Geography

1. Multiple choice: What city in Cyprus was first to hear the gospel from Paul and Barnabas? (a) Caesarea; (b) Salamis; (c) Paphos.

2. What was the last city on Cyprus visited by Paul and Barnabas as they began their first missionary journey?  (a) Paphos; (b) Salamis; or (c) Athens.

3. In what city on Cyprus did Paul and Barnabas find the false prophet Bar-Jesus? (a) Seleucia; (b) Paphos; or (c) Salamis.

 

 

1. (b) Salamis (Acts 13:5). Salamis  was the second largest city on Cyprus, being slightly smaller than Paphos, the capital city.

 

2. (a) Paphos (Acts 13:6)., the Roman capital of Cyprus.

 

 

3. (b) Paphos (Acts 13:6).

Geography

1. Multiple choice: In what city was Herod making a speech when an angel of the Lord struck him? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Antioch; or (c) Caesarea.

2. Paul and Barnabas began their first missionary journey from what city? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Antioch; or (c) Samaria.

3. From what port city did Paul and Barnabas sail as they began their first missionary journey?

 

 

1. (c) Caesarea (Acts 12:19-23).

 

2. (b) Antioch (Acts 13: 1-3 ).

 

3. (c) Seleucia (Acts 13:4)., a port city just southwest of Antioch.

Geography

1. Multiple choice: Where was Saul when Barnabas left Antioch to go and look for him? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Damascus; or (c) Tarsus.

2. Where did Peter go after being released from prison by an angel in Act 12? (a) John's house; (b) the temple; or (c) Mary's house.

3. After Peter escaped from King Herod, he left Judea and made his residence in what city? (a) Samaria; (b) Caesarea; or (c) Rome.

 

1. (c) Tarsus (Acts 11:25).

 

 

2. (c) Mary's  house (Acts 12:12). This Mary is the mother of John Mark, who traveled with Paul and Barnabas and wrote the Gospel of Mark.

 

3. (b) Caesarea (Acts 12:19).

Geography

1. Multiple choice: Where was Barnabas when he received word of many Gentiles turning to the Lord in Antioch? (a) Cyprus; (b) Bethany; or (c) Jerusalem.

2. The believers in Antioch took up a collection for relief of the brethren in what area? (a) Judea; (b) Samaria; or (c) Galatia.

3. In what city were the disciples first called Christians? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Antioch; or (c) Athens

 

 

1. (c) Jerusalem (Acts 11:22).

 

2. (a) Judea (Acts 11:29).

 

3. (b) Antioch (Acts 11:26).

Geography

1. The second missionary journey focuses on ------------.

2. The third missionary journey focuses on ----------.

3. Acts closes with Paul's arrest, trials, and journey to --------- as a prisoner.

1. Corinth (Acts 16-18).

 

2. Ephesus (Acts 18:23).

 

3. Rome (Acts 21-28).

Geography



1. The church is born in -------------.

2. The church spreads under persecution into  ----------- and -----------.

3. First church made up of many gentile converts becomes a launching point for missionary journeys from ----------.

 

 

1. Jerusalem (Acts 2).

 

2. Judaea---Samaria (Acts 8-12).

 

3. Antioch (Acts 13-20).



Geography

1. Multiple choice: Some Jewish Christians were upset that Peter had eaten with uncircumcised men at the house of Cornelius. Where did these Jewish Christians  live? (a) Joppa; (b) Nazareth; or (c) Jerusalem.

2. At the end of Acts11, there is the account of the gospel taking root among the Gentiles. What  city became the center for outreach among the Gentiles? (a) Tarsus; (b) Philippi; or (c) Antioch.

3. From what places were the preachers who first began to speak to the Hellenists in Antioch? (a) Judea and Jerusalem; (b) Cyrus and Cyrene; or (c) Damascus and Syria.

 

1. (c) Jerusalem (Acts 11:1-3). Throughout  the book of Acts, the Jewish Christians  in and around Jerusalem had the most difficulty accepting the Gentiles as full-fledged believers like themselves.

 

2. (c) Antioch (Acts 11:19-26). It  was the church in Antioch that sent out Paul and Barnabas to do missionary work.

 

3. (b) Cyprus and Cyrene (Acts 11:20).  Cyprus  was an island nation, and Cyrene was a port city in North Africa.