Geography

1. Multiple choice: Jesus Christ, through Peter, healed a paralyzed man name Aeneas. Where did this healing take place? (a) Lystra; (b) Cyprus; or (c) Lydda.

2. In what city was the woman Dorcas raised from the dead? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Jericho; or (c) Joppa.

3. According to Peter's message to Cornelius, where did Jesus first  preach? (a) Judea; (b) Galilee; or (c) Syria.

 

 

1. (c) Lydda (Acts 9:32-34). In the times of the kingdom, this city belonged to the Benjamites and was called Lod. It is known by that name to day. 

 

2. Joppa (Acts 9:36-41).

 

3. (b) Galilee (Acts 10:37).

 

 

Geography

1. Multiple choice: Where did the apostle Paul (Saul) first preach the gospel? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Damascus; (c) Tarsus.

2. After Saul's conversion, he preached first in Damascus. Where did Saul go from Damascus? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Bethany; or (c) Nazareth.

3. When Saul had to escape from Jerusalem because the Jews wanted to kill him, the apostles put him on a ship at Caesarea. Where  did he go from there? (a) Galilee; (b) Cyrus; or (c) Tarsus.

 

 

1. (b)  Damascus (Acts 9:19,20).

 

2. (a) Jerusalem (Acts 9:20-26).

 

3. (c) Tarsus (Acts 9:30). Tarsus was Paul's hometown. He remained in Tarsus for several years before joining Barnabas in Antioch.

Geography

1. Multiple choice: When Philip left Samaria he was told to go south along a road that went from Jerusalem to what other city? (a) Gaza; (b) Tarsus ; or (c) Damascus.

2. The road that goes from Jerusalem to Gaza travels  mostly through what kind of terrain? (a) Grassy plains; (b) forest; (c) desert.

3. Where was Saul going when the risen Lord  met him with a blinding light and a voice out of heaven? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Bethany; or (c) Damascus.

 

1. (a) Gaza (Acts 8:26), near the cost of the Mediterranean Sea.

 

2. (c) Desert (Acts 8:26).

 

3. (c) Damascus (Acts 9:1-4).

Geography

1. Multiple choice: Where did Philip go and preach the gospel? (a) Antioch; (b) Tarsus; (c) Samaria.

2. When persecution broke out against he church, the believers scattered into Judea and what other area? (a) Samaria; (b) Syria; or (c) Egypt.

3. Fill in the Blank: Peter and John traveled to ---------- after God had used Philip to open the area to the gospel. After they arrived, the Holy Spirit was given to the believers.

 

 

1. (c) Samaria (Acts 8:5). This marked the first time that the gospel traveled outside Judea.

 

2. (a) Samaria (Acts 8:1).

 

3. Samaria (Acts 8:14,15).

Geography

1. Multiple choice: Barnabas was one of the early Christians mentioned in Acts 4. He later became Paul's companion on the missionary journey into Galatia. What was the home country of Barnabas?
(a) Judea; (b) Galilee; or (c) Cyprus.

2. In Acts 7 Stephen defends the gospel message before the Jewish council. In his defense he relates Jewish history beginning with Abraham. He names the place where Abraham first lived. What is the name of that land? (a) Syria; (b) Mesopotamia; or (c) Egypt.

3. In what place did Abraham's father die? (a) Tarsus; (b) Haran; or (c) Nineveh.

 

1. (c) Cyprus (Acts 4:36).

 

2. (b) Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2).

 

3. (b) Haran (Acts 7:4) Haran was located in the area of what became Assyria in the times of the Kingdom of Israel. Assyria took captive the northern kingdom of Israel.

Geography

1. Multiple choice: When the people who were gathered in Jerusalem for the Feast of  Pentecost heard the apostles speak the gospel in their own language, they were amazed because they recognized that the apostle were from what area of the country? (a) Galilee; (b) Judea; or (c) Samaria.

2. In Joel's prophecy, quoted by Peter in Acts 2, Joel predicts that something will be turned to blood. What is it? (a) The sun; (b) the moon; or (c) the earth

3. After Peter and John healed the lame man, the people ran to them as they stood on the porch of the temple. What was the name of the porch, which was named after one of Israel's kings? (a) David's porch; (b) Hezekiah's porch; or (c) Solomon's porch.

 

 

1. (a) Galilee (Acts 2:7). The Jews from Galilee were noted to be unlearned men with little formal education. Therefore this could not be a "natural" phenomenon.

 

2. (b) moon (Acts 2:20).

 

3. (c) Solomon's porch (Acts 3:11). Solomon's porch ran along the east side of the outer court of the temple. In the porch area, the scribes held their school and the merchants and money changers had their stalls.

Geography

1. Multiple choice: Where did the disciples gather in Jerusalem while waiting for the promised  gift of the Holy Spirit? (a) In the temple; (b) in an upper room; or (c) in a synagogue.

2. On the day of  Pentecost, when the church began, there were people in Jerusalem from what geographic areas? (a) Antioch; (b) Europe; or (c) all nations.

3. Where was Peter and John going when they saw the man who was lame from birth? (a) To the Upper Room (b) to the church; or (c) to the temple

 

 

1. (b) In the upper room (Acts 1:13).

 

2. (c) All nations (Acts 2:5).

 

3. (c) To the  temple (Acts 3:1-3). The temple was a common meeting place for the early church

(Acts 2:46).