Acts Lesson 11

Antioch church sends off the first missionaries

Acts 13:1-52
Key verse 13:2
I. Antioch church sends off the first missionaries 1-4
1. What kind of people were the spiritual leaders in the church of Antioch (1)? Where was each of them
come from?
2. How did they serve the Lord and what did the Holy Spirit say to them (2)? What does “the work to
which the Holy spirit has called them” refer (1:8)? What does set apart mean (Rom 1:1)?
3. How did they obey the direction of the Holy Spirit (3)? How was the spiritual condition of Barnabas
and Saul among the church of Antioch (11:22-26)? What do you learn from their obedience? How
could Antioch church be used for the world mission?

II. Barnabas and Saul pioneer Cyprus 4-12

4. Where did they go (4)? Where did they arrive and what did they do there and who was their helper
(5)?
5. Where they go after that (6)? Who was Bar-Jesus whom they met (6b, 7)?
6. What kind of person was the proconsul, Sergius Paulus and why did he call them (7b)? How did Elymas
the sorcerer try to turn the proconsul from the faith (8)?
7. How did Saul rebuke Elymas (9, 10)? How did he curse him (11)? Think of his challenging spirit and
shepherd heart for one soul.
8. What was the response of the proconsul (12)?

III. Paul pioneers Pisidian Antioch 13-52

9. What happened to them when Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia (13)?
10. How did Paul have opportunity to speak a message in Pisidian Antioch (14-15)? To whom did he speak
the message (16)?
11. How did he testify God’s grace and love that was given to the people of Israel (17-19)? How did God
protect the chosen people according to the time (20-22a)?
12. What was God’s will in choosing David (22, 23)? How did God prepare before the coming of Jesus (24-
25)?
13. How did he testify Jesus’ death (26-29)? How did Jesus rise from the dead (30)? What was the evidence
of Jesus’ resurrection (31)?
14. How did he testify God’s promise of Jesus’ resurrection (32-37)? What was the conclusion of the
message (38, 39)? What was the warning to those who would never believe the word (40, 41)?
15. What was the response of the people (42, 43)?
16. How many people gathered on the next Sabbath and what was the response of the Jews (44,45)? What
new direction did Paul and Barnabas take (46, 47)? What was the response of the Gentiles (48, 49)?
17. How were Paul and Barnabas expelled from their region and what was their reaction (50,51)? What
was the condition of the disciples (52)?