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BIBL 364 Study Guide Quiz 2: Acts 1 This study guide is for private study only. Students are not permitted to upload the material from this document to internet website or to circulate it in any way. In preparation for the quiz, be sure to be familiar with the content of Acts 1 and the following subjects discussed in the assigned reading: The specific items that link the Acts to the Gospel of Luke. What might be known about Theophilus and whether Luke was likely referencing a specific individual or making a general reference to all of his readers. The manner in which the apostolic office was understood in Jewish thought and the main responsibilities of an apostle. What Luke reveals about Jesus’s activities between his resurrection and his ascension. Whether there is a symbolic or figurative significance to periods of forty days in the Old Testament. How Bock defines the kingdom of God and if Luke makes more references to the kingdom of God in Acts or in his Gospel. Jesus’s final instructions to his disciples before the ascension. The significance and meaning of the Spirit’s arrival. The number of days between the ascension and the arrival of the Holy Spirit. Whether the promise of the Holy Spirit has roots in the Old Testament or if it was an unexpected or unknown gift. Whether Jewish text (including the OT) expected Israel to experience ultimate judgment or blessing. The location, according to Luke’s Gospel, that the ascension took place. Whether the disciples were in error, according to the perspective of Bock, for inquiring about the fulfillment of God’s promises to Israel. The Old Testament writing Bock believes that Luke alludes to when referring to the “ends of the earth” and what these words seem to be referring to.
The figures that are said to have ascended into heaven according to Jewish tradition and/or the Hebrew Bible. The New Testament authors who provide a record of the ascension of Christ. The declaration(s) made by the two angles who appeared during the ascension. The approximate length of a “Sabbath day’s journey” according to Bock. Whether Bock believers that the reference to a Sabbath day’s journey indicates that the ascension of Jesus took place on a Saturday. The names of the apostles listed by Luke. It is not required that you memorize the order of the names, but you should be familiar with the names that are listed. The woman Luke records was present in the upper room and is referred to here for the last time in the New Testament. The approximate number of believers who are said to have gathered in the upper room. The method that was used by the disciples to determine the replacement for Judas and the possible benefits of utilizing this method. Whether the so-called Gospel of Judas portrays Judas more favorably or less favorably than the authors of the canonical Gospels. The Old Testament writing that Peter quotes from in the upper room in order to demonstrate that Scripture anticipated Judas’s betrayal of Jesus. Whether the replacement of Judas set a precedent for replacing each of the apostles at the time of their death. The Gospel with a parallel account of the death of Judas that includes information that is not included in Luke’s account in Acts. The source of the money Judas used to purchase the field. The individual whose death is portrayed in Acts in similar ways to Judas. The qualification(s) necessary for the individual who would replace Judas. The name of the individual who was a finalist to replace Judas and the name of the individual who did replace Judas. What Eusebius records about the background of Matthias prior to his replacement of Judas.
Bock’s understanding of the ultimate fate of Judas. Whether there is evidence in Acts of the casting in lots after Pentecost.
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