Acts 11 מעשי השליחים

מעשי השליחים

Acts 11 Tree of Life Version (TLV)

1.   What does the text mean when it says: Gentiles also had received the “Word of God”? explain…

2.   What is the significance of vs. 2 by saying that Shimon “went up”; and what is the “issue” that those of the circumcision took up with him?

3.   What is a מעשיה Ma’aseh, and what were the legal grounds for which Shimon could present his case for Gentile believers?

4.   What was the “persecution” referenced in vs. 19, who were the Phoneicians where is it located, and also Cyprus & Antioch, who are the peoples of those cities and where are they located, and who did the message go to first, why?

5.   Who were the men of Cyprus and Cyrene, what do we know about them and the places they are from; and…who are the “Hellenists” were they Gentiles or Greek-speaking Jews?

6.   Why was Barnabas a good choice to send to Antioch to investigate, why did he choose to go fetch Shaul, and what is significant about the word χριστιᾱνός Christianós; does it indicate a “new religion” separate from Judaism, why?

7.   What is significant of the prophets “coming down”, what seems to be the function of these prophetic-apostles what do we know about them; who is Agabus and what do we know about him, and finally what is significant about the mentioning of the era of Claudius?