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Acts 23 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Lord Stands by Paul

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolCheer Up, Paul

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenA Good Conscience

LIVED → picture 4BEFORE → picture 3GOD → picture 1TODAY → picture 2

Grade 1A Good Conscience

Paul spoke to the council. → picture 5The Lord stood by Paul. → picture 1Paul's nephew heard a bad plan. → picture 4The boy told the commander. → picture 2Soldiers took Paul to safety. → picture 3

Grade 2God Is with Paul

  1. What had Paul tried to do? What was right before God.
  2. Who stood by Paul at night? The Lord. (circle)
  3. Where would Paul tell about Jesus? In Rome. (circle)
  4. Who heard about the bad plan? Paul's nephew. (circle)
  5. How did Paul get to another city? Soldiers took him safely. (circle)
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Grade 3Cheer Up!

  1. What did Paul say he was on trial for? The hope that the dead will rise.
  2. Who does not believe in the resurrection? The Sadducees.
  3. What did the Lord tell Paul? To cheer up, because he must tell about him in Rome too.
  4. How many people made the plan? More than forty.
  5. Who was the governor in Caesarea? Felix.
1: I have lived before God in all good conscience until today2: The following night, the Lord stood by him3: But Paul’s sister’s son heard they were lying in wait4: So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris

Grade 4You Must Testify at Rome

  1. What did the high priest order? Those near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
  2. What do the Sadducees say? That there is no resurrection.
  3. What did the Lord say Paul must do? Testify also at Rome.
  4. What did the letter to Felix say? That Paul had done nothing worthy of death or bonds.

Word bank: 1. Paul; 2. council; 3. Pharisees; 4. officer; 5. until

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Safe Passage to Caesarea

  1. What did Paul rebuke the high priest for? Judging him by the law while ordering him struck contrary to the law.
  2. What do the Pharisees confess that the Sadducees deny? The resurrection, angels, and spirits.
  3. What did the more than forty people bind themselves to do? Neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
  4. Where did Felix have Paul kept? In Herod's palace.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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