BNT300-Midterm-Exam

Without Acts, the New Testament would be ____.

List from the commentary the five reasons we can believe Luke wrote Acts:

The ancient world set loose limits to the narrative material which came by oral tradition.

Acts as a historical account is unique.

All of the sermons in Acts are built on the ____.

Ananias and Sapphira received a mild form of discipline because of their treachery.

Antioch in Syria gradually replaced Jerusalem as the head-quarters of the church.

Luke’s history sets exact dates.

Luke’s use of “we” indicates that he was personally involved in what journeys:

Fifteen times, Antioch in Syria is mentioned in the New Testament.

Luke was with Paul on the second missionary journey.

Which statement presents the idea that the Gospel of Luke was written before A.D. 59-61?

There is some indication where Luke composed Acts.

The title of Acts is ____ in many respects.

The content of the book is much broader than the proposed title of “Acts” conveys.

Christians in the first century placed Acts in the category of ____.

From a practical standpoint, Acts was written to trace the development of the body of Christ from Jewish membership to Christian membership.

What significant remark did Luke mention that was not spoken of elsewhere in the Gospels?

Luke ascribed names to Jesus in the ____ of his Book but not in the ____.

In Acts it appears that “Christ” functions mainly as a name when the audience is ____ but can serve as a functional description or title when the audience is ____.

For a Gentile audience it was ____ to confess that the ____ called Jesus Christ is Lord.

The key words to Acts are the growth of the ____.

God wants us to mature and be empowered so we can witness of His Son. How does He help us in this?

Allowing the Holy Spirit to ____ the ____ may indicate complete surrender to God.

Acts is not a transitional book.

Which is not an important event in the early history of Christianity?

Match the words showing the church’s relation:

Place in order as portrayed in Acts:

Acts was to make clear to the Roman government that Christianity was to be associated with Judaism.

List from the commentary the five themes that emerge:

In the Major Theme, a key component of the witness is what?

The war that culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem was started in A.D. 72.

Acts is the church’s standard textbook on the first four decades of its history.

Acts teaches us to believe in what things?

The Day of Atonement is the day the church was born.

When Stephen was falsely accused by religious opponents, he was not invited to defend himself.

In the persecution that started at Stephen’s martyrdom, the source of the Sadducees was:

In the persecution of Acts 8-28, Saul’ had believers beaten, imprisoned, or killed.

In the persecution of Acts 14, what happened to Paul?

The scattering of the Jewish believers was the second break in solidarity of the Jewish exclusiveness.

All of Paul’s mission journeys were less than 1,500 miles.

Paul appeared before an angry mob, a disorganized council, and confused rulers, all leading to him finally reaching Rome.

One man wrote that Paul’s life was the “3rd. most significant life” ever lived.