Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: Who said to Paul, "You almost persuade me to become a Christian"? (a) Felix; (b) Festus; or (c) Agrippa.

2. What was the name of the Roman centurion who treated Paul kindly as he began his journey to Rome? (a) Justus ; (b) Julius; or (c) Publius.

3. Luke gives great attention to the centurion who accompanied Paul to Rome. He even mentions the man's regiment. What was it called? (a) The Julian Regiment; (b) the Augustan Regiment; or (c) the Corinthian Regiment.

 

1. (c) Agrippa (Acts 26:28).

 

2. (b) Julius (Acts 27: 1-3).

 

3. (b) The Augustan Regiment (Acts 27:1).

Acts of the Apostles

1. Who succeeded Felix as governor of the province of Judea? (a) Festus; (b) Agrippa; or (c) Lysias

2. Who said to Paul,  "You have appealed  to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go"! (a) Felix; (b) Festus; or (c) Agrippa.

3. Question: Who accompanied  King Agrippa when he came to Caesarea to greet Festus?

 

 

1. (a) Festus (Acts 24:27). Festus served for only two years as governor. He was more just then Felix. However, he did not show much of his better side in dealing with Paul's case.

 

2. (b) Festus (Acts 25:12).

 

3. Bernice (Acts 25:13). Bernice was the sister of Agrippa, and had previously lived in an incestuous relationship with him. She was the oldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I and sister of Drusilla.

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: Who was the Roman commander in Jerusalem who sent Paul to Felix? (a) Claudius Archelaus; (b) Claudius Lysias; or (c) Claudius Antipas.

2. When Ananias the high priest pursued Paul to where he was being held by Felix, he took along an orator. What was his name? (a) Justus; (b) Titus; or (c) Tertullus.

3. Who was the wife of  Felix? (a) Priscilla; (b) Martha; or (c) Drusilla.

 

 

1. (b) Claudius Lysias (Acts 23:26). This ruler had acquired his Roman citizenship by purchase (22:28). His name Lysias indicates that he was of Greek birth.

 

 

2. (c) Tertullus (Acts 24:1).

 

3. (c) Drusilla (Acts 24:24). Drusilla was the youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa 1. She  was only eighteen or nineteen years old when she met Paul.

Acts of the Apostles

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1. Multiple choice: When Paul was given his defense before the Jewish council , who was the Jewish high priest? (a) Annas; (b) Caiaphas; or (c) Ananias.

 

2. Question: Which Jewish party was Paul a member of; the Pharisees or Sadducees?

 

 

3. Which Jewish party believed in the resurrection and angels and spirits, the Pharisees or Sadducees?

 

 

 

1. (c) Ananias (Acts 23:1,2).  was high priest from A. D. 47 to 58. He was killed by Zealots in 66 for his sympathies with Rome.

 

2. Pharisees (Acts 23:6).  The name Pharisee means "Separated One".

 

3. The Pharisees (Acts 23:8).

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: Paul encountered hostile Jews in Jerusalem at the close of his third missionary journey. They were especially angry at Paul because they thought he had brought a Gentile into the temple with him. Who was this man? (a) Tychicus; (b) Trophimus; or (c) Ttoas.

2. Who was mistakenly identified by a Roman commander as an Egyptian insurrectionist who led four thousand assassins out into the wilderness? (a) Peter; (b) Judas Iscariot; or (c) Paul

3. Who was Paul's teacher in his instruction in Judaism? (a) Caiaphas; (b) Gamaliel; or (c) Shammai.

1. (b) Trophimus (Acts 21:28, 29). Trophimus was a Gentile and had been with Paul , but Paul had not taken him into the temple.

 

2. (c) Paul (Acts 21:37-39). Paul set the commander straight by speaking to him in Greek.

 

3. (b) Gamaliel (Acts 22:3).Gamaliel was held in such high honor as a teacher that he was called "Rabban"  ("Our Teacher"), a higher title than "Rabbi" ("My Teacher").

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: What did Luke call the people of Tyre who " told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem"? (a) Christians; (b) backsliders; or (c) disciples.

2. What prophet came to Philip's house while Paul was there, and prophesied that Paul would be taken captive if he went to Jerusalem? (a) James; (b) Manaen; or (c) Agabus.


3. What one of the seven deacons , first mentioned in Acts 6, had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses? (a) Stephen; (b) Nicolas; or (c) Philip.

 

 

1. (c) Disciples  ( Acts 21:4).

 

2. (c) Agabus (Acts 21:10,11).

 

3. (c) Philip (Acts 21:8,9). This is the same Philip who gave the gospel to the Ethiopian eunuch.

Acts of the Apostles

1. True or false? Paul refused to meet with the Ephesian elders in Ephesus on his return trip to Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey.

2. Question: Who said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive"?

3. Multiple choice: What group of church leaders wept when Paul said he would not see them again?
(a) Philippian elders; (b) Ephesian elders; or (c) Jerusalem bishops.

 

 

1. True (Acts 20:16,17).  He did not want to travel inland to Ephesus and delay his trip to Jerusalem, so he sent for them to meet him at the seacoast city of Miletus.

 

2. Jesus (Acts 20:35). Although this idea is expressed  by Jesus in the Gospels, these exact words are not found on the lips of Jesus.

 

3. Ephesian elders (Acts 20:17,37,38).