Friday, January 31, 2014

Geography

1. Multiple choice: After Paul and Barnabas were chased out of Pisidian Antioch by jealous Jews, they went to what city? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Iconium; or (c) Corinth.

2. In what city did Jews and Gentiles first attempt to stone Paul and Barnabas for their preaching of the gospel? (a) Paphos; (b) Lystra; or (c) Iconium.

3. When Paul and Barnabas fled Iconium because of persecution, they went to two nearby cities. What were these cities? (a) Tyre and Sidon; (b) Jerusalem and Jericho; or (c) Lystra and Derbe.


1. (b) Iconium (Acts 13:51).
 
2. (c) Iconium (Acts 14:1-5).
 
3. (c) Lystra and Derbe (Acts 14:6).

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Geography

Did you know when people in a nation do not or stop using the principles of doctrine
(The Bible) they begin to believe the  "LIE"
 

 
1. Multiple choice: When John Mark left Paul and Barnabas at Perga where did he go? (a) Jericho; (b) Jerusalem; or (c) Athens.
 
2. In what town in Pisidia did Paul preach a sermon recorded in Acts 13:16-41? (a) Corinth; (b) Antioch; or (c) Berea.
 
3. In Paul's sermon in Acts 13 he says that the witnesses of the death and resurrection were from what locale? (a) Judah; (b) Samaria; or (c) Galilee.
 
 
1. (b) Jerusalem (Acts 13:13).
 
2. (b) Antioch (Acts 13:20) This is not the same Antioch from which Paul and Barnabas were sent. This is Luke's first record of a sermon from the mouth of Paul.
 
3. (c) Galilee (Acts 13:31).

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Geography

1. Multiple choice: In what city on Cyprus did Paul and Barnabas find the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was receptive to the gospel? (a) Antioch; (b) Paphos; or (c) Cairo.

2. What was the name of the city to which Paul  and Barnabas first sailed after leaving Cyprus? (a) Antioch; (b) Tarsus; or (c) Perga.

3. When John Mark left Paul and Barnabas at Perga, where did he go? (a) Jericho; (b) Jerusalem; or (c) Athens.


1. (b) Paphos (Acts 13:6,7).
 
2. (c) Perga (Acts 13:13).
 
3. (b) Jerusalem (Acts 13:13).

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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).

Monday, January 27, 2014

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.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

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).

Saturday, January 25, 2014

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).