Acts Chs 1 to 28 

Quiz based on Peter 

1. Multiple Choice – 4 choices 

1. While speaking to the Jews in the porch of the temple, Peter referred to Jesus in
what three ways? (3:14-15)
a) Just, Prince of life, Holy One
b) Counseller, Healer, Mediator
c) Wonder worker, Prince of Peace, Triune God
d) God Most High, Rock of all Ages, Provider

2. What did the Sanhedrin say they could NOT do about the miracle Peter and John
performed? (4:16)
a) Accept it
b) Deny it
c) Approve it
d) Reject it

3. How old was the man that Peter and John healed at the temple gate? (4:22)
a) 44 years
b) 50 years
c) 60 years
d) 40 years

4. What was the object that Peter saw on the sheet that came down from heaven?
(10:12)
a) Wild beasts, Birds of the air, Four-footed animals, Creeping things
b) A beast having ten horns and seven heads
c) Ark of the Covenant
d) A beast having four wings and four tails.

5. How many times did Peter see this object descending from the sky? (10:16)
a) Five
b) Four
c) Three
d) six

6. How was Peter guarded in prison? (12:4, 6)

a) Four squads of soldiers kept him
b) Bound with two chains between two soldiers
c) Guards were before the door keeping the prison
d) All of the above.

7. When the people in the house saw Peter, how was their reaction described? (12:16)
a) They were perplexed
b) They were disgruntled
c) They were astonished
d) They were surprised

8. After being jailed by Herod Agrippa, Peter is miraculously freed by ___.

a) Mary Magdalene
b) The Ghost of Jesus
c) An angel
d) A vision

9. How did Peter reply to the question “Brothers what should we do?” (2:38)
a) He who believes and is baptized will be saved
b) Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved
c) “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your
sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
d) If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart, you will be
saved.

10. How many were added to the church after Peter spoke? (2:41)
a) 120
b) 500
c) 3000
d) 5000

11. What is not one of the questions that Peter answered in his “sermon” (2:7, 8, 37)
a) Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
b) How is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?
c) They are filled with new wine
d) Brothers what should we do?

12. Among the following events, which one was the most pivotal in directing the church
leaders to allow the gospel to be preached to the Gentiles? (11:1-2)
a) The stoning of Stephen
b) The conversion of Paul
c) The vision of Peter with the sheet full of animals coming down from heaven
d) Philip’s success with preaching the good news in Samaria.

13. What did Peter say gave the former lame man strength? (3:13-16)
a) Prayer
b) Faith in the name of Jesus
c) Fasting
d) None of the above

14. What did those of the high priest notice about Peter and John? (4:13)
a) Boldness
b) Lack of education
c) They had been with Jesus
d) All of the above
15. What did the High Priest, the rulers, the scribes and elders command Peter and John
to do? (4:18)
a) To leave Jerusalem
b) To stop having church services
c) To renounce their faith
d) To speak no more in the name of Jesus

16. By what unusual means did people try to obtain healing? (5:15)
a) Washing in the pool of Siloam
b) Having Peter’s shadow passing over them
c) Having handkerchiefs brought to them from the apostles
d) Touching the hem of the apostles’ garments

17. What vision did Peter see? (10:11-17)

a) A great sheet
b) Cornelius praying
c) Gentiles receiving the Holy Ghost
d) A man saying “Come over to Caesarea and help us”

18. How did Peter know that the household of Cornelius received the Holy Ghost
(10:44-46)
a) They believed on the Lord Jesus with all their hearts
b) They repented of their sins
c) They sold their goods and gave half to the poor
d) They heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.

2. Answer in a sentence – Not more than 7 words 

1. Of what did Peter say, "We all are witnesses"? (2:32)

That God raised up Jesus

2. What question was posed to Peter and the rest of the apostles? (2:37)
"Men and Brethren, what shall we do?"

3. Who is the promise for that Peter spoke of? (2:39)

The Jews, their children, those who are afar off that the Lord would call

4. What did Peter first tell the man at the temple gate to do? (3:4)
"Look at us."

5. Why did the man at the temple gate pay attention to Peter and John? (3:5)
He expected to receive something from them
6. With the priests and Sadducees, which captain came upon Peter and John as they
spoke to the people? (4:1)
Captain of the temple
7. What did the rejected stone become according to Peter? (4:11)
Chief cornerstone

8. What command did the Sanhedrin give to Peter and John concerning preaching and
teaching in the name of Jesus? (4:18)
Not to speak at all or teach in the name of Jesus

9. When the people heard from Peter and John about what the Sanhedrin had told
them, what did they do? (4:24)
Raised their voice to God

10. What did Simon, the sorcerer ask Peter to do for him after being told to repent and
seek forgiveness? (8:24)
Pray to the Lord for him

11. When Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, in what villages did they preach the
gospel? (8:25)
Villages of the Samaritans

12. What did Peter do for the woman at Joppa? (9:40)

Knelt down, Prayed, He raised her from the dead

13. Who were Cornelius' men to look for and call for? (10:5)
Simon whose surname is Peter

14. What was the object likened to that was descending from heaven that Peter saw?
(10:11)
A great sheet bound at the four corners

15. Did Peter understand everything he saw and heard while in a trance? (10:17)
No, he did not understand it all

16. Who came looking for Peter while he was in a trance? (10:17)
The three men sent from Cornelius

17. What did Peter do when Cornelius' fell down at his feet and worshiped him? (10:26)
He told him to stand up, and said, "I myself am also a man."

18. In which nations would God accept those who fear him and work righteousness,
according to Peter? (10:35)
Every nation

19. Why were the Jewish men who came with Peter astonished after Peter had taught
the gospel to Cornelius and others? (10:45)
Because the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Gentiles also

20. What was the final thing that Peter told Cornelius and the others who believed to
do? (10:48)
 Be baptized in the name of the Lord

21. What did Cornelius and the other Gentiles who obeyed the gospel ask Peter to do?
(10:48)
Stay with them a few days

22. When Peter returned to Jerusalem, what response did he get from the Jews for
converting Gentiles? (11:2)
They contended with him

23. What specific thing did Peter do with the Gentiles (besides going to them) that the
Jews were very upset over? (11:3)
He ate with them

24. After Peter had told his story of Cornelius to the Jews in Jerusalem, what response
did he receive? (11:18)
They held their peace and glorified God

25. What did the king intend to do to Peter eventually? (12:4)

Bring him before the people after Passover

26. In what condition did Peter sleep in prison? (12:6)

Between two soldiers and bound with two chains and there were guards at the
door of the prison

27. Who was the woman's son whose house Peter went to after escaping from prison?
(12:12)
John whose surname was Mark

28. After Peter knocked at the door, what did the person who came to the door do?
(12:14)
Did not open the door but ran to tell the others that Peter was at the door

29. What did the people think about the girl when she said it was Peter at the door?
(12:15)
They thought Rhoda was beside herself

30. Did Peter stay at the house he first went to? (12:17)
No, he went into another place

3. Single Word answers / Word meanings 

1. Who stood up in the midst of the disciples and spoke after they had returned to
Jerusalem from Mount Olivet? (1:15) - ​Peter

2. Which apostle first stood to preach on the day of Pentecost? (2:14) - ​Peter
3. About which patriarch did Peter speak in Acts 2:29? - ​David

4. Who did Peter say did NOT ascend into the heavens? (2:34) - ​David

5. How is their generation described by Peter? (2:40) - ​Perverse

6. Peter spoke of which Roman procurator that sentenced Jesus to be crucified? (3:13) -
Pilate

7. About which prophet did Peter speak in the porch of the temple?(3:24) - ​Samuel

8. It was clear to the Sanhedrin that Peter and John had been with whom? (4:13) -
Jesus

9. Which apostle talked to Ananias? (5:3) - ​Peter

10. Who told Peter that three men were looking for him? (10:19) - ​The Spirit

11. About what baptism did Peter first speak to Cornelius? (10:37) - ​John's

12. With what did the Jews who came with Peter hear the Gentiles speak? (10:46) -
Tongues

13. How many brethren accompanied Peter when he went to visit Cornelius? (11:12) -
Six

14. What kind of gate led to the city where Peter was going? (12:10) - ​Iron

15. To what woman's house did Peter go after escaping from prison? (12:12) - ​Mary's

16. What girl came to the door when Peter knocked? (12:13) - ​Rhoda

17. When Herod learned that Peter had escaped, what was the punishment for the
soldiers who let him get away? (12:19) - ​Death

4. Fill in the blanks 

1. In Acts 2:38 Peter told the people to _________ and be ____________ (​Repent and
be baptized)

2. Peter told the lame man he did not have ________ or ______ (3:6) (​Silver or Gold)

3. Peter told the man at the temple gate to _________ and _______ in the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth? (3:6) (​Rise-up and walk)

4. Peter spoke of the "God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of ______, the God of our
fathers," (3:13) - ​Jacob
5. About ___________men heard and believed the word Peter and John taught? (4:4)
(​5,000)

6. The Sanhedrin eyed the intelligence of Peter and John as _________ and
____________ (4:13) (​Uneducated and untrained)

7. ___________ told Simon the power of the Holy Spirit could not be bought? (8:20)
(​Peter)

8. Peter was in ___________ when Dorcas fell sick and died. (9:38) – (​Lydda)

9. When Peter arrived to see the woman in Joppa, _______ were weeping and showing
the tunics and garments she had made? (9:39) (​Widows)

10. When praying at the sixth hour Peter fell into a ___________ (10:10) (​trance)

11. The first thing Peter told Cornelius is, "In truth I perceive that God shows no
______." (10:34) – (​Partiality)

12. Peter said that their patriarch, David, was dead, buried, and his ______ was still with
them. (2:29) – (​Tomb)

13. The people plotted to __________ the apostles after hearing Peter speak about
Jesus (5:33) - (​Kill)

14. The people who turned to the Lord after seeing the healing of the paralyzed man by
Peter belonged to the towns of ___________ and _______________ (9:35) (​Lydda
and Sharon)

15. Peter had never eaten ___________ or ____________ things up to the time he saw
the object descending from heaven? (10:14) (​Common or unclean things)

16. While Peter was speaking to Cornelius and the others, the _____________ fell on all
that heard the word? (10:44) - (​The Holy Spirit)

17. Peter thought he was seeing a _____________ as he escaped from prison? (12:9)
(​Vision)

18. After Peter's escape Herod went from ______________ to ___________? (12:19)
(​Judea to Caesarea)

5. True / False 

1. After healing the man at the temple gate, the people ran to Peter and John at the
Beautiful porch? - ​False​ (​Solomon's porch)
2. Peter and John were put in jail for five days for speaking about Jesus and his
resurrection from the dead? (4:3) – ​False (Until the next day)

3. Peter and John were sent to Samaria after the apostles heard of the great response
to the Word of God? (8:14) – ​True

4. Peter, after traveling through the country, visited saints in the town of Lydda? (9:32)
– ​True

5. Five thousand respond to the miracle that Peter performed in Joppa? (9:42) – ​False
(Many believed on the Lord)

6. Peter was very hungry when he went to pray at the sixth hour? (10:10) – ​True

7. While Peter was in prison, the church constantly prayed for him (12:5) - ​True

8. The people in the house though Peter’s ghost was at the door (12:15) - ​False -
Peter's angel

9. The book of Acts may have been written as a legal document written in defence of
the Apostle Peter, for his trial in front of the Emperor in Rome (1: 1ff). – ​False – It
was written to provide the history of the early church and the spread of the gospel.

10. Barnabas, Paul and Peter travelled together on a mission trip to spread the gospel to
the Gentiles (13:4). ​False. (Barnabas and Paul)

11. It was seven day between the time Peter visited Cornelius and the time Cornelius
had his vision? (10:30) - ​False - Four days.

12. Now as Peter went here and there among all the believers, he came down also to the
saints living in Lydda.- ​Acts 9:32​ - ​True

6. Match the following 

 
A Chp B
The two apostles who went to the 3:1 Peter and John
temple at the ninth hour?
Peter took the man by what part of 3:7 Right hand
his body lifting him up?
The high priest that dealt with Peter 4:6 Annas
and John in Acts 4?
Peter was filled with 4:8 The Holy Spirit
Peter compared Jesus to 4:11 A stone that the builders use
Peter and John could not help 4:20 What they had seen and heard
speaking about
What did the sick want to fall on them 5:15 Peter’s shadow
The name of the man with palsy that 9:33 Aeneas
Peter healed?

With whom did Peter stay in Joppa for 9:43 Simon, a tanner
many days?
Where did Peter go to pray about the 10:9 The housetop
sixth hour?
What did Peter tell Cornelius it was an 10:28 Keep company with or go to one of
unlawful thing for a Jew to do? (10:28) another nation
Peter was taken prisoner by Herod 12:3 On the Days of Unleavened Bread
An angel of the Lord 12:7 Came to get Peter out of prison one
night

 
7. Word search 

All the words listed below are in the puzzle - left, right, up, down or diagonally. Find each
word and after you have found all the words, with the leftover letters form the mystery
answer.

Acts Ch 1

Apostle, Baptize, Chosen, Clouds, Gift, God, Heaven, Jesus, Ministry, Power,
Prayer, Proofs

Acts 6 & 7
Confused, Death, Friend, Growing, Guilty, Help, Jesus, Love, Plan, Pray,
Stephen, Stoned

Acts 13

Antioch, Baptism, Believe, Benjamin, Blind, Brethren, Chanaan, Cyrene,

Disciples, Divided, Elymas, Galilee, Gentiles, God, Grace, Hundred, Iconium,
Israel, Jerusalem, Lord, Lot, Minister, Nations, Pamphylia, Preached, Promise,
Prophet, Sabbath, Salamis, Salvation, Seleucia, Sepulchre, Simeon, Suffered,
Synagogue, Worthy, Years
Acts Tour Guide

Achaia, Adriatic Sea, Antioch, Apollonia, Athens, Caesarea, Cauda, Cenchrea,

Cilicia, Corinth, Cos, Crete, Damascus, Derbe, Ephesus, Fair Havens, Galatia,
Galilee, Gaza, Iconium, Lystra, Macedonia, Neapolis, Pamphylia, Philippi,
Phoenicia, Phrygia, Rhegium, Rhodes, Salamis, Samaria, Seleucia, Syracuse,
Thessalonica, Thyatira, Troas

8. Crossword 

(Attached on Peter – 3 crosswords puzzles

9. Jumbled Words 
1. D S E A D S E R D - ADDRESSED
But ​Peter​, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and _____________ them,
“Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to
what I say. - ​Acts 2:14

2. MPLTEE - TEMPLE
When he saw ​Peter​ and John about to go into the _________, he asked them for
alms. - ​Acts 3:3

3. TNETLIYN - INTENTLY
Peter​ looked ____________ at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” - ​Acts 3:4

4. ZRATAHNE - NAZARETH
But ​Peter​ said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of
Jesus Christ of ____________, stand up and walk.” - ​Acts 3:6

5. TNIOSSDEHA - ASTONISHED
While he clung to ​Peter​ and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico
called Solomon’s Portico, utterly ______________. - ​Acts 3:11

6. DCSAUEDES – SADDUCEES
While ​Peter​ and John were speaking to the people before the Council, the priests,
the captain of the temple, and the __________came to them. - ​Acts 4:1

7. WAOHSD - SHADOW
They carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mats, in order
that ​Peter​’s _______________ might fall on some of them as he came by. - ​Acts 5:15

8. TOAYUHRIT - AUTHORITY
But ​Peter​ and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human
_____________. - ​Acts 5:29

9. ULRSEMJAE​ - JERUSALEM
Now when the apostles at ______________ heard that Samaria had accepted the
word of God, they sent ​Peter​ and John to them. - ​Acts 8:14

10. SDITEFITIE - TESTIFIED

Now after ​Peter​ and John had __________ and spoken the word of the Lord, they
returned to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many villages of the
Samaritans. - ​Acts 8:25

11. BHATAIT - TABITHA

Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is
Dorcas. - ​Acts 9:36

12. SAERCAEA - CAESAREA

In _____________ there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian
Cohort, as it was called. - ​Acts 10:1
13. TIPATYLARI - PARTIALITY
Then ​Peter​ began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no
_____________ - ​Acts 10:34

14. UIMDCSRCIEC - CIRCUMCISED

The ________________ believers who had come with ​Peter​ were astounded that
the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles - ​Acts 10:45

15. TLOXELGNI - EXTOLLING

For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. - ​Acts 10:46

16. DEJAU - JUDEA

Now the apostles and the believers who were in _______ heard that the Gentiles
had also accepted the word of God. - ​Acts 11:1

17. RTCIDICZIE - CRITICIZED

So when ​Peter​ went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers ________________
him - ​Acts 11:2

18. VNRLTEYEF - FERVENTLY

While ​Peter​ was kept in prison, the church prayed __________ to God for him. - ​Acts
12:5

19. ZEADMA - AMAZED

Meanwhile ​Peter​ continued knocking; and when they opened the gate, they saw him
and were _______________. - ​Acts 12:16

20. MIOCMONT0 - COMMOTION

When morning came, there was no small _____________ among the soldiers over
what had become of ​Peter​. - ​Acts 12:18

10. Who said to whom – Multiple choice 

1. Who said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? (1:9-11)
a) Angels
b) Luke
c) Peter
d) Philip

2. Who posed this question to Peter and John "By what power, or by what name, have
ye done this? (4:7)
a) The High Priest, the Levites and the crowd
b) the rulers, elders, scribes, Annas and others
c) The Apostles, Pilate and the tax-collectors
d) Herod, the Samaritans and the Pharisees
3. Who said to Peter : "Rise, Peter; kill and eat." (10:13)
a) Paul to Peter
b) The Apostles
c) Barnabas
d) A voice from heaven

4. Who said : “You Israelites, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as
though by our own power or piety we had made him walk? - ​Acts 3:12
a) Paul to Peter
b) Peter to the people
c) High Priest to John and Peter
d) Paul to Barnabas

5. Who said to whom, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could
obtain God’s gift with money! - ​Acts 8:20
a) Paul to the Gentiles
b) Peter to Simon
c) Simon to the people around him
d) Peter to the lame man

6. Who said:​ “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed!” And
immediately he got up. - ​Acts 9:34
a) Paul
b) Saul
c) Peter
d) James

7. Who said the following and to whom : ”Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon,
who is called ​Peter​; he is staying in the home of Simon, a tanner, by the sea”. – Acts
10:30
a) The high priest to Peter
b) A man in dazzling clothes to Cornelius
c) Cornelius to Paul
d) Peter to Simon

8. Who came and tapped ​Peter​ on the side when he was in prison and woke him,
saying, “Get up quickly.” - ​Acts 12:7
a) The Chief Guard
b) The Centurion
c) Some Disciples
d) Angel of the Lord

9. Who said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the
hands of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.” - ​Acts 12:11
a) Peter to himself
b) Peter to Paul
c) The Chief Priest to Paul
d) The Guard to Peter

10. Who said to whom: “My brothers, you know that in the early days God made a
choice among you, that I should be the one through whom the Gentiles would hear
the message of the good news and become believers. - ​Acts 15:6-7
a) The High Priest to Peter and the apostles
b) Peter to the apostles and the elders
c) James to Peter and Paul
d) Paul to Barnabas and the elders

11. Guess the Character – Based on Clues & Pictures 

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