Acts Lesson 10

BARNABAS PIONEERS ANTIOCH

Acts 11:19-12:25

Key verses 11:25,26

'Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him. fie brought him to Antioch. So
for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The
disciples were called Christians first at Antioch "

I. BARNABAS GOES TO RAISE DISCIPLES (11:19-30)

1. Who went to Antioch and began to speak the good news to the Greeks (19,20)? How did the Lord
bless their work (21)?

2. In what way did the church at Jerusalem support the church at Antioch (22)? How did Barnabas
encourage them (23)? Who was Barnabas (24, 4:36,37)?

3. Who did Barnabas look for and where did he go to find him (25)? What did he and Saul do at Antioch
(26a)? What was the result of their work (26b)?

4. What did the disciples at Antioch decide to do for the brothers living in Judea (27-29)? In what
practical wav did they help their brothers (30)?

II. KING HEROD EATEN BY WORMS (12:1-25)

5. Who did King Herod kill (1,2)? Why did King Herod decide to seize Peter also (3,4)?

6. What was the church doing for Peter while he was imprisoned (5)? How did the Lord rescue Peter
from prison (6-10)? Think about God who answers our prayers.

7. What was Peter's clear conviction and testimony after the Lord liberated him from prison (11)? What
were the many people who had gathered at the house of Mary doing (12)? Think about the real power
of prayer.

8. What was the response of those in the house when Rhoda reported that Peter was at the ' door (13-
16)? Why? Whom did Peter ask them to tell about what had just transpired (17)?

9. What was King Herod's response when he learned of Peter's escape (18,19)?

10.What was the relationship between Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon (20)? Why was he struck
down and eaten by worms (21 -23)?

11. Think of the word of God which spread in the midst of intense persecution (24)? Who did Barnabas
and Saul take with them from Jerusalem (25)?