Welcome to our Bible Quiz blog post focused on the 11th chapter of Acts of the Apostles. In this post, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of 45 thought-provoking questions that will challenge your understanding and provide a thorough review of this key chapter.
Acts 11 contains powerful teachings and events including Peter’s vision, the spread of the Gospel to the Gentiles, and the christening of believers as ‘Christians’. Whether you’re an individual seeking to test your knowledge, a Bible study group leader, or a Sunday school teacher looking for resources, this quiz is designed for you.
[Related: Comprehensive Bible Quiz on Acts Chapter 10 with Answers (Acts 10 Quiz)]
Bible Quiz on Acts Chapter 11
Questions 1 to 45
Question 1:
In verse 1, who were the ones that heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God?
a) The Apostles and brethren
b) The Pharisees
c) The brethren in Jerusalem
D) The Sadducees
e) The Gentiles themselves
Question 2:
Who contended with Peter upon his return to Jerusalem?
a) The Gentiles
b) The disciples of John the Baptist
c) They that were of the circumcision
d) The Sadducees
e) The Pharisees
Question 3:
In Peter’s vision, how many times did the voice speak to him?
a) Once
b) Twice
c) Thrice
d) Four times
e) Five times
Question 4:
According to Peter’s vision, what did God cleanse?
a) The Gentiles
b) The Jews
c) The common or unclean
d) The apostles
e) The animals
Question 5:
Who did Peter bring with him to the house of Cornelius?
a)Four brethren
b) Five brethren
c) Six brethren
d) Seven brethren
e) Eight brethren
Question 6:
At what hour was Peter in prayer when he fell into a trance?
a) The sixth hour
b) The seventh hour
c) The ninth hour
d) The eleventh hour
e) The twelfth hour
Question 7:
Who was sent from Caesarea to fetch Peter?
a) A soldier
b) An angel
c) A servant and a soldier
d) Cornelius
e) A Jewish elder
Question 8:
What fell on the Gentiles as Peter began to speak at Cornelius’ house?
a) Silence
b) Darkness
c) The Holy Ghost
d) A vision
e) Fear
Question 9:
Who did Peter remember saying, “John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost?”
a) Jesus Christ
b) The Apostle John
c) The Apostle Paul
d) Moses
e) The angel in his vision
Question 10:
After hearing Peter’s account, what was the reaction of the Apostles and brethren in Judaea?
a) They were doubtful
b) They were silent
c) They were angry
d) They glorified God
e) They argued amongst themselves
Question 11:
Who were the ones scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen?
a) The apostles
b) The Romans
c) The Pharisees
d) The disciples
e) The brethren in Judaea
Question 12:
Where did those who were scattered abroad go?
a) Phenice, Cyprus, and Antioch
b) Rome, Athens, and Corinth
c) Jerusalem, Phenice, and Nazareth
d) Antioch, Cyprus, and Ethiopia
e) Galatia, Ephesus, and Thessalonica
Question 13:
To whom did they initially spread the word?
a) The Jews, Greeks, and Romans
b) The Greeks only
c) The Romans only
d) The Jews only
e) The Jews and the Greeks
Question 14:
Who was the man from Cyprus that was among them?
a) Mark
b) Barnabas
c) Stephen
d) Saul
e) Timothy
Question 15:
Where did Barnabas go to seek Saul?
a) Rome
b) Tarsus
c) Antioch
d) Jerusalem
e) Cyprus
Question 16:
How long did Barnabas and Saul assemble themselves with the church and teach much people in Antioch?
a) For a year
b) For six months
c) For two years
d) For a month
e) For three months
Question 17:
What were the disciples called first in Antioch?
a) Followers of the Way
b) Children of God
c) Saints
d) Brethren
e) Christians
Question 18:
Who came down from Judaea and prophesied that there should be great dearth throughout all the world?
a) Barnabas
b) Saul
c) Agabus
d) Peter
e) John
Question 19:
During whose reign did the famine occur?
a) Herod
b) Augustus
c) Tiberius
d) Claudius
e) Nero
Question 20:
Who did the disciples in Antioch send relief to during the dearth?
a) To the brethren in Rome
b) To the brethren in Judaea
c) To the brethren in Galilee
d) To the brethren in Tarsus
e) To the brethren in Corinth
Question 21:
What did Peter do before explaining his actions to the circumcision party in Jerusalem?
a) He prayed
b) He fasted
c) He rehearsed the matter from the beginning
d) He wept
e) He read from the Torah
Question 22:
Which apostle had a vision about a vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners?
a) Paul
b) John
c) Peter
d) Matthew
e) Barnabas
Question 23:
What were on the great sheet that descended from heaven in Peter’s vision?
a) Gold and silver
b) Four-footed beasts of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and fowls of the air
c) Fruits of the earth
d) Four-footed beast of the earth, and common creatures.
e) Four-footed beast of the earth, wild beast and creeping things only.
Question 24:
According to the voice in Peter’s vision, what should not be called common or unclean?
a) What God has cleansed
b) What man has cleansed
c) What the priests have cleansed
d) What the law has cleansed
e) What the apostles have cleansed
Question 25:
Who stood before the house where Peter was, calling out to inquire for Simon’s house?
a) Three men
b) Four men
c) Five men
d) Six men
e) Two men
Question 26:
What did the Holy Ghost command Peter to do without doubting?
a) To follow the men which were sent from Cornelius
b) To baptize the Gentiles
c) To spread the word of God
d) To return to Jerusalem
e) To go to Rome
Question 27:
Where was the first place the disciples were called Christians?
a) Jerusalem
b) Antioch
c) Rome
d) Cyprus
e) Tarsus
Question 28:
Who prophesied about a famine that would spread over the entire Roman world?
a) Agabus
b) Peter
c) Barnabas
d) Saul
e) The Holy Ghost
Question 29:
Who did the disciples decide to provide help to during the time of famine?
a) The believers living in Jerusalem
b) The believers living in Antioch
c) The believers living in Rome
d) The believers living in Cyprus
e) The believers living in Tarsus
Question 30:
Who was sent to carry the disciples’ gift to the elders in Jerusalem?
a) Barnabas and Saul
b) Peter and John
c) James and John
d) Thomas and Matthew
e) Andrew and Philip
Question 31:
Who objected to Peter’s interaction with the Gentiles?
a) The disciples of John the Baptist
b) The Roman officials
c) The circumcised believers
d) The Pharisees
e) The Gentile converts
Question 32:
What was the specific location of the people who first received the preaching from those scattered due to the persecution in connection with Stephen?
a) Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch
b) Rome, Greece, and Egypt
c) Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Nazareth
d) Galilee, Samaria, and Judea
e) Corinth, Thessalonica, and Philippi
Question 33:
How many men were sent from Cornelius to Joppa?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
e) Five
Question 34:
What was the reaction of the Gentiles when they heard these things?
a) They were troubled
b) They were angry
c) They glorified God
d) They were confused
e) They were filled with joy
Question 35:
Where did those who were scattered after the persecution travel to?
a) Judea and Samaria
b) Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch
c) Galilee and Perea
d) Rome and Athens
e) Egypt and Libya
Question 36:
Who did the men from Cyprus and Cyrene speak to in Antioch?
a) The Jews only
b) The Hellenists
c) The Pharisees
d) The Romans
e) The Sadducees
Question 37:
Who did the church in Jerusalem send to Antioch when they heard about the grace of God?
a) Peter
b) Paul
c) Barnabas
d) Silas
e) Timothy
Question 38:
How is Barnabas described when he arrived in Antioch and saw what the grace of God had done?
a) He was filled with joy
b) He was filled with the Holy Ghost
c) He was glad
d) He was surprised
e) He was skeptical
Question 39:
Where did Barnabas go to find Saul?
a) Jerusalem
b) Tarsus
c) Rome
d) Damascus
e) Corinth
Question 40:
What was the response of the circumcised believers when they heard that the Gentiles had received the Holy Ghost just as they had?
a) They objected
b) They were silent
c) They glorified God
d) They questioned Peter
e) They were confused
Question 41:
What did the disciples, each according to his ability, decide to provide for the brothers living in Judea?
a) Spiritual guidance
b) Monetary support
c) Food and supplies
d) Letters of encouragement
e) Protection from persecution
Question 42:
Who was praying in his house when an angel appeared to him?
a) Peter
b) Barnabas
c) Saul
d) Cornelius
e) Agabus
Question 43:
What did the disciples, each according to his ability, decide to provide for the brothers living in Judea?
a) Spiritual guidance
b) Monetary support
c) Food and supplies
d) Letters of encouragement
e) Protection from persecution
Question 44:
Who did Peter take with him when he went to Cornelius’ house?
a) Some of the brethren from Joppa
b) Some of the brethren from Jerusalem
c) Some of the brethren from Antioch
d) Some of the brethren from Tarsus
e) Some of the brethren from Rome
Question 45:
Who fell on Peter’s neck and kissed him when they met?
a) The Roman Centurion
b) The Pharisee
c) Cornelius
d) Barnabas
e) Saul
Answers to Questions 1 to 45
Question 1: a) The Apostles and brethren – Acts 11:1
Question 2: c) They that were of the circumcision – Acts 11:2
Question 3: c) Thrice – Acts 11:10
Question 4: c) The common or unclean – Acts 11:9
Question 5: c) Six brethren – Acts 11:12
Question 6: a) The sixth hour – Acts 10:9 (referenced in Acts 11:5)
Question 7: c) A servant and a soldier – Acts 10:7 (referenced in Acts 11:5)
Question 8: c) The Holy Ghost – Acts 11:15
Question 9: a) Jesus Christ – Acts 11:16
Question 10: d) They glorified God – Acts 11:18
Question 11: d) The disciples – Acts 11:19
Question 12: a) Phenice, Cyprus, and Antioch – Acts 11:19
Question 13: d) The Jews only – Acts 11:19
Question 14: b) Barnabas – Acts 11:20
Question 15: b) Tarsus – Acts 11:25
Question 16: a) For a year – Acts 11:26
Question 17: e) Christians – Acts 11:26
Question 18: c) Agabus – Acts 11:28
Question 19: d) Claudius – Acts 11:28
Question 20: b) To the brethren in Judaea – Acts 11:29
Question 21: c) He rehearsed the matter from the beginning – Acts 11:4
Question 22: c) Peter – Acts 11:5
Question 23: b) Four-footed beasts of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and fowls of the air – Acts 11:6
Question 24: a) What God has cleansed – Acts 11:9
Question 25: a) Three men – Acts 11:11
Question 26: a) To follow the men which were sent from Cornelius – Acts 11:12
Question 27: b) Antioch – Acts 11:26
Question 28: a) Agabus – Acts 11:28
Question 29: a) The believers living in Jerusalem – Acts 11:29
Question 30: a) Barnabas and Saul – Acts 11:30
Question 31: c) The circumcised believers – Acts 11:2
Question 32: a) Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch – Acts 11:19
Question 33: c) Three – Acts 11:11
Question 34: c) They glorified God – Acts 11:18
Question 35: b) Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch – Acts 11:19
Question 36: b) The Hellenists – Acts 11:20
Question 37: c) Barnabas – Acts 11:22
Question 38: c) He was glad – Acts 11:23
Question 39: b) Tarsus – Acts 11:25
Question 40: c) They glorified God – Acts 11:18
Question 41: b) Monetary support – Acts 11:29
Question 42: d) Cornelius – Acts 11:13
Question 43: b) Monetary support –
Apologies for the oversight. Here are the answers with the respective verses:
Question 43: b) Monetary support – Acts 11:29
Question 44: a) Some of the brethren from Joppa – Acts 11:12
Question 45: c) Cornelius – This specific event isn’t stated in Acts 11, but from Acts 10:25, it’s known that Cornelius fell at Peter’s feet when they met. The act of kissing isn’t mentioned in the text.
Conclusion
We hope you’ve enjoyed this deep dive into Acts of the Apostles Chapter 11. Each question in this bible quiz on Acts Chapter 11, was designed to challenge your understanding and invite you to explore the chapter in more depth.
Remember, the aim is not merely to know the right answers but to use these questions as a springboard for further study and reflection. The Bible is a rich, complex text and each time we come to it, we can find new insights and revelations.
Don’t be disheartened by the questions you missed but use them as a guide for your future readings. Thank you for participating in our quiz. Stay blessed and keep exploring the word of God!