Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy

The Bible in Context

Acts 5  "Obey God Rather than Man"

October 21, 2007, 9:30 a.m.

 

The answers may be multiple or "none of the above"

 

 

1.       Peter denounced Ananias for:

 

            a.         not paying his tithe

            b.         not getting a good price for his house

            c.         blasphemy

            d.         lying

 

 

2.      After Peter had denounced him, Ananias:

 

            a.         confessed

            b.         repented

            c.         left the church

            d.         died

 

3.      When Sapphira supported her husband, she:

 

            a.         was forgiven

            b.         was expelled from the church

            c.         was given special teaching

            d.         died

 

 

4.      Christians met regularly at:

 

            a.         the Mount of Olives

            b.         the Upper Room

            c.         Solomon's "stoa"

            d.         Gethsemane

 

5.      The apostles were taken out of prison by:

 

            a.         Pharisees

            b.         Joseph of Arimathea

            c.         an angel

            d.         Essenes

 

 

 

6.      The apostles were accused of:

 

            a.         preaching in secret

            b.         filling Jerusalem with their teaching

            c.         writing heretical texts

            d.         attacking the temple

 

 

7.      Peter said that Jesus had been

 

            a.         crucified

            b.         hanged

            c.         baptised

            d.         flogged

 

 

8.  The apostles were defended by:

            a.         Hillel

            b.         Gamaliel

            c.         Joseph of Arimathea

            d.         Theophilus

 

 

9.  Christians who owned land --:

            a.         sold it

            b.         built churches on it

            c.         gave it to the poor

            d.         grew vineyards

 

 

10. The court was reminded of the rebellion under:

 

            a.         Simon Bar Kochbar

            b.         Theudas

            c.         Judas the Galilean

            d.         Spartacus