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1. In Acts 6:5, we read about Philip being appointed as one of the seven disciples for the Grecian Jewish believers in the early church. (Some people mistakenly think the Philip mentioned here is the one who served as one of the original 12 disciples.) Acts 8:26, in the NIV Bible, tells of Philip being directed to "go south to the road -- the desert road -- that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." Who gave him this message?
2. After Philip started on his journey, Scripture says he met an Ethiopian eunuch, "an important official in charge of all the treasury" of the queen of the Ethiopians. According to Acts 8:27, what was the name of the queen?
3. Acts 8:27-28 reports the Ethiopian had gone to Jerusalem to worship and on his way home he was sitting in his chariot reading a book written by an Old Testament prophet. What was the name of the prophet?
4. Acts 8:30 reports Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading the book of the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked. The man confessed he did not understand it "unless someone explains it to me." Then what happened?
5. True or false: According to Acts 8:32-33 (NIV), the eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth."
6. According to Acts 8:34, what question did the eunuch then ask Philip in regards to the words of the prophet he was reading?
7. How did Philip respond to the Ethiopian's question, as per Acts 8:35?
8. Acts 8:36 states that as Philip and the eunuch traveled along the road, they came to some water and then the eunuch made a pronouncement. What did he say?
9. According to Acts 8:39, Philip made a sudden departure from the scene. What happened?
10. Acts 8:40 tells of Philip suddenly appearing at another place, after which he traveled about preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea. What was the name of the place in which he suddenly appeared?
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