Acts 12 Quiz

This quiz is based on Acts chapter 12 (KJV). All questions are compulsory and should be answered before submission. Select the correct answers from the options given. We wish you all the best.

1. Which apostle did Herod kill?

Philip

James the son of Alphaeus

Nathaniel

James the brother of John

2. After killing one apostle, why did Herod proceed to arrest and imprison another apostle, Peter?

He saw that the Christians were silent about what he was doing.

He saw that the Jews were happy about what he was doing.

He saw that the Christians were weak and he could kill as many of them as he wanted.

He thought that by so doing, he could bring an end to Christianity.

3. When was Peter arrested?

During Pentecost

During the days of unleavened bread

On the Sabbath

During the days of the harvest festival

4. When did Herod intend to kill Peter in public?

After Easter

During the Passover

During the Feast of Unleavened Bread

On the day of Pentecost

5. When Herod arrested Peter, what was done to him while he was awaiting his death?

He was scourged in Herod's palace and put in prison.

He was put in prison.

He was put in a small inner cell.

He was beaten always at the Colosseum.

6. Who guarded Peter while he was in incarceration?

Many soldiers

Six soldiers

Four soldiers

Sixteen soldiers

7. When was Peter set free from incarceration?

On the days of Unleavened Bread

Two days after the Passover

The night before the day he was going to be executed

On the day he was going to be condemned

8. What did the church do for Peter while he was in incarceration?

They prayed for him.

They wept for him.

They visited and encouraged him.

They sought to help him escape.

9. How many soldiers were with Peter in the cell when the angel came to save him?

4

3

2

7

10. What was the first thing the angel did when he came to Peter to save him?

He made Peter's chains go loose.

He struck Peter on the side and woke him.

He opened Peter's eyes to see him.

He breathed on the soldiers, making them sink deep into sleep.

11. What did the angel tell Peter to do after waking him up in the cell?

He told Peter to be quiet lest he wakes up the sleeping guards.

He told Peter to listen to him carefully.

He told Peter to follow him.

He told Peter to dress up and follow him.

12. When the angel was walking Peter out of prison, who opened the iron gate that led to outside?

One guard sleepily opened it.

It opened by itself.

Peter opened it.

One of the believers who was waiting outside opened it.

13. At what point did the angel leave Peter?

The angel left Peter after walking him across one street.

The angel left Peter immediately after Peter stepped outside

The angel left Peter immediately after Peter stepped into the street.

The angel left Peter when Peter came to the house of the disciples.

14. What did Peter learn after he had come out of prison, realizing that he was free?

He learned that God had a bigger mission for him to accomplish.

He learned that God had sent His angel to deliver him from his enemies.

He learned that the Lord was with him until the end of time.

He learned that, indeed, God had chosen him to lead the church.

15. Where next did Peter go after the angel brought him out of prison?

He came to Matthew's house.

He went to the house of John.

He came to the house of John Mark's mother.

He left the city for Bethany.

16. The maid who answered when Peter knocked was called what?

Rhoda

Eunice

Eugenia

Lois

17. Why didn't the maid open the door immediately when she saw that Peter was the one knocking?

She could not open the door immediately because she was trying to tease Peter a little.

She was unsure whether it was really Peter knocking that is why she could not open the door.

She was so afraid that she could not open the door immediately.

She was so happy that she could not open the door immediately.

18. What was the response of the church when the maid told them that Peter was at the gate?

They said she was funny.

They said she was lying.

They said she was mad.

They said she was naughty.

19. When the maid insisted that Peter was the one knocking what did the believers say?

They said it was his ghost.

They said it was an imposter.

They said it was a soldier.

They said it was his angel.

20. What did Peter have them do when they opened the door and saw him?

He made them sing a hymn.

He made them keep quiet.

He made them close all the doors and windows.

He made them bow down and worship the Lord.

21. What was the mood of the believers when Peter came to them delivered from prison by an angel?

They were frightened.

They were astonished.

They were uncertain.

They were indifferent.

22. What did Herod do to the soldiers from whose custody Peter escaped from prison?

He banished them.

He interrogated them.

He put them in prison.

He sacked them from their post.

He had them killed.

23. After Herod failed in his attempt to kill Peter, where did he travel to?

Caesarea

Antioch

Lydda

Bethphage

24. According to Acts 12, what was Herod's mood toward the people of Tyre and Sidon?

He was worried about them.

He was not satisfied with their tributes.

He was afraid of them.

He was highly displeased with them.

25. The chamberlain of Herod was called what?

Dimitri

Baruch

Blastus

Annas

26. Why did the people of Tyre and Sidon desire to make peace with Herod?

They wanted to make peace because they were vassals to Herod.

They wanted to make peace because they liked him.

They wanted to make peace because they would not be able to fight him in a war.

They wanted to make peace because their food supply came from Herod's territory.

27. How did the people of Tyre and Sidon seek to make peace with Herod?

They appeal to Caesar to speak on their behalf to Herod.

They made Herod's chamberlain their friend and, by him, they sought to make peace with Herod.

They called together all the important people of their territory to speak on their behalf to Herod.

They called together the important men in the Roman empire to speak on their behalf to Herod.

28. What was the reaction of the people of Tyre and Sidon when Herod made oration to them?

The people, with a shout, flattered him that he was a god, not a man.

The people laughed at him out of contempt.

The people cursed him out of anger.

The people frowned their faces, disapproving of what he was saying.

29. Why did the angel of the Lord strike Herod when he was making an oration to the people of Tyre and Sidon?

It was because he was too wicked.

It was because he did not give God the glory.

It was because he had killed one of the apostles.

It was because he was lying to the people.

30. According to Acts 12, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem to Antioch. First, what did they go to Jerusalem to do?

They sent aid items to the believers there.

They sent an important issue to the apostles to solve.

They went there to hear the teachings of the apostles.

They went there to have the apostles confirm Paul as an apostle.

31. When Barnabas and Saul were returning from Jerusalem to Antioch, who did they come along with?

Timothy

Luke

Silas

John Mark

32. Which Herod was in Acts 12?

Herod Agrippa II

Herod Agrippa I

Herod the Great

Herod Antipas

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