Bible Questions #4181-4199
By Joyce Webb
Acts Chapter 10 Vs. 24-48
4181. Peter’s vision has ended. Visitors have arrived from Cornelius—to ask him to come to Cornelius’ house to talk to him.
4182. Cornelius was not alone at his house when Peter arrived.
Who had Cornelius asked to come? _____________________
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4183. Verse 25 What did Cornelius do when he saw Peter?
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4184. Verse 26 What did Peter tell him? ___________________
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4185. Verse 28 What did Peter explain to them? He said it was not lawful for him as a Jew to do what? _________________
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Peter is talking about Jewish laws.
But—Peter tells them that the reason he has come is —–____________________________________________________
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4186. Verse 29 Peter asks why they asked him to come. Verse 30
Cornelius tells how he saw an angel. The angel told him to send for Peter. The angel told him where Peter was staying.
Verse 31 so now, Cornelius tells Peter that he is to talk to them of all the things that God has told him to say.
Verse 34 Peter said: I see that see that God is no ___________________________ of persons. This means that God does not think of some people as more important than others.
4187. Verse 35 God will give righteousness to every nation of people who f_____________ God —and a_________________ him.
4188. Verse 36 The word of God has been sent through the children of I________________ (the Jews). Preaching everlasting p_________________ by Jesus Christ, the _______________ of all.
4189. Verse 37 Peter said—You have heard of the things that have been happening in Judea. You have heard about the baptism of J____________ the B__________________.
4190. Verse 38 You have heard how the Holy Spirit came down on Jesus of N_____________________. Jesus went about with power to do good and to h______________ people. Even those who were oppressed by the d________________.
4191. Verse 39 You have heard of the things he did in the land of the Jews and in the city of J_______________________. There they killed him and h___________________ him on a tree.
4192. Verse 40 God raised him up on the ___________________
day. He was seen openly by people.
4193. Verse 41 Not all people saw him—-but to people whom God has chosen. They would be w_____________________ that they saw him alive.
He was seen by us—-who did e______ and d_____________ with him—-after he came alive from the dead.
4194. Verse 42 Jesus told us to p______________ unto the people, and to testify that he was chosen and given power by God. He is —to be the Judge of the living and the dead.
4195. Verse 43 All the Old Testament prophets tell of him. That through his n___________________ whoever b______________________ in him shall receive r_______________________ (forgiveness, removal) of sins.
4196. Verse 44 While Peter was speaking—-the H__________
G____________________ (spirit) fell on the people.
4197. Some of the people there who were Jewish
(circumcised)
(meaning Jewish men —because non-Jewish men were not circumcised)
—-these Jewish men were surprised that the Holy Spirit came upon these Gentile people.
(For hundreds of years, the Jewish people have separated themselves from the Gentile people.
God told them to be separated from them. God told them not to marry with them.
The reason—-was so that the Jewish people would not be influenced and tempted to worship the idol gods of the Gentiles. God wanted the Jewish people to stay true to Him.
As the years went by, this “separation” turned into a feeling of being “better than “ the Gentiles. The Jewish people looked down on the Gentiles.
That was not what God wanted. God did not “look down” on the Gentiles as though they were “less” than the Jews. But God did not want the Jews to worship the Gentiles idols.
God wanted the Jews to be telling the Gentiles about the true God in heaven.
But human nature—often is selfish and proud. The Jews began to think of themselves as “special” in God’s eyes.
So now, as the Jewish men see how the Holy Spirit has come down upon these Gentiles —-in the same way that the Holy Spirit came down on those Jews in the upper room—-they were surprised.
Verse 46 The Jewish men heard these Gentiles speak with
t_____________________ (languages) and praise God. (When the Holy Spirit came on them, they began to speak in languages that they had not learned. The Holy Spirit gave them the power to do this. They were praising God in different languages.)
4198. Verse 47 Peter said These people have received the same Holy Spirit that we did. No one can say that these people should not be b_____________________ in water.
4199. Verse 48 So Peter said that they should be baptized in the name of the L________________.
Then they asked Peter to stay with them for several days.