St.Paul 1
This town in modern day Turkey was the birthplace of Paul.
The term meaning non-Jewish people.
What is Gentiles?
This was Paul's profession before becoming an Apostle.
What is a tentmaker?
Paul was traveling to this town when Jesus appeared to him in a vision.
What is Damascus?
This is God's disciple who restored Paul's sight and later baptized him.
Who is Ananias?
This Apostle and missionary, known as the "Great Encourager", traveled with Paul on his first missionary journey.
Who is Barnabus?
The name of the Jewish Bible that contains the 5 books of Moses.
What is the Torah?
The Hebrew name given to Paul at his birth.
What is Saul?
The number of missionary journeys Paul made.
What is 3?
The term for keeping and maintaining the rules for a Jewish lifestyle in terms of cleanliness of body, food, etc.
What is Kosher?
Prominent, influential Jewish sect known for their strict adherence to Jewish laws and ritual purity. Paul was one of these before his conversion experience. They appear as villains in the Gospel, as many opposed Jesus.
What are Pharisees?
Roman-controlled city considered the center of the Jewish world. It housed the Temple Mount; Jews made pilgrimages here during Passover. Jesus died on the cross here.
What is Jerusalem?
Paul traveled to this city in Asia Minor on his first missionary journey, preaching his first major sermon on how Jesus was the true Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament.
What is Antioch?
This apostle was born with the name Simon before Jesus gave him a new name meaning "Rock", as he was the rock on which the church would be built.
Who is Peter?
The conflict between Paul and Peter arose out of spreading the Gospel to these two sets of people.
Who are Jews and Gentiles?
After establishing churches throughout Asia Minor and Europe on his missionary journeys, Paul would keep in touch with the new Christians in this way.
What is writing letters (epistles)?
Name for the Jewish judicial and administrative council, acting as the final authority on Jewish law. Their members were chief priests, Pharisees, and Sadducees. They brought Jesus to Pontius Pilate, beginning the steps for his crucifixion.
What is Sanhedrin?
People from Asia Minor to whom Paul wrote, saying that justification and forgiveness of sin comes by faith alone, not by works, and that salvation comes through Grace in Jesus Christ.
Who are the Galatians?
This young man from Lystra became Paul's protegé and most trusted assistant on his second missionary journey. He later became a pastor at the church in the major city of Ephesus.
Who is Timothy?
On his second missionary journey, Paul met this wealthy businesswoman who sold expensive purple cloth. He converted her to Christianity, and she and her entire household were baptized. She lent financial aid to the missionary journey.
Who is Lydia?
On Paul's 2nd missionary journey, he and Silas were imprisoned for disturbing the peace by casting a demon out of a slave girl. This natural event freed them from jail. They did not leave at first, using it as an opportunity to convert the jailor to Christianity.
What is an earthquake?
In his Letter to the Galatians, Paul talks about freedom vs. slavery and how we can be a slave to many things like money and material possessions. He says only this one thing can bring about freedom - not strictly following ritual teachings of the Jewish tradition.
What is Faith in God?
Name 3 books of the Bible authored by Paul.
What are Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, Philippians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, Philemon, 1st and 2nd Timothy, and Titus?
Paul healed a crippled man in this pagan city on his 1st missionary journey. This made the Gentiles believe he was an incarnation of the Greek God Hermes, so they brought gifts and sacrifices to him. However, this made the Jewish leaders turn against Paul, stone him, and drag him out of the city.
What is Lystra?
Paul talks about this gift of God in his letters. He says it is the love of God that brings salvation through Jesus Christ, rather than through human works. It is not something you can earn, but something given to those who believe.
What is Grace?