Geography

1. Multiple choice: On what island was Paul bitten by a poisonous viper? (a) Malta; (b) Crete; or (c) Cyprus.

2. While staying on an island during his trip to Rome, Paul  was used by God to perform many healings. On what island did this take place? (a) Crete; (b) Cyprus; or (c) Malta.

3. Where was Paul when he laid hands on the father of Publius and healed him of dysentery?  (a) Jerusalem; (b) Ephesus; or (c) Malta.

 

1. (a) Malta (Acts 28:1-3).

 

2. (c) Malta (Acts 28:9). Malta is an island in the center of the Mediterranean, sixty miles south of Sicily.

 

3. (c) Malta (Acts 28: 1,8). The name Malta or Melita means "Refuge." The inhabitants were called barbarians because they did not speak Greek, not because they were savage or uncivilized.