Apostles Quiz #1

The town where the disciples of Jesus were first called "Christians" was ________

Antioch

There are three accounts of Paul's conversion in Acts. Each of these mentions that Paul: Was en route to ________

Damascus

In many cities there is another common occurrence: hostility from the Jews causes Paul to turn to the ________

Gentiles

Once again, in Acts 22:21 Paul is told by the Lord that his mission is not primarily to the Jews, but to the ________

Gentiles

In Acts Luke has provided a broad survey of the church's development, from the resurrection of Jesus to the first Roman imprisonment of ________

Paul

Stephan's trial and execution: Introduced the one who will spread the word "to the ends of the earth." His name was ________. (Acts 7:58b and 8:1)

Paul

Luke's plot reaches its climax when Paul is brought to the capital of the civilized world, the city of ________

Rome

There are five divisions in the book of Acts: 8:4 to 9:43 - The mission outside Jerusalem, in Judea and ________

Samaria

The Acts of the Apostles is the second volume of his two-volume work, both addressed to ________

Theophilus

Stephan's trial and execution: Paralleled that of Jesus because Stephan also says, "Lord, do not hold this sin ________ ________" (Acts 7:60)

against them

Gentile converts had to do three things in order to share the table fellowship with Jewish Christians: They could not consume any strangled animals or any ________

blood

There are three accounts of Paul's conversion in Acts. Each of these mentions that Paul: Had letters of authorization from the ________ ________

high priest

Gentile converts had to do three things in order to share the table fellowship with Jewish Christians: They had to abstain from meat offered to ________

idols

Gentile converts had to do three things in order to share the table fellowship with Jewish Christians: They had to avoid marriages that Jewish law would consider ________

incestful

There are three accounts of Paul's conversion in Acts. Each of these mentions that Paul: Heard a voice saying, "Saul, why are you ________ ________?"

persecuting me

According to 18:3, when Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, in order to support himself while preaching he worked as a ________

tentmaker

One of the most important lessons of Acts is that the apostles had to go beyond their Jewish culture in order to take the gospel to ________

the ends of the earth

En route to Rome, Paul's ship is caught up in a violent storm. But all on board survive and before landing at the island of Malta, Paul gives thanks to God by celebrating ________

the eucharist

What is the Christian pattern of life called in multiple chapters of Acts?

the way

There are three accounts of Paul's conversion in Acts. Each of these mentions that Paul: Asked the identity of the ________

voice

The first Christian community had two chief duties to fulfill:

Devotion to prayer; charity towards the poor

On Paul's second missionary journey he first brought Christianity from Asia to the continent of ________

Europe

There are five divisions in the book of Acts: 10:1 to 15:35 - The beginning of the mission to the ________

Gentiles

There are five divisions in the book of Acts: 2:14 to 8:3 - The mission in the city of ________

Jerusalem

There are three accounts of Paul's conversion in Acts. Each of these mentions that Paul: Was told, "I am ________

Jesus

The Acts of the Apostles was written by ________

Luke

The eleven Apostles felt a need to appoint a replacement for Judas so they could continue to represent the twelve tribes of Israel (Lk 22:30). The disciple chosen as the replacement was ________. (Acts 1:26)

Matthias

There are five divisions in the book of Acts: 15:36 to 28:31 - The mission around the Mediterranean Sea by the apostle ________

Paul

There are five divisions in the book of Acts: 1:1 to 2:13 - Events between the resurrection and the beginning of the church, which is the feast of ________

Pentecost

Acts also recounts the activities of two minor apostles. ________ was said to have been involved in missionary work. It also tells of the activities of ________

Philip; Stephen

Paul's first major foundation was in the city of ________

Philippi

Among Jesus' last words to the apostles before "he was taken up" were: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the _________________________." (Acts 1:8)

ends of the earth

Acts 1:3 says Jesus "presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during . . ." a time period of _______

forty days

There are three accounts of Paul's conversion in Acts. Each of these mentions that Paul: Fell to the ________

ground

There are three accounts of Paul's conversion in Acts. Each of these mentions that Paul: Saw a great light in the ________

sky