Acts 17 מעשי השליחים

מעשי השליחים
Acts 17 Tree of Life Version (TLV)

1. What is significant about Amphipolis and Apollonia, and explain the significance of the city of Thessalonica, what do we know about these places and the Jewish communities there?

2. What does vs. 3 mean when it says, “he opened them”? What did Shaul accomplish, and what was the fruit?

3. Who is Jason, what do we know about him, what was the accusation against him and his brethren, and was it true, and why were the officials “confused”?

4. What was the main difference between the Jews of Thessalonica and those of Berea, and what was the result of Shaul and Silas’ ministry there?

5. After the agitators from Thessalonica followed Shaul & Silas, Shaul is sent away, but Silas and Timothy stay in Berea, why, and then why did Shaul have them fetched to him later in Athens?

6. What is the background of the city of Athens and the idols there that stirred Shaul?

7. What is the Aereopagus, and what is meant by vs. 21 describing how the Athenians did nothing there but share stories, how does this setup give Shaul opportunity to proclaim the Gospel?

8. What specific religious article does Shaul now use to describe the God of Israel as the Athenian’s “Unknown God”, what is significant about it and how was this a brilliant way of communicating the message to these pagans?

9. How does Shaul condemn idolatry and who are the “poets” that he is referring to, what was the specific point he was driving home from their own literature?

10. Who was the “Man” that Shaul said God had appointed to judge the world, how did Shaul describe him, and what was it that set off the Athenians to his message?

11. Who was Dionysius, Damaris what is significant about them, what do we know about them, why are their names mentioned?