Jul. 05, 2026

We ended last week with Paul leaving Antioch and traveling to Galatia and Phyrgia marking the beginning of his third missionary journey. This week we pick up in Chapter 18 verse 24 with Apollos ministering in Ephesus.

Acts Lesson 29 Study Questions

1.    Though he knew only the baptism of John: We see again that the reputation and _____ of John the Baptist was widely known throughout the Jews of the Roman Empire, __________ here as far as Alexandria.

2.    They took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately: Aquila and Priscilla did something valuable for God’s kingdom. They helped someone who had a passion for God and at least some power in serving Him; yet he had limited ___________ and therefore limited resources for truly ___________ ministry.

3.    . Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? Apparently, there was something about these disciples that prompted this __________ from Paul. We don’t have any indication that it was his custom to ask people if they had __________ the Holy Spirit when they believed.

4.    We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit: By their reply, these Ephesian disciples showed they didn’t know much about God’s _______ as revealed in Jesus. They knew enough to be saved and to be students of Jesus (they were called disciples), but they didn’t know much about all Jesus did for us, especially in His promise to send the ___________ when He ascended to heaven.

5.    John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance: Paul points out that John’s baptism was one of __________, not necessarily faith unto ___________. John’s message pointed to Jesus, but did not take men there itself.

6.    The Holy Spirit came upon them: After they were baptized, Paul… laid hands on them, and they were _______ with the Holy Spirit, and _________ His gifts.

7.    By himself, there was no way that Paul could _______ this region. But he could ______ Christians to do the work of the ministry, just as he described in Ephesians 4:11-12.

8.    Handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick: We don’t really know how this worked, other than the same way that the ________ of Peter (Acts 5:15) or the _____ of Jesus’ garment (Matthew 14:36) might heal: the item became a point of contact by which a person released faith in Jesus as healer.

9.    And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” The evil spirit knew exactly who _______ was, and knew exactly who ______ was. But they didn’t know who the seven sons of Sceva were. 

10.    The word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed: This demonstrates that the end result was obviously ______ it all. The work in Ephesus and the region of Roman Asia __________ in a remarkable way.