of Israel
- B. Destroyed by fire
- C. All the kindreds of the earth blessed
- D. Forgotten forever
Notes
Seed of the Word
Acts 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Acts 4 (KJV)
1. Why were the priests grieved with the apostles?
Acts 4:2
- A. Because they gathered offerings
- B. Because they healed on the sabbath
- C. Because they taught and preached through Jesus the resurrection
- D. Because they spoke in Greek
2. When they heard Peter, how many men believed?
Acts 4:4
- A. About five thousand
- B. About three thousand
- C. About one thousand
- D. About ten thousand
3. What question did the priests ask Peter and John?
Acts 4:7
- A. Who taught you the scriptures?
- B. Why do ye not offer sacrifices?
- C. Where did ye hide the body of Jesus?
- D. By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
4. With what was Peter filled when he answered the priests?
Acts 4:8
- A. With anger
- B. With fear
- C. With the Holy Ghost
- D. With wine
5. Jesus is the stone set at nought by whom?
Acts 4:11
- A. By the Romans
- B. By the Samaritans
- C. By the builders
- D. By the fishermen
6. When Peter and John spoke boldly, what did the priests recognize?
Acts 4:13
- A. That they were Pharisees
- B. That they had studied with Gamaliel
- C. That they were sons of priests
- D. That they had been with Jesus
7. Why did the priests command Peter and John to go out of the council?
Acts 4:15-16
- A. To punish them in the street
- B. To confer among themselves what to do with them
- C. To offer a sacrifice
- D. To look for false witnesses
8. Could the priests deny the miracle of the lame man?
Acts 4:16
- Yes
- No
9. What did Peter say they could not stop speaking?
Acts 4:20
- A. The things they had seen and heard
- B. The traditions of the elders
- C. The prophecies of Daniel
- D. The names of the twelve
10. How old was the lame man who was healed?
Acts 4:22
- A. Above forty years old
- B. Twelve years old
- C. Thirty years old
- D. Seventy years old
11. What did the brethren do when they heard Peter and John's report?
Acts 4:24
- A. They fled Jerusalem
- B. They hid in their houses
- C. They went to protest to the council
- D. They lifted up their voice to God with one accord
12. Against whom did the kings of the earth stand up and the rulers gather together?
Acts 4:26
- A. Against Rome
- B. Against Egypt
- C. Against the Philistines
- D. Against the Lord and against his Christ
13. What did the disciples ask in prayer to be granted?
Acts 4:29
- A. That with all boldness they might speak the word
- B. That their enemies would be punished
- C. That they would be given riches
- D. That they could flee Jerusalem
14. What happened to the place after the disciples prayed?
Acts 4:31
- A. It caught fire
- B. It was shaken
- C. It filled with water
- D. It grew dark
15. What did the disciples not consider their own?
Acts 4:32
- A. Any of the things they possessed
- B. Their names
- C. Their families
- D. Their feast clothes
16. What did the church do with the price of what they sold?
Acts 4:35
- A. They kept it in the temple
- B. They gave it to the priests
- C. They laid it down at the apostles' feet
- D. They buried it
17. What surname did the apostles give to Joses?
Acts 4:36
- A. Barsabas
- B. Barnabas
- C. Justus
- D. Silas
Notes
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Acts 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Acts 5 (KJV)
1. What was the name of Ananias's wife?
Acts 5:1
- A. Tabitha
- B. Lydia
- C. Sapphira
- D. Rhoda
2. Who did Peter say filled Ananias's heart?
Acts 5:3
- A. The Holy Ghost
- B. The greed of Judas
- C. Satan
- D. Gamaliel
3. Ananias did not lie only to men, but to whom else?
Acts 5:4
- A. To his wife
- B. To the high priest
- C. To God
- D. To the Romans
4. Who wound up the body of Ananias?
Acts 5:6
- A. The elders
- B. The priests
- C. The women
- D. The young men
5. How many hours later did Sapphira come before Peter?
Acts 5:7
- A. One hour
- B. Six hours
- C. Three hours
- D. Twelve hours
6. After the death of Ananias's wife, what came upon the church?
Acts 5:11
- A. Great fear
- B. Great sadness
- C. Great division
- D. Great pride
7. With what hope did they bring the sick into the streets?
Acts 5:15
- A. That the high priest would touch them
- B. That the sun would heal them
- C. That Peter's shadow would heal them
- D. That the Romans would care for them
8. When the priests saw the signs and wonders God did through the disciples, with what were they filled?
Acts 5:17
- A. With joy
- B. With envy
- C. With the fear of God
- D. With repentance
9. Who opened the prison doors for the apostles?
Acts 5:19
- A. Gamaliel
- B. A jailer
- C. An angel
- D. Nicodemus
10. How did the high priest and the captain of the temple react when they heard the prison was empty?
Acts 5:24
- A. They rejoiced greatly
- B. They doubted whereunto this would grow
- C. They punished the keepers
- D. They believed in Jesus
11. Why did they bring the apostles before the high priest without violence?
Acts 5:26
- A. Because they feared the people
- B. Because the apostles were Romans
- C. Because it was the sabbath
- D. Because Gamaliel ordered it
12. Whom did Peter say we ought to obey?
Acts 5:29
- A. Men
- B. The high priest
- C. Caesar
- D. God
13. To whom does God give the Holy Ghost?
Acts 5:32
- A. To the rich
- B. To them that obey him
- C. To the priests only
- D. To those who fast forty days
14. Who said, "Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God"?
Acts 5:39
- A. Gamaliel
- B. Caiaphas
- C. Annas
- D. Nicodemus
15. How did the apostles feel about suffering shame for Jesus?
Acts 5:41
- A. Ashamed
- B. Joyful
- C. Angry
- D. Sad
16. What did the apostles not cease to do?
Acts 5:42
- A. Fast and weep
- B. Offer sacrifices
- C. Teach and preach Jesus Christ
- D. Argue with the Romans
Notes
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Acts 6 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Acts 6 (KJV)
1. What did the Grecians murmur about?
Acts 6:1
- A. That they could not enter the temple
- B. That their widows were neglected in the daily ministration
- C. That the apostles spoke in Hebrew
- D. That they were not allowed to be baptized
2. What was the ministry of the apostles?
Acts 6:2
- A. Serving tables
- B. Keeping the temple treasury
- C. The ministry of the word of God
- D. Judging the people
3. How many men did the apostles say to choose to serve tables?
Acts 6:3
- A. Twelve
- B. Seven
- C. Three
- D. Seventy
4. How many priests were obedient to the faith?
Acts 6:7
- A. None
- B. A great company
- C. Only one
- D. Seven
5. What did Stephen, full of faith and power, do?
Acts 6:8
- A. He gathered the offerings
- B. He wrote letters to the churches
- C. He taught in Athens
- D. Great wonders and miracles among the people
6. From what synagogue were those who disputed with Stephen?
Acts 6:9
- A. The synagogue of Nazareth
- B. The synagogue of Capernaum
- C. The synagogue of the Samaritans
- D. The synagogue of the Libertines
7. What were Stephen's opponents not able to resist?
Acts 6:10
- A. His physical strength
- B. His wealth
- C. The wisdom and the spirit by which he spake
- D. His Roman authority
8. When they caught Stephen, before whom did they bring him?
Acts 6:12
- A. Before the council
- B. Before Pilate
- C. Before Herod
- D. Before Caesar
9. What false witness did they bear against Stephen?
Acts 6:13
- A. That he had robbed the temple treasury
- B. That he was a spy for Rome
- C. That he had killed a priest
- D. That he spoke blasphemous words against the holy place and the law
10. What customs did the false witnesses say Jesus would change?
Acts 6:14
- A. The customs of Rome
- B. The customs of Moses
- C. The customs of the Greeks
- D. The customs of Babylon
11. The council saw that Stephen's face looked like what?
Acts 6:15
- A. The face of a dead man
- B. The face of Moses
- C. The face of a lion
- D. The face of an angel
Notes
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Acts 7 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Acts 7 (KJV)
1. Where did Abraham dwell when God appeared to him?
Acts 7:2
- A. In Mesopotamia
- B. In Egypt
- C. In Canaan
- D. In Midian
2. Out of what land did Abraham come?
Acts 7:4
- A. Out of the land of Egypt
- B. Out of the land of Moab
- C. Out of the land of Edom
- D. Out of the land of the Chaldaeans
3. What did Abraham not yet have when God promised to give him the land for a possession?
Acts 7:5
- A. A wife
- B. Cattle
- C. An altar
- D. A child
4. For how many years did God say Abraham's seed would be entreated evil?
Acts 7:6
- A. Forty years
- B. Seventy years
- C. Four hundred years
- D. A hundred years
5. What covenant did God give Abraham?
Acts 7:8
- A. The covenant of the rainbow
- B. The covenant of circumcision
- C. The covenant of the sabbath
- D. The covenant of salt
6. How many patriarchs did Jacob beget?
Acts 7:8
- A. Ten
- B. Seven
- C. Thirteen
- D. Twelve
7. Why did the patriarchs sell Joseph?
Acts 7:9
- A. Because of famine
- B. Because of envy
- C. For money for their father
- D. By Pharaoh's order
8. What position did Pharaoh give Joseph?
Acts 7:10
- A. Butler
- B. Baker
- C. Governor
- D. Priest
9. How many souls of Jacob's family went into Egypt?
Acts 7:14
- A. Threescore and fifteen
- B. Twelve
- C. Seventy
- D. A hundred
10. Where did Jacob die?
Acts 7:15
- A. In Egypt
- B. In Canaan
- C. In Charran
- D. In Sychem
11. How many months was Moses nourished in his father's house?
Acts 7:20
- A. Six months
- B. One year
- C. Three months
- D. Twelve months
12. How many sons did Moses beget in the land of Madian?
Acts 7:29
- A. Two
- B. One
- C. Three
- D. Seven
13. What did Moses do when he realized the people knew about the killing?
Acts 7:29
- A. He gave himself up to Pharaoh
- B. He fled to Canaan
- C. He hid in the palace
- D. He fled into the land of Madian
14. Why did God tell Moses to put off his shoes?
Acts 7:33
- A. Because he was about to cross the sea
- B. Because they were dirty from the road
- C. Because the place where he stood was holy ground
- D. Because it was the sabbath
15. Where did Israel turn back in their hearts?
Acts 7:39
- A. To Babylon
- B. To Egypt
- C. To Madian
- D. To Canaan
16. Why did God turn from Israel in the wilderness?
Acts 7:41
- A. Because they would not eat the manna
- B. Because they killed Moses
- C. Because they crossed the Jordan
- D. Because they made an idol in the form of a calf
17. In what way were the priests like their fathers?
Acts 7:51
- A. They always resisted the Holy Ghost
- B. They kept the law perfectly
- C. They were shepherds
- D. They lived in tents
18. What did those who heard Stephen gnash at him?
Acts 7:54
- A. Stones
- B. Swords
- C. Whips
- D. Their teeth
19. What did Stephen see when he looked up into heaven?
Acts 7:55
- A. A ladder with angels
- B. A chariot of fire
- C. A dove descending
- D. The glory of God and Jesus on his right hand
20. At whose feet did they lay down their clothes when they stoned Stephen?
Acts 7:58
- A. Caiaphas
- B. Gamaliel
- C. Saul
- D. Peter
21. What were Stephen's last words?
Acts 7:60
- A. It is finished
- B. My God, why hast thou forsaken me?
- C. Lord, lay not this sin to their charge
- D. Remember the poor