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Besides the Jews who did Paul reason with in the synagogue at Athens (Acts 17:17)?
A. Roman philosophers
B. God-fearing Greeks
C. The priests of Athena
D. A crowd of students
B. God-fearing Greeks
What philosophical groups interacted with Paul in Athens (Acts 17:18)?
A. Epicurean and Stoic
B. Platonists and Aristotelian
C. Hegelian and Peripatetic
D. Essene and follows of Xenon
A. Epicurean and Stoic
How did the Athenians think about Paul when he was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection (Acts 17:18)?
A. He was crazy
B. He was advocating foreign gods
C. He was trying to get them to convert to Judaism
D. He was an atheist speaking of a God you could not touch
B. He was advocating foreign gods
Where did the philosophers take Paul to ask him about his new teaching (Acts 17:19)?
A. The Parthenon
B. The bay of Achaia
C. The Areopagus
D. The city gate
C. The Areopagus
How did the Athenian philosophers label Paul's ideas that they were inquiring about (Acts 17:20)?
A. Strange
B. Crazy
C. Odd
D. Illogical
A. Strange
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"There will always be some who reject the gospel, but we must do everything possible to ensure that before they make that decision, they _________ what they are rejecting".
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From what did God make all nations (Acts 17:26)?
A. From the dust of the ground
B. From the breath of his mouth
C. From one man
D. From his word
C. From one man
What did Paul tell the Athenians about where God is (Acts 17:24)?
A. Not in temples built by human hands
B. Not on the tops of mountains
C. Not hovering over altars where sacrifices are made
D. He is everywhere at the same time
A. Not in temples built by human hands
What did Paul tell the Athenians that God gives to people (Acts 17:25)?
A. Freedom and grace
B. Life and breath
C. Spirit and truth
D. Justice and righteousness
B. Life and breath
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What is the definition of Epicureanism?
A) A philosophy that emphasizes duty and self-control
B) A belief system that prioritizes pleasure and tranquility through moderation
C) A religious doctrine focused on divine intervention
D) A political ideology advocating for strict governance
B) A belief system that prioritizes pleasure and tranquility through moderation
What did Paul tell the Athenians God had determined for humans (Acts 17:26)?
A. Their beginning and end
B. Their boundaries
C. Their wisdom and knowledge
D. Their set times and places to live
D. Their set times and places to live
What did Paul tell the Athenians why God set the times and places humans should live (Acts 17:27)?
A. So they would seek him
B. So that they would realize their lives are a mere wind
C. So that they would repent and turn to him
D. So that they would listen to his voice
A. So they would seek him
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Which of the following best defines Stoicism?
A) A philosophy that emphasizes the importance of emotions and personal desires.
B) A school of thought that teaches the development of self-control and fortitude as a means to overcome destructive emotions.
C) A belief system that advocates for the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good.
D) A religious doctrine focused on the worship of multiple deities.
B) A school of thought that teaches the development of self-control and fortitude as a means to overcome destructive emotions.
Paul tells the Athenians all of the following we as humans do in God EXCEPT (Acts 17:28)
A. Live
B. Move
C. Die
D. Have our being
C. Die
From whom did Paul cite the quotation, "We are his offspring," when he was at Athens (Acts 17:28)?
A. The Scriptures
B. The Prophets
C. Some of the philosophers
D. Some of their own poets
D. Some of their own poets
Why did Paul tell the Athenians we should not think of God like gold or silver (Acts 17:29)?
A. Since we are his offspring
B. Since he is alive and not dead
C. Since he is the maker of silver and gold
D. Since he has spoken
A. Since we are his offspring
In the past Paul says God over looked ignorance but now what does he command (Acts 17:30)?
A. That everyone believe in Jesus Christ
B. That all people repent
C. That people do what is right and fair
D. That people turn from their idols to the living God
B. That all people repent
What does Paul use the resurrection as proof of when talking to the Athenians (Acts 17:31)?
A. That Jesus is the truth that the Athenians are looking for
B. That all men everywhere should turn to Jesus
C. That he will judge the world with justice
D. That God is living and not dead as silver
C. That he will judge the world with justice
When Paul told the Athenians about the resurrection, how did some of them react (Acts 17:32)?
A. They laughed at him
B. They would not listen to him
C. They insulted him
D. They sneered at him
D. They sneered at him
Who was a member of the Areopagus that believed after Paul's speaking in Athens (Acts 17:34)?
A. Dionysius
B. Elymas
C. Eutychus
D. Damaris
A. Dionysius
Who was a woman who was named as having believed after Paul's speaking at Athens (Acts 17:34)?
A. Priscilla
B. Herodias
C. Damaris
D. Lydia
C. Damaris
When Paul got to Athens, what really distressed him (Acts 17:16)?
A. There were no Jewish synagogues there
B. The city was given over to false wisdom
C. The city was full of idols
D. There were philosophers walking everywhere
C. The city was full of idols
Paul addressed the Athenians at the Areopagus saying that he saw that in every way the Athenians were very __________ (Acts 17:22)?
A. Philosophical
B. Intellectual
C. Religious
D. Wisdom
C. Religious
When Paul was talking with the Athenians, how did he describe the distance between humans and God (Acts 17:27)?
A. God is beyond all that we see and know
B. God is not far from each one of us
C. God lives in heaven and we are on earth
D. God lives in all his creatures
B. God is not far from each one of us
What did Paul tell the Athenians he found as he was walking around there (Acts 17:23)?
A. An a pillar dedicated to the creator
B. A temple built in honor of Ares the god of thunder
C. An incense altar to all the gods
D. An altar to an unknown god
D. An altar to an unknown god