Ch. 13-18 New Testament

Why is Philip the evangelist a significant figure in Acts?

He was the first to take the gospel outside Jerusalem

During which festival in Jerusalem did Christ's spirit move in an unusual way?

Pentecost

In which passage does Paul emphasize Christ's oneness with God and yet his willingness to take on a human form?

Philippians 2:6-11

Who converted a sorcerer?

Phillip the Evangelist

The Jerusalem Council was convened to?

Reach a consensus about how Mosaic rules should be applied to gentile converts

Combining the beliefs of different religions is termed?

Religious symcretism

On what event does the message of Christ stand?

Resurrection

What did ancient philosophers consider as a basis for human knowledge?

Revelation of scripture

Paul was saved from scourging because of his?

Roman citizenship

The issue of the law was addressed by Paul most in the books of?

Romans and Galatians

Which country was the dominant military and political force of the second century?

Rome

What former enemy of the church witnessed the stoning of Stephen?

Saul

On which of Paul's missionary journeys was a church founded in Berea?

Second

Who was converted in Cyprus on Paul's first missionary journey?

Sergius Paulus

How long was Paul imprisoned in Rome?

2 years

What percentage of Acts is in the form of speeches and sermons?

20%

How long did the second missionary journey last?

3 years

How many accepted Christ at Pentecost?

3,000

Conflict over Jewish custom arose between early Christians and Jews in the A.D. __________'s?

40

The third missionary journey began in A.D. 53 and ended in A.D. ________?

57

How many men by the name of Simon are mentioned in the New Testament?

9

In what year did the Jerusalem Council take place?

A.D. 49

Who did Peter heal that had been paralyzed for eight years?

Aeneas

Who predicted a famine would occur during the reign of Claudius?

Agabus

Who announced to Paul the restoration of his eyesight?

Ananias

In apostolic days Jerusalem was overshadowed in Christian importance by?

Antioch

To what place did Paul escape after his conversion when a plot was devised to kill him?

Arabia

Who did the Antiochian church send with Paul on the first missionary journey?

Barnabas

Peter gave orders to new converts to?

Be baptized

What did Herod do to the guards who were on duty when Peter was released from jail?

Beheaded them

Octavian was known in the New Testament as?

Caesar Augustus

Who was the Roman emperor when Christ was born?

Caesar Augustus/Octavian

Which Roman ruler plays the least significance in the New Testament?

Caligula

Which term does Paul use the most in his writing when referring to the Messiah?

Christ

Who was used as an object lesson to teach that God does not show favorites?

Cornelius

Who were the radical activists of antiquity?

Cynics

What Old Testament passage did the Jewish leaders have in mind when they wanted Jesus crucified?

Deuteronomy 21:23

List the Prison Letters.

Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

What was the capital of the Roman province of Asia?

Ephesus

Where did Paul have his longest known ministry?

Ephesus

Which Roman procurator was the first to hear Paul's case?

Felix

What is the clearest indication of the progress of the gospel?

Following God's commandments

To what places was the letter that addresses the issues of the Jerusalem Council not sent?

Galatia

Where was Philip the evangelist traveling when he met the Ethiopian eunuch?

Gaza

What is at the center of Paul's theology?

God

A culture that is said to have Hellenistic influence has been affected by the culture of?

Greek

What was the language of culture during the Roman Empire?

Greek

The influence of ancient Greek and Roman mythology is demonstrated in Acts 14:12 when Christian missionaries were?

Hailed as Zeus and Hermes

Who was the first apostle to die for Jesus?

James

Paul was most likely educated in?

Jerusalem

Where was the gospel of salvation through Jesus first preached?

Jerusalem

Which Old Testament prophet did Peter use in his sober message at Pentecost?

Joel

Acts of the Apostles is primarily concerned with the ministry of?

Paul

Who were the couriers of the letter from the Jerusalem Council?

Judas and Silas

The farthest point that Paul's third missionary journey took him was what is now called?

Kazakhstan

In what area did Greece have a significantly higher standard than Rome?

Literacy

What is the highest virtue in Paul's ethics?

Love

Who is the author of Acts?

Luke

In what part of the Roman Empire did Paul plant his first church?

Macedonia

Who was the replacement for Judas Iscariot?

Matthias

Which Roman emperor is most known for his persecution of Christians?

Nero

Religious syncretism was good for Christianity because it?

New religious claims might receive a ready audience

Whose idea was it for Paul to be tried by Caesar?

Paul

In Acts 8-12 what two individuals did not respond favorably to the gospel?

Simon the Sorcerer and Herod Agrippa A ruler & a sorcerer

At whose home did Peter stay while he was in Joppa?

Simon the Tanner

Those who pretended to repent and became involved in the church in order to gain personally are like the New Testament character?

Simon the sorcerer

Peter had an important vision when staying at the home of?

Simon the tanner

Which school of philosophy is most likely to hold that knowledge grows out of experience?

Skepticism

When Paul emphasizes the cosmic dimensions to Jesus' work, he is addressing issues that are best classified as?

Soteriological

Who was the first martyr?

Stephen

Whose sermon recorded in Acts 7 summed up the key elements of apostolic instruction in the early church?

Stephen

When Paul preached that God is personal and accessible, he was speaking especially to?

Stoicism

Christ's death "as a ransom for all" is called?

Substitutionary atonement

What is the contemporary name for the country from which the Ethiopian eunuch came?

Sudan

Galilee was included in the Roman province of?

Syria

Which early church is a good model for a contemporary multiracial church?

Syrian Antioch

Who gave exemplary care of the poor?

Tabitha

In what city was Paul born?

Tarsus

Paul was born in what is now modern day?

Tersous in southeastern Turkey

One of the reasons that Christianity was able to grow so much in the first century was because of?

The Pax Romana

What is parousia?

The Second coming

Chapters 8-12 of Acts begin a focus on?

The impact on individual lives

Jewish leaders pressed for a Roman death for Jesus because?

They thought it would prove he was not the messiah

Who joined Paul and Silas at Lystra on the second missionary journey?

Timothy

For which book is Paul's authorship most disputed by modern critical scholars?

Titus

In which Pauline epistle does the word "church" not appear?

Titus

In which book does Paul repeatedly emphasize that Christians should perform good works?

Titus

Who was Cornelius?

a Roman military commander/centurion

What happened to Paul on Malta?

a viper fastened to his hand

In Acts 5:19 who released the apostles when they were imprisoned?

angel

What were the results of the conversions at Pentecost found in Acts 2:42-47?

apostles' teaching was central, fellowship bound believers together, sharing of earthly possessions

When was Acts most likely written?

early 60s

The author of Acts demonstrated extensive knowledge of?

geography, local politics and customs, seafaring, and the first century Mediterranean world

The literary quality of Acts is?

high

Acts is primarily what kind of narrative?

historical

The earliest proclamation about the dead and risen Jesus is best called?

kerygma

The Antioch church was important because it?

modeled the ethnic diversity apporiate to the gospel that brings people of all backgrounds into the one family of God; became the primary missionary church of early Christianity

How many times is the name of God mentioned in the New Testament?

more than 1,300 times

Another name for Pentecost is?

the Festival of Weeks

What was the ultimate goal of Paul's enemies?

to assassinate him