Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

April 11, 1999

 

Acts 16&17     "Into Greece "

 

Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above"

 

 

 

1.         Timothy was the son of a mixed marriage.  Paul had him:

 

            a.         baptised

            b.         circumcised

            c.         renamed

            d.         made a Roman citizen

 

2.         Paul was forbidden to enter Bithynia by:

 

            a.         the governor of Asia

            b.         a messenger from James

            c.         Barnabas

            d.         the spirit of Jesus

 

3          Lydia was:

 

            a.         a slave-girl

            b.         the wife of a Greek

            c.         a Jewish matron

            d.         a cloth dealer                 

 

 

 

4.         Paul and Silas were recommended by:

 

            a.         the governor of Cyprus

            b.         Gamaliel

            c.         a Jewish prophet

            d.         a spirit inhabiting a slave-girl 

  

 

5.        When the doors of the Philippi prison were opened, Paul and Silas:

 

            a.         escaped to Thessalonika

            b.         hid among the brethren

            c.         returned to the synagogue

            d.         stayed where they were

 

6.        Which of the following were Roman citizens:

 

            a.         Paul

            b.         Silas

            c.         Sergius Paulus

            d.         Barnabas 

 

7.         At Thessalonika, Paul:

 

            a.         preached only to Gentiles

            b.         preached in the marketplace

            c.         preached in the synagogue

            d.         had an interview with the governor

 

 

8.        Paul and Silas were accused of:

 

            a.        promoting a rival king

            b.        blasphemy

            c.        setting up a new religion

            d.        tax evasion 

 

9.         When Paul preached to the philosophers of Athens, they:

 

            a.         proposed the development of neo-Platonism

            b.         were converted to Christianity

            c.         scoffed

            d.         proposed another meeting

 

10.      (Advanced)  Paul left Athens for Corinth:

 

            a.         rejoicing

            b.         planning new missions to Greek philosophers

            c.         planning to incorporate Greek philosophy into Christianity

            d.         in fear and trembling