מעשי השליחים

Acts 12

1.   Why did Harod now begin persecuting the Messianic Jews, and what do we know about Jacob, John’s brother?

 

2.   How is the mention of “Days of Matzah” significant?

3.   Why was Peter not sure if the experience with an Angel was real or just a vision?

4.   How is Peter’s deliverance similar to that of previous accounts of righteous delivered from prison in the Bible?

5.   Who was Rhoda, what do we know of her, why didn’t she open the gate, why didn’t the rest of the talmidim believe her, and why did Peter instruct this be reported to Jacob and how is this Jacob distinct from the one previously mentioned?

6.   Why did Herod go to Ceasarea, what was there?

7.   Why was Herod angry with Tyre and Sidon, who was Glastus, what do we know of him, and why did Harod have to “win him over”?

 

8.   Why is the description of Herod’s royal robes significant during his speech, and why would the people respond the way they did, and how did this end up with Herod’s judgment?

 

9.   Why did Barnaba and Shau’l now return to Jerusalem, and why is it significant that the text mentions Yochanan (i.e. Mark), who was he?