Jun. 14, 2026

Acts Lesson 26 Study Questions

1.    But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God: Anyone can be happy in ________ circumstances, but real joy comes only from _______, and is a gift available to Christians at all times. “Instead of cursing men, they blessed God.” (Stott)

2.    . Suddenly there was a great earthquake: This earthquake was clearly _____________. This was not only because of its _______ and location, but also in the way that all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.

3.    Ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas: This hardened keeper of the prison fell down trembling. This was as dramatic as it sounds. This man was more affected by the _____ and ______ demonstrated by Paul and Silas than by the earthquake. 

4.    Sirs, what must I do be saved? The jailer was so impressed by Paul and Silas – by the _____ they showed to him, and from their ability to take ___ even in misery – that he instantly wanted the kind of life that Paul and Silas have.

5.    You and your household: This seems to be a specific promise for that Philippian jailer. Under ___________ by the Holy Spirit, Paul told the keeper of the prison that his household would ______ Jesus just as he did.

6.    And immediately he and all his family were baptized: The jailer and his family saw no reason to ______ baptism; they were _________ that very night, and all this began around midnight 

7.    The magistrates have sent to let you go. Now therefore depart, and go in peace: If Paul and Silas were released the day after their beating, arrest, and imprisonment, why did God send the earthquake? We see that the earthquake had absolutely nothing to do with ________ Paul and Silas from prison. But it had everything to do with the __________ of a certain prison guard and his household.

8.    They have beaten us openly, Our _______ are not as important as our _________ to the will of God. God may ask us to lay down our rights for the good of another (in this case, for the good of the Philippian jailer).

9.    They encouraged them and departed: In Philippi, Paul and Silas left behind two notable converts: ______ and the prison ______. Each of these two had their lives touched by Jesus in very different ways.

10.    Paul reasoned with them from the Scriptures; “The Greek word translated ‘reasoned’ is the root for our English word dialogue. There was exchange, _________ and _________. He dialogued with them ‘from the Scriptures.’” (Hughes)

11.    these who have turned the world upside-down God willing and blessing, people would say such things about the _____________ of Christians today. One might say that Jesus did not come only to be our teacher, but to turn our world _____-______. Jesus turns the thinking and the power structures of this world around.

12.    Paul only spent a few weeks in Thessalonica (Acts 17:2) and it seems he wished he could have _______ them more. He decided to teach them more in a written letter, and many believe that 1 Thessalonians was his ______ letter written to a congregation.