Acts 4 מעשי השליחים

מעשי השליחים

Acts 4

1.   Who is the “captain” what was his job and how is the mention of the Sadducees significant in vs. 1-2?

 

2.   How and why was it possible due to the circumstances, were Peter & John able to have such success despite the intervention of the “authorities” – beyond their “anointing of the Holy Spirit”?

 

3.   Who were Annas, Caiaphas, John & Alexander and why is their mention important?

 

 

4.   What exactly was the Sanhedrin investigating, the fact that the man was healed, or something else; and why was this so important for them (i.e. the Sanhedrin) to do this?

 

 

5.   How did the Sanhedrin respond to the “boldness” of Peter and John, how did they regard them, and why is their response significant?

 

 

6.   According to Halacha, (i.e. Jewish Law) what legal “jeopardy” did Peter & John find themselves in after the Sanhedrin warnings?

7.   Explain how the Messianic community at the time interpreted these events with Peter and John as the fulfillment of Biblical Prophecy and specifically which prophecies?

 

 

8.   How are the events in the conclusion of this chapter in direct relationship to Shavuot at Mt. Sinai and in ch. 2; how is this affected by the description of the community; and how further is the conclusion about how they treated the poor reminiscent of the Exodus?

 

9.   Who is Barnaba and what do we know about him?