People of the Text
Location, Location, Location
Events in Philippi
The Sermon on Mars Hill
Finish the Verse
100

A seller of purple goods, she was a worshiper of God who opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

Lydia

100

Paul and Silas were imprisoned in this leading city of the district of Macedonia, which is also a Roman colony.

Philippi

100

About midnight, Paul and Silas were doing these two things while the prisoners listened to them.

praying and singing hymns

100

Paul said he found an altar with this specific inscription on it.

"To the unknown god"

100

Acts 16:31 - "And they said, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be _______, you and your household.'"

saved

200

A disciple found at Lystra, he was the son of a Jewish believing woman and a Greek father.

Timothy

200

Paul stood in the midst of this location in Athens to deliver his famous speech about the "unknown god."

Areopagus (or Mars Hill)

200

This natural phenomenon occurred suddenly, shaking the foundations of the prison and opening all the doors.

great earthquake

200

Paul stated that the God who made the world does not live in these.

temples made by man

200

Acts 17:16 - "Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of _______."

idols

300

In Thessalonica, the mob could not find Paul and Silas, so they dragged this man and some brothers before the city authorities.

Jason

300

The Jews in this city were described as "more noble" than those in Thessalonica because they received the word with all eagerness.

Berea

300

The Philippian jailer drew his sword to kill himself because he supposed this had happened.

the prisoners had escaped

300

To show God is not far from us, Paul quoted their own poets saying, "For we are indeed his _______."

offspring

300

Acts 17:11 - "They received the word with all eagerness, _______ the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so."

examining

400

This group of philosophers in Athens conversed with Paul; some asked, "What does this babbler wish to say?"

Epicurean and Stoic philosophers

400

Before entering Macedonia, Paul and his companions were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in this region.

Asia

400

When the magistrates sent police to release them, Paul refused to leave secretly because he held this citizenship.

Roman citizenship

400

Paul preached that the times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to do this.

repent

400

Acts 16:15 - "And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, 'If you have judged me to be _______ to the Lord, come to my house and stay.'"

faithful

500

Mentioned by name alongside Dionysius the Areopagite, this woman joined Paul and believed after his speech in Athens.

Damaris

500

Paul saw a vision of a man from this region standing and urging him, "Come over... and help us."

Macedonia

500

Paul commanded a spirit of divination to come out of a slave girl; her owners were angry because this was gone.

their hope of gain (profit)

500

Paul claimed God has fixed a day on which he will judge the world by a man he appointed, giving assurance by doing this.

raising him from the dead

500

Acts 17:6 - "These men who have _______ the world _______ have come here also..."

turned the world upside down