Antioch Onward
Who accompanies Paul on his second missionary journey, leaving from Antioch?
Silas (Silvanus)
What event occurred in the Philippian jail that the Lord used to set the prisoners loose?
(Bonus: How was the Philippian jailor about to take his own life before Paul stopped him?)
An earthquake
Bonus: He drew out his own sword
How many sabbaths was Paul recorded as being in Thessalonica?
3
What was the name of the couple that Paul met in Corinth?
(Bonus: What was their occupation?)
(BONUS +500: What was the name of the Roman emperor who decreed for all Jews to be removed from Rome?)
Aquila (Husband) & Priscilla (Wife)
Bonus: Tentmakers
BONUS (+500): Claudius
In what city did Paul leave Aquila and Priscila with promised hopes of returning to them after the Jerusalem festival?
Ephesus
In what pair of cities does Paul meet with Timothy?
(Bonus: What was Timothy's ethnicity? [or what was the nationality of his mother and his father?])
Derbe & Lystra
BONUS: Mother was a Jewess, his father was a Greek.
Where did Paul and co. go first upon entering into Philippi?
The riverside
What was the name of the man whose house the unbelieving Jews assaulted in Thessalonica, as they were searching for Paul and Silas?
Jason
What were the names of the two types of philosophers that Paul reasoned with while he was in Athens?
Epicureans and Stoicks
What was the name of the Judean port city that Paul landed in when traveling back to Jerusalem, having left from Ephesus?
Caesarea
In what city does Paul receive the vision of the man from Macedonia?
(Bonus: What person are we most likely introduced to at this location, and what leads us to suspect this?)
Troas
Bonus: Luke; the change of narrative from 3rd person "they" to 1st person "we".
What was the name of the first European convert?
(Bonus #1: What was her profession?)
(Bonus #2: What city was she from?)
Lydia
Bonus 1: seller of purple
Bonus 2: Thyatira
What was one of the two primary accusations of the unbelieving Jews against the Christians in Thessalonica?
(Bonus if you can list both reasons)
1) They had the turned the world upside down
2) They were preaching another king, one Jesus.
What was one of the two names used to identify the location where Paul preached his sermon while in Athens?
(Bonus if you can list both names)
Areopagus & Mars' Hill
Thessalonica was the capital city of the Roman province known as...?
(Bonus: Corinth was the capital city of the Roman province known as...?)
Macedonia
Bonus: Achaia
After they had finished traveling through the region of Galatia, the Holy Ghost forbade Paul and Co. from preaching the word in the region of ______________.
(Bonus: What other specific region, starting with a "B", were they disallowed by the Spirit of preaching in?)
Asia
Bonus: Bithynia
Fill in the blanks, quoting what the devil-possessed girl was saying about Paul and co. "These men are the servants of the _______ ________ ________, which shew unto us the way of salvation."
Most High God
Why were the Bereans identified as being more noble than the Thessalonians?
Bonus: About how many miles south was Berea from Thessalonica?
The Thessalonians, "received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."
Bonus: 45-50 miles (less than 60 miles)
Scripture records Paul as finding an altar with a certain inscription, which he used as a means of preaching about the true Creator of the universe. What did the inscription say? "To the ______________ _________"
Unknown God
(BONUS: Name both.)
Dionysius & Damaris
What was the name of the port city that Paul and Co. landed in upon entering the new region of Macedonia?
(BONUS #1: What was the name of the sea that Paul and Co. sailed over [a small branch off from the Mediterranean]?)
(Bonus #2: What was the name of the island that Paul and Co. sailed to before the country of Europe?)
Neapolis
Bonus 1: Aegean Sea
Bonus 2: Samothracia
How did Paul respond when the magistrates told the jailor to let Paul and Silas leave the prison?
Bonus: What huge piece of secret information did Paul have that caused the Philippian magistrates to become fearful?
Acts 16:37 -- "But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out."
Bonus: Paul revealed he was a Roman citizen.
Certain lewd fellows of the baser sort
(I'll give credit for at least three correct words)
How did the Lord appear to Paul while in Corinth, and what did He have to say to him?
Acts 18:9-10, "Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city."
(The Lord was with him; don't be afraid; don't leave Corinth or be silent; many people were going to accept the gospel message.)
Why did Paul travel to Jerusalem?
(Bonus: In what city did Paul shave his head in order keep his Jewish vow?)
To keep a Jewish festival
BONUS: Cenchrea