Questions on Acts chapter 3
1.Can you think of any reason Peter and John would go into the temple at the hour of prayer? Verse 1.
2.Why was the lame man laid at the gate of the temple every day? Verse 2.
3.What do you think most people did when ask for alms (a donation)? Verses 3-4.
4.Why did the lame man expect to receive something of Peter and John? Verse 5.
5.What do you think the lame man’s first thoughts were when Peter said, “Silver and gold have I none”? Verse 6.
6.Where was the healing action located according to Dr. Luke’s diagnosis? Verse 7.
7.What do you think the people thought about the walking, leaping, and shouting the man was doing in the temple at the hour of prayer? Verses 8-9.
8.Do you think the lame man was well-known among the Jews and if so, why? Verse 10.
9.Were Peter, John, and the former lame man in the temple? If they were, why did they come out? Verse 11.
10. Where did Peter preach his second recorded sermon? Verse 11.
11.As the former lame man held on to Peter and John, why did Peter feel it necessary to deny the healing was by their own power or holiness? Verse 12.
12.How did the healing of the lame man glorify Jesus? Verse 13.
13.What three things did Peter charge the Jews with doing to Jesus? Verses 13-14.
14.What fact of Peter’s sermon would have been thought incredible but was witnessed Peter and John? Verse 15.
15.Whose faith gave the lame man perfect soundness? Verse 16.
16.Do the facts that the people and their rulers were ignorant and that the crucifixion was pre-determined by God render the Jews innocent? Verses 17-18.
17.What were the people told to do to have their sins blotted out? Verse 19.
18.What three things will come as a result of repentance and turning? Verses 19-20.
19.What has to happen before Jesus Christ is sent? Verse 21.
20.Where is the prediction of Moses found and what does it have to do with this situation? Verse 22.
21.Who is “that prophet” spoken of here and what will be the result of failing to hear him? Verse 23.
22.What was it that the prophets of the Old Testament foretold? Verse 24.
23.How was the promise God made to Abraham to be fulfilled? Verse 25.
24.How were the Jews to be blessed by Jesus and why were they to be first? Verse 26.