What state were the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria in? What caused them to be multiplied?
Where did Peter make his way to? Who did he find there?
How long had Aeneas been paralyzed?
What words did Peter say to heal him? Who did he say heals him?
What was the result in Lydda and Sharon?
Where did Tabitha live? What was her other name? How was she characterized?
What happened to Tabitha? How did they prepare her body?
Why was it pretty easy for the disciples in Joppa to call for Peter?
What did the widows show Peter when he came to the room where Dorcas was laid?
What two things did Peter do first? What did he say to Tabitha? What happened?
What happened in Joppa when this became known?
Who did Peter stay with in Joppa?

Thought Questions

Go through the description of the churches again in verse 31. What is it about this verse that sets the tone for the rest of the chapter? Does your church fit that description? Which parts more than others?
What was the result of Aeneas’s healing (v. 35)? What idea does that give you about a good way to reach out to people who don’t know Christ?
Who healed Aeneas? Why was Peter careful to tell him that? Although medical work is a great way to reach people, who should physicians give credit to?
What can you learn from Tabitha’s example? Are you doing everything you can to ease the needs of those around you?
Why don’t we experience miraculous healing and raising from the dead in our churches today? Look back over everything we have studied so far in Acts. Did the church then have something your church is missing today? Did it have a special purpose then? Does your church have a special purpose now?
In your opinion, what is the most important result of a person being healed by God? Is it for that person, or that others might see it and believe (verses 35 & 42)?
If someone in our day started healing and raising people from the dead, would you automatically believe that they were from God? How can you be sure? (Read Exodus 7:11.)

My prayer is:
that my church would have peace and be edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they would be multiplied;
that I, like Tabitha, would make it a priority to serve the needs of the poor in any way I can;
and that I would give glory to God for any healing I see or experience.