Acts of the Apostles

1. Question: Who was called a "babbler" by the philosophers in Athens?

2. Two schools of philosophers are named as being present at Athens. Name one of them.

3. Multiple choice: What member of the Areopagus became a believer in response to  Paul's massage? (a) Demetrius; (b) Gamaliel; or (c) Dionysius.

 

1. Paul (Acts 17:16-18). Paul was not afraid to confront people with the gospel regardless of their education or receptivity to his message.

 

2. The Epicurean and Stoic (Acts 17:18). The Epicureans regarded the world as the result of random motion. They sought to achieve happiness by detachment from life. The Stoic taught that happiness was gained by living in harmony with the natural order of the universe.

 

 

3.(c) Dionysius (Acts 17:34).

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: Who was required to give a pledge to the Thessalonica city officials  that Paul and Silas would leave town and not return? (a) Paul; (b) Silas; or (c) Jason.

2. What two people traveling with Paul stayed behind at Berea when the apostle left the city? (a) Timothy and Titus; (b) Barnabas and Saul; or (c) Timothy and Silas.

3. Who followed Paul  from Thessalonica to Berea to stir up the people against him? (a) Jews; (b) Greeks; or (c) Ethiopians.

 

 

1. (c) Jason (Acts 17:9).

 

2. (c) Timothy and Silas (Acts 17:14).

 

3. (a) Jews (Acts 17:13).

Acts of the Apostles

1. Fill in the blank: When the magistrates in Philippi sent word to the jailer to release Paul  and Silas from prison, Paul replied, "They have beaten us openly, uncondemn ------------ , and have thrown us into prisons..... Let  them come themselves and get us out."

2. Multiple choice: Whose  house did Paul and  Silas visit just before leaving Philippi? (a) Jason's ; (b) Rhoda's; or (c) Lydia's.

3. Whose house was attacked by a riotous mob in Thessalonica because they thought Paul  and Silas were there? (a) Mary's;  (b) Timothy's; or (c) Jason's.

 

 

1.Romans (Acts 16:37).  For  the magistrates to throw Roman citizens into  prison without a proper trial was a tremendous breach of Roman  law and could cause difficulty for the officials if the citizen chose to press charges.

 

2. (c) Lydia's (Acts 16:40).

 

3. (c) Jason's (Acts 17:5). In Thessalonica

Acts of the Apostles

1. Question: Who were the two missionaries who prayed and sang hymns in a Philippian jail?

2. To whom did Paul say, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household"?

3. True or false? When the Philippian jailer came to faith in Christ, his family rejected the message of Paul.

 

1. Paul and Silas (Acts 16:25).

 

2. The Philippian jailer (Acts 16:27-31).

 

3. False. His family also believed (Acts 16:32-34).

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: What woman lived in Philippi but was originally from the city of Thyatira? (a) Dorcas; (b) Priscilla; (c) Lydia.

2. Who followed Paul in Philippi crying out, "These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation"? (a) A man who  had believed the gospel; (b) a girl with  a spirit of divination; or (c) a pagan priest  who  had come to faith.

3. True or false? Paul and Silas were  arrested in Philippi on charges of teaching unlawful Jewish customs to Romans.

1. (c) Lydia (Acts16: 12,14).

 

2. (b) a girl with a spirit of divination (Acts 16: 16,17). The spirit of divination was  a demonic spirit.

Even though it spoke the truth, Paul knew it was from Satan.

 

(Paul and Silas in Prison)

 

 

3. True (Acts 16: 21,23).  The charge was untrue, but  Paul and Silas were beaten  and thrown into  prison without a trial. 

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: What two men were with Paul when  he received  his "Macedonian call"?
(a) Silas and Peter; (b) Timothy and Titus; or (c) Timothy and Silas.

2. What woman was one of the first believers in Philippi? (a) Dorcas; (b) Martha; or (c) Lydia's.

3. In whose home did Paul and Silas stay while in Philippi? (a) Timothy's; (b) Jason's or (c) Lydia's.

 

 

1. (c) Timothy and Silas ( Acts 15:40--16:9). Timothy and Silas accompanied Paul on his second missionary journey.

 

2. (c) Lydia (Acts 16:14).( Lydia's Conversion in Philippi)

 

3. (c) Lydia's (Acts 16:14 ,15).

Acts of the Apostles

1. Multiple choice: Who was circumcised so that he should not be offensive to the Jews while on a missionary trip? (a) Barnabas; (b) Timothy; or (c) Silas.

2. Who forbade Paul  and Silas to preach the gospel in Asia? (a) The Jews; (b) the Romans; or (c) the Holy Spirit.

3. What apostle received a vision of  "a man of Macedonia"? (a) Peter; (b) John; or (c) Paul.

 

1. (b) Timothy (Acts 16:1,3) (Timothy Joins Paul and Silas)

 

2. (c) The Holy Spirit (Acts 16:6). (v.6-9) (Paul's Vision of the man of Macedonia)

 

3. (c) Paul Acts 16: 9).