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(Upcoming) There is Salvation in No One Else / Acts 4:1-22

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Acts 4:1-22

Key Verse: 4:12, “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

  1.  As this passage opens, what is the location, what happens there, and why (1–2; cf. 3:1,11)? What do the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees do, and why (3)? What impact did the word from Peter have (4), and what does this tell us?

  2.  Who gathers the next day (5–6), what do they do with Peter and John, and what do they ask (5–7)? How is Peter described (8a),[1] how does he begin to answer (8–9), and why?

  3.  How does Peter rebuke them again (10)?[2] What does he repeat about Jesus’ name (10)?[3] What else does Peter say (11),[4] and what do the words “rejected” and “cornerstone” mean?

  4.  Read verse 12. What does Peter say here is unique about Jesus? What do the words “salvation” and “saved” mean to us (15:11)? How can we apply this verse practically to our personal life and ministry?

  5.  How do the leaders react to Peter and John initially (13), and what does it tell us? How do they react to the healed man (14)? What do they decide to do (15–18)? How do Peter and John answer (19–20)? What is the outcome, and why (21–22)? What can we learn here?

[1] Cf. Luke 12:11–12; 21:12–15.

[2] 2:23–24,36.

[3] 2:38; 3:6,16.

[4] Cf. Ps.118:22; Luke 20:17.

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