Acts 27-28 Lesson 8 Paul In Rome

 

Acts Chapters 27-28 Lesson 8

Paul in Rome

1. Summarize each section of the text in one or two sentences: 27:1-26

27:27-44 28:1-10 28:11-31

2. Think about this for a minute: Paul stands before Agrippa whose great grandfather had tried to kill Jesus as a baby; his grandfather had John the Baptist beheaded; and his father had killed the first apostle, James. So would you say Agrippa’s family history made it likely or unlikely that Paul would have been received warmly.

Now look at Chapter 27
3. Does Luke accompany Paul and his trip to Italy? How do you know?

4. Paul gives advice about sailing in verse 10. How do the centurion and “the majority’ respond to Paul’s advice (27:11-12)?

5. In whom is Paul asking them to place their hope? (27:21-26)?

6. Apply: In the midst of the storm,Paul was quick to remind everyone that thy should place their hope in God. What is your immediate response to the “storms” in your own life? In what do you tend to anchor you hope?

7. In 27:30, how do the sailors attempt to save themselves?

8. True or False: God gave Paul favor in the eyes of the Roman Centurion, and it kept all the prisoners alive. (27:43)

Now look at chapter 28
9. What happens to Paul as he goes to collect wood for a fire? 28:3-4

10. What action does Paul talk in response to Publius’ father’s illness? “Paul _________ his _________ on him and _________ him.” 28:8

11. What two supporting sources does Paul use to convince the Jewish leaders about Jesus(28:23)?

12. What things does Luke describe Paul doing during the two years he is in Rome(28:30-31)? 13. Apply: What lessons could you learn from the life of Paul in the Book of Acts?