Final Exam

What was Luke’s profession?

There are several names mentioned in Acts that are also mentioned in historical accounts written around 79 AD.

What do we learn from Acts 1:3-8 about the coming of the kingdom, according to Dr. Bayer?

Which of the following best summarizes the attitude toward Moses expressed in the teaching in Acts?

Luke was an apostle.

Acts 7:36-39 says, Moses…told the Israelites, ‘God will send you a __________________ from your own people.’

What change do we observe in the form of narrating events, beginning in Acts 16:10?

Public works such as roads and buildings built by the Roman Empire helped the spread of the gospel.

Many New Testament books are written in fairly simple Greek, but Luke and Acts are written in more sophisticated Greek.

Which of the following arguments are used by Dr. Bayer to support his view about when Acts was written? Mark each correct answer.

Which of the following best summarizes the view of Acts toward the dynasty of David, as compared with the Old Testament view?

What is the name of the early manuscript containing portions of Luke and John, probably copied between AD 175 and AD 200, and found in Egypt in 1952?

Which statement best describes Dr. Bayer’s view about the audience to whom Acts was written?

Psalm 72:8,17 indicates that __________ would rule from sea to sea.

Which of the following statements best explains why Luke 1:1-4 and Acts 1:1 point to the fact that Luke wrote both the gospel and the Book of Acts?

What do we learn about the coming of the kingdom from the Parable of the Ten Minas in Luke 19:12-27?

Which of the following statements best reflects Dr. Bayer’s teaching regarding apostles?

Put the main geographical areas in their proper order as expressed in Acts 1:8 to refer to the expansion of the Church.

Paul was unable to preach the gospel freely while he was in prison in Rome.

Dr. Bayer believes that Luke edited most of the speeches he recorded in Acts, changing the style without making major changes in content.

What argument does Dr. Bayer give to show that the account of sharing properties and resources in the early Church is not necessarily normative for us today?

In what ways was Luke selective in his writing of Acts? Select the best answer.

How does Dr. Bayer explain the literary structural pattern of the Book of Acts?

What are two possible signs that would enable us to infer that an example of something narrated in Acts should be followed as a good example? Select the suggestions that Dr. Bayer gives in the video.

In the first century, writers often made inaccurate historical reports of speeches.

Paul and Barnabas parted company over a conflict regarding Mark, as they began the second missionary journey.

What is the focus of all the main sections of the Book of Acts, according to Dr. Bayer? Select the best answer.

Which of the following places was NOT evangelized by Paul on his missionary journeys?

Recent studies show that the title the first of the island used by Luke in Acts 28.7 was only used by Luke.

Which of the following statements best reflects Dr. Bayer’s teaching regarding the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost?

Which of the following is a sign of external growth in Judea and Samaria, in the second main section of Acts, according to Dr. Bayer?

Which of the following is a sign of internal tension in the church at Jerusalem in the first main section of Acts, according to Dr. Bayer?

Which of the following describes an important difference between argumentative discourse and narrative discourse, as Dr. Bayer explains?

Which of the following statements best explains why the apostles needed to delegate others to preach the message of the gospel, as explained by Dr. Bayer?

What were the requirements of an apostle, according to Acts 1:21-26? Select all the correct answers.

According to 2 Corinthians 12:12, what marked an apostle?

All Christian churches agree that there are two biblical offices in the Church, elders and deacons.

According to Dr. Bayer, with what kind of power was the Spirit associated in the Old Testament? Select the best answer.

Dr. Bayer argues that the experiences in Samaria (Acts 8), Caesarea (Acts 10), and Ephesus (Acts 19) were unique events that do not establish the normal way believers now receive the Holy Spirit.

Which of the following statements best represents Dr. Bayer’s perspective regarding the possibility of apostles today?

Which of the following strategies were used by the apostles in Acts? That is, what things confirmed their message? Select all correct answers.

How does Dr. Bayer understand the gift of tongues experienced on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2?

What event made the apostles especially aware of the fact that not all of them would survive until Christ returned, according to Dr. Bayer?

How did Jesus correct the error of His disciples with regard to the timing of the restoration of the kingdom? Select the best answer.

In Acts 2:42, we read that the early believers dedicated themselves to the apostles’ _____________.

Dr. Bayer argues that the experiences of the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2 were meant to __________ the final stage of the kingdom of God.

In Acts 6, they chose men full of the Spirit and wisdom to help with what task?

In Ephesians 2:19-20, the apostles and prophets are called the _______ of the Church.

Dr. Bayer considers the manifestations of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2 to be a new pattern that can be expected as the normal experience of all Christians in our day.

Paul did not meet the requirements of an apostle, but God called him to a special ministry as missionary to the Gentiles.