The ACTS of the Apostles 20

Read Acts 16:1-5

 

1. As far as you know, what nationalities are included in your family tree?

 

 

 

 

2. What ethnic values do you want to pass on to future generations of your family?

 

 

 

 

3. What was Timothy’s parentage? (16:1)

 

 

 

 

4. Why did Paul have Timothy circumcised?

 

 

 

 

5. How might a multi-ethnic background be both an advantage and a disadvantage?

 

 

 

 

Read Acts 16:6-10

 

6. How were the travelers hindered from entering Bithynia? (16:7) How exactly might this have happened?

 

 

7. When did Paul see the vision and what did he see? (16:9)

 

 

 

 

8. How did the narrator of the story participate in Paul’s travels? (16:10)

 

 

 

 

9. Why do you think God sometimes speaks to his people through dreams and visions?

 

 

 

 

Read Acts 16:11-15

 

10. Where did Paul and his companions go to pray on the Sabbath? (16:13)

 

 

 

 

11. Why do you think there was no synagogue? (think about how Luke described Philippi).

 

 

 

 

12. Who opened Lydia’s heart? (16:14)

 

 

 

 

13. Why should we extend hospitality to others?