Answers – To Difficult Questions (Book Of Acts)

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Acts 1:4 – Is it necessary to wait or “tarry” for the Holy Spirit?

Acts 1:4 – Who has been Spirit baptized? Have you had this baptism?

Acts 1:4 – When does Spirit baptism take place?

Acts 1:4 – What must a person do in order to receive the Spirit?

Acts 1:9 – Did Jesus Begin His Ascension While in a Physical Body?

Acts 1:9-12 – Geography in General

Acts 1:13-14 – Why are the lists of disciples different?

Acts 1:15-26 – Does this passage support papal succession?

Acts 1:15-26 – The “Twelve”?

Acts 1:16-20 – Doesn’t this passage imply fatalism?

Acts 1:16-19 – How did Judas die, by hanging or falling down?

Acts 1:18 – How did Judas die?

Acts 1:18 – Who bought the Potter’s Field, Judas or the Jews?

Acts 1:18 – How Did Judas Die?

Acts 1:18 – Did Judas Die Twice?

Acts 1:8 – Who Bought the Potter’s Field?

Acts 1:26 – Should we cast lots?

Acts 2 – When Did The Church Begin?

Acts 2 – Tongues Fulfilled At Pentcost

Acts 2:1-4 – Does this passage support the Pentecostal doctrine of the second blessing?

Acts 2:16–21—Did Peter make a mistake in quoting Joel?

Acts 2:25-28 – Why does Peter cite Psalm 16:10 to demonstrate the resurrection of Jesus?

Acts 2:34 – Is David in heaven or not?

Acts 2:37-38 – One Question, Three Different Answers

Acts 2:38 – Did Peter declare that baptism was necessary for salvation?

Acts 2:38 – Is baptism necessary for salvation?

Acts 2:38 – Are we saved by faith or by baptism? 

Acts 2:38 – The Bible’s Teaching on Baptism: Contradictory or Complementary?

Acts 2:38 – Does Water Baptism Save?

Acts 2:44–45 – Did early Christians practice communism?

Acts 2:44-45 – Were the early Christians the first communist?

Acts 3:14 – Extra, Extra, Read all about it

Acts 3:19 – Is Conversion Necessary for Salvation?

Acts 3:21 – Will all things be restored to God or just some things?

Acts 3:21 – Does this passage imply universalism?

Acts 3:22-23 – Why Does Peter Apply This Passage To Jesus

Acts 4:12 – Is Christ the only way of salvation?

Acts 4:12 – Does this verse teach that people need to hear Jesus’ name to be saved?

Acts 4:32 – Were the early Christians the first communists

Acts 4:34–35 – Did early Christians practice communism?

Acts 5:3-4 – Is the Bible simply an outdated book of fairytales and contradictions?

Act 5:15 – How could Peter’s shadow heal people?

Acts 5:15-16 How could Peter’s shadow heal people?

Acts 5:29 – Shall we obey God’s Law or human law?

Acts 5:30 – How Long Were the Israelites in Egypt?

Acts 5:31—Is repentance a gift of God or an act of man?

Acts 5:36–37 – Does Luke make a mistake concerning Theudas and Judas?

Acts 5:36-37 – Did Luke make a mistake in citing Theudas and Judas?

Acts 7:2 – Has anyone seen God or not?

Acts 7:12-14 -Jacob’s Journey to Egypt

Acts 7:14—Why does this text say “seventy-five people” when Exodus 1:5 says there were “seventy persons”?

Acts 7:14 – Does Stephen misquote the OT text?

Acts 17:28 – Why did Paul quote an uninspired pagan poet?

Acts 8:9-24 – Was Simon the Sorcerer a Saved Man?

Acts 8:14-15 – Why did Peter and John need to come down to preach in Samaria?

Acts 8:20-24 – Did Simon lose his salvation?

Acts 8:30-31 – Does this support the idea that we need an interpretive society to understand the Bible, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses claim?

Acts 9:3-4 – When Paul saw the light, did all fall to the ground or not?

Acts 9:7 – What Did Saul’s Companions See and Hear on the Road to Damascus?

Acts 9:7 – Did the men with Paul hear the voice or not?

Acts 10:36 – Did Jesus come to bring peace or not?

Acts 10:40 – Did Jesus Rise “On” or “After” the Third Day?

Acts 13:34 – What’s So Important about JESUS’ Resurrection?

Acts 13:39 – Can you be forgiven of all sins or not?

Acts 13:41 – Why does Paul cite Habakkuk 1:5?

Acts 13:48 – Does this passage teach that only some are appointed for eternal life?

Acts 14:22-23 – Should believers fast?

Acts 15:1 – Is this passage referring to the Council of Jerusalem or is it something else?

Acts 15:16-17 – Why does James cite Amos 9?

Acts 15:20 – Does this passage indicate that it is a sin to receive a blood transfusion?

Acts 15:28-29 – Why does James add these requirements, if they are no longer under law?

Acts 16:1–3 – Why did Paul have Timothy circumcised when he himself spoke so strongly against it?

Acts 16:3 – Why does Paul circumcise Timothy?

Acts 16:6 – Why did the Holy Spirit forbid Paul to preach in Asia when Jesus said to go into all the world?

Acts 16:31 – One Question, Three Different Answers

Acts 16:31 – Faith–the One Requirement For Salvation

Acts 17:30 – Repentance Is It Essential for Salvation?

Acts 20:7 – Did Paul want Christians to Come Together on Saturday or Sunday?

Acts 19:11-12 – Healing handkerchiefs?

Acts 20:9–10—How could Eutycus be dead if he had life in him?

Acts 20:28 – The Blood of God?

Acts 21:4, 11 – Was Paul contradicting the Spirit when he went to Jerusalem?

Acts 21:26 – Did Paul make a mistake in bringing a sacrifice to the Temple to appease Jewish believers?

Acts 22:9 – Did the men with Paul hear the voice or not?

Acts 22:9 – What Did Saul’s Companions See and Hear on the Road to Damascus?

Acts 22:16 – Are we saved by faith or by baptism?

Acts 22:16 – Does water baptism wash away sins?

Acts 23:2-5 – Was it wrong for Paul to revile the high priest? Also how did he not know who he was?

Acts 23:5 – Did Paul lie when he said he didn’t know the high priest?

Acts 26:13-14 – When Paul saw the light, did all fall to the ground or not?