THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Study Questions Property of Appalachian Youth Ministries. Thursday Quiz Material (Chapters 19-28) CHAPTER NINETEEN

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1 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Study Questions Property of Appalachian Youth Ministries Thursday Quiz Material (Chapters 19-28) CHAPTER NINETEEN 1. Question: According to Ephesus 19:1-2, what did Paul ask the believers at Ephesus when he returned to them? Answer: Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? (19:1-2) 2. Question: When John baptized unto repentance, he further suggested that his hearers should do what? Answer: Believe on Jesus Christ who would come after him (19:4) 3. Question: What three things happened to the Ephesian believers when Paul laid his hands upon them? Answer: A. The Holy Ghost came on them B. They spake with tongues A. They prophesied (19:6) 4. Question: According to Acts 19:8, how many months did Paul speak in the Ephesian synagogue before he was forced to find another place to speak? Answer: Three months (19:8) 5. Question: What school at Ephesus did Paul use in which to dispute daily? Answer: The school of one named Tyrannus (19:9) 6. Question: (Two part question) What two personal items were carried from Paul to those who were sick, and what was the result? Answer: A. Handkerchiefs and aprons A. Their diseases and evil spirits departed from them (19:12) 7. Question: What did the vagabond Jews say to the evil spirits they wished to have power over? Answer: We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches (19:13) 8. Question: (Give exact quotation) How did the evil spirit respond to the seven sons of Sceva who tried to cast him out? Answer: Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? (19:15) 9. Question: What was the result of the incident between the seven sons of Sceva and the evil spirit? Answer: A. Fear fell on all the people A. The name of the Lord Jesus was magnified (19:17) 10. Question: (Two part question) What did the people of Ephesus do with their books of "curious arts", and what was the value of these books? Answer: A. They burned them B. 50,000 pieces of silver (19:19) 1

2 11. Question: Where did Paul want to go after he had visited Jerusalem? Answer: Rome (19:21) 12. Question: (Two part question) What was the occupation of Demetrius of Ephesus, and what did he build for the goddess Diana? Answer: A. He was a silversmith B. He made silver shrines (19:24) 13. Question: According to Demetrius, what had Paul done all over Asia? Answer: He had turned many people away from worshiping Diana (19:26-27) 14. Question: What did the silversmiths of Ephesus do when they heard what Paul was doing throughout Asia? Answer: They became angry and cried out Great is Diana of the Ephesians (19:28) 15. Question: What did the angry Ephesians do with Paul s traveling companions Gaius and Aristarchus? Answer: They rushed them into the theater (19:29) 16. Question: According to Acts 19:32, describe the confusion in the Ephesian theater. Answer: Some cried one thing, some cried another, but most of the people did not know why they were there (19:32) 17. Question: (Two part question) Why did the people of Ephesian riot refuse to listen to Alexander, and how long did the cry out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians? Answer: A. Because he was a Jew B. About two hours (19:34) 18. Question: What two idols did the town clerk indicate the Ephesians worshiped? Answer: A. The great goddess Diana B. The image which fell down from Jupiter (19:35) 19. Question: According to the town clerk, Gaius and Aristarchus could not be accused of what two crimes? Answer: A. Being robbers of churches A. Being blasphemers of the Ephesian goddess (19:37) 20. Question: Why did the town clerk of Ephesus desire to dismiss the assembly at the theater? Answer: They were in danger of being called in question for the uproar (19:40) CHAPTER TWENTY 1. Question: What did Paul do after the Ephesian uproar had ceased? Answer: He departed for Macedonia (20:1) 2. Question: Why did Paul decide to travel through Macedonia rather than to sail into Syria? Answer: He found that the Jews were laying in wait for him (20:3) 3. Question: When did Paul sail from Philippi for Troas? Answer: After the days of unleavened bread (20:6) 2

3 4. Question: Describe the meeting room where Paul spoke to the believers in Troas. Answer: It was an upper chamber with many lights (20:8) 5. Question: (Two part question) What was the name of the young man who fell asleep while listening to Paul preach, and how far did he fall? Answer: A. Eutychus B. He fell from the third loft (20:9) 6. Question: Quote Paul's words to the people concerning the lifeless form of Eutychus. Answer: "Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him." (20:10) 7. Question: How long did Paul talk with the believers at Troas? Answer: Until the break of day (20:11) 8. Question: How did the people feel when Eutychus was brought in alive? Answer: They were comforted (20:12) 9. Question: By what day did Paul want to be in Jerusalem? Answer: The day of Pentecost (20:16) 10. Question: Whom did Paul call to meet him in Miletus? Answer: The elders of the church at Ephesus (20:17) 11. Question: According to Acts 20:19, how had Paul served the Lord? Answer: With all humility of mind and with many tears (20:19) 12. Question: What did Paul expect upon his arrival in Jerusalem? Answer: He did not know what would befall him there (20:22) 13. Question: Finish the quotation and give the reference. None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself,... Answer:...so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. Acts 20: Question: According to Acts 20:25, what one thing did Paul know about his relationship with the elders of Ephesus? Answer: They would not see him again (20:25) 15. Question: Quote Acts 20:28. Answer: Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood. 16. Question: What did Paul foresee coming among the people of Ephesus after he departed? Answer: Grievous wolves that would not spare the flock (20:29) 17. Question: (Fill in the blanks) I commend you to God, and to the word of His, which is able to you up, and to give you an among all them which are. Answer: A. Grace B. Build A. Inheritance D. Sanctified (20:32) 3

4 18. Question: What three things had Paul not coveted? Answer: Other man s silver, gold, or apparel (20:33) 19. Question: Quote the words of Jesus that Paul used in Acts 20:35. Answer: It is more blessed to give than to receive. (20:35) 20. Question: For what did the elders of Ephesus sorrow most as Paul departed from them? Answer: That they would not see him again (20:38) CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE 1. Question: Name the three places Paul's ship stopped after it had left Miletus. Answer: A. Coos B. Rhodes C. Patara (21:1) 2. Question: What did the disciples of Tyre inform Paul through the Spirit? Answer: He should not go up to Jerusalem (21:4) 3. Question: What was the last thing Paul did with the disciples of Tyre as he was preparing to board a ship and leave them? Answer: He knelt down on the shore and prayed with them (21:5) 4. Question: With whom did Paul and His company stay while at Caesarea? Answer: Philip the evangelist (21:8) 5. Question: (Two part question) How many daughters did Philip the evangelist have, and what were they able to do? Answer: A. Four B. Prophesy (21:9) 6. Question: What prophet from Judea demonstrated how Paul might be caught and bound if he went to Jerusalem? Answer: Agabus (21:10-11) 7. Question: (Fill in the blanks) Paul was not only ready to be in Jerusalem but also to for the of the Lord Jesus. Answer: A. Bound B. Die C. Name (21:13) 8. Question: What did Paul s friends say when they realized he could not be persuaded to cancel his trip to Jerusalem? Answer: The will of the Lord be done (21:14) 9. Question: Who did Paul go to see the day after he arrived in Jerusalem? Answer: James (21:18) 10. Question: After greeting them what did Paul declare to James and the elders at Jerusalem? Answer: The things God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry (21:19) 11. Question: What endearing term of relationship did the elders use when they spoke of Paul? Answer: Brother (21:20) 12. Question: According Acts 21:24, what did the elders want Paul to prove to the Jewish believers at Jerusalem? Answer: That he walked orderly and kept the law (21:24) 4

5 13. Question: What did Paul do to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification? Answer: He purified himself and entered the temple (21:26) 14. Question: What five accusations did the Jews bring against Paul when they apprehended him in the temple? Answer: A. He teaches all men everywhere against the people B....against the law C....against the temple D. He brought Greeks into the temple E. He has polluted the temple (21:28) 15. Question: Why did the Jews think Paul had brought Trophimus into the temple? Answer: They had seen Trophimus with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had taken him into the temple (21:29) 16. Question: What tidings came to the chief captain of the band in Jerusalem? Answer: The whole city was in an uproar (21:31) 17. Question: (Two part question) How did the chief captain bind Paul, and where did he command him to be taken? Answer: A. With two chains B. Into the castle (21:33-34) 18. Question: What did the people cry out concerning Paul as he was being led into the castle? Answer: Away with him (21:36) 19. Question: What question did the chief captain ask when Paul spoke to him? Answer: Can you speak Greek? (21:37) 20. Question: How did Paul get the riotous crowd to silence? Answer: He beckoned to them with his hand (21:40) CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO 1. Question: Why did the people remain silent when Paul addressed them? Answer: Because he spoke in the Hebrew tongue (22:2) 2. Question: Where did Paul get his education? Answer: At the feet of Gamaliel (22:3) 3. Question: According to Acts 22:3-4, how had Paul persecuted the Christians? Answer: In a zealous way (22:3-4) 4. Question: At approximately what time of the day did Paul see a great light on his way to Damascus? Answer: Noon (22:6) 5. Question: What did Paul do when a great light shined upon him on his way to Damascus? Answer: He fell to the ground (22:7) 5

6 6. Question: How does Paul describe the reaction of his companions when they saw the great light on the road to Damascus? Answer: They were afraid (22:9) 7. Question: According to Paul in Acts 22:10, what did Christ instruct him to do when he was struck down on the road to Damascus? Answer: Arise and go into Damascus and there it shall be told thee all things which are appointed for you to do (22:10) 8. Question: How did Paul describe Ananias of Damascus? Answer: He was a devout man according to the law and he had a good report of all the Jews who lived there (22:12) 9. Question: Who did Ananias say had chosen Saul (Paul)? Answer: The God of our fathers (22:14) 10. Question: (Fill in the blanks) Paul was chosen to be God s unto all men of what he had and. Answer: A. Witness B. Seen C. Heard (22:15) 11. Question: According to Acts 22:17, what was Paul doing when he was in a trance? Answer: Praying in the temple (22:17) 12. Question: According to Acts 22:18, what did the Lord say to Paul while he was in a trance, praying in the temple? Answer: Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me (22:18) 13. Question: To whose martyrdom had Paul consented? Answer: Stephen s (22:20) 14. Question: Quote the words of the Lord's commission to Paul which are recorded in Acts 22:21. Answer: "Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles." (22:21) 15. Question: What three things did the people do when Paul said God told him to go to the Gentiles? Answer: A. They cried out for him to be done away with A. They cast off their clothes B. They threw dust in the air (22:22-23) 16. Question: Why did the chief captain order Paul to be scourged? Answer: He wanted to find out why the people were crying out against him (22:24) 17. Question: What did Paul ask the centurion as he was about to be scourged? Answer: Is it lawful for you to scourge an uncondemned man that is a Roman? (22:25) 18. Question: How had the chief captain obtained his Roman freedom? Answer: He purchased it with a great sum of money (22:28) 6

7 19. Question: What made the chief captain afraid? Answer: Because he had bound a Roman (22:29) 20. Question: When did the chief captain command the chief priests and their council to appear before him in order to hear their accusations against Paul? Answer: On the day after Paul s arrest (22:30) CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE 1. Question: What personal testimony did Paul give before the Jewish counsel? Answer: "I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day." (23:1) 2. Question: What unattractive name did Paul call Ananias the High Priest? Answer: A whited wall (23:3) 3. Question: How did Paul respond when he found that Ananias was the High Priest? Answer: He said he did not know that the man was the high priest (23:5) 4. Question: What two religious sects of the Jews were represented on the council? Answer: The Sadducees and the Pharisees (23:6) 5. Question: What was the major difference between the Sadducees and the Pharisees? Answer: The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection of the body, angels or spirits and the Pharisees believed in both. (23:8) 6. Question: How did the Pharisees come to Paul s aid when they heard he was a Pharisee and was being judged because he believed in the resurrection of the dead? Answer: They determined that they found no guilt in him (23:9) 7. Question: Quote the words of comfort the Lord spoke as he stood by Paul during the night in the castle. Answer: Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of Me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. (23:11) 8. Question: How many Jews conspired together to refuse food or drink until they had killed Paul? Answer: Forty (23:12-13) 9. Question: To whom did the men who conspired to kill Paul go with their plan? Answer: To the chief priests and elders (23:14) 10. Question: Who overheard the conspiracy and warned Paul of the plot to kill him? Answer: His sister's son (23:16) 11. Question: Who took Paul s nephew to the chief captain? Answer: One of the centurions (23:17) 7

8 12. Question: According to Paul s nephew, what were the Jews waiting for from the chief captain? Answer: A promise from him (23:21) 13. Question: What did the chief captain tell Paul s nephew as he sent him away? Answer: Do not tell anyone you have told these things to me (23:22) 14. Question: How big was the military escort that was used to take Paul to Caesarea? Answer: 70 horsemen and 200 spearmen (23:23) 15. Question: Give the full salutation that Claudius Lysias wrote in his letter to the governor. Answer: "Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting." (23:26) 16. Question: After Claudius Lysias had brought Paul before the Jewish council, what did he determine concerning Paul? Answer: There was nothing to lay to Paul s charge that was worthy of death or of bonds (23:29) 17. Question: Why did Claudius Lysias send Paul to Felix the governor? Answer: Because men in Jerusalem had taken an oath to kill him (23:30) 18. Question: After Felix read the epistle from Claudius Lysias, what did he want to know about Paul? Answer: What province he was from (23:34) 19. Question: What province was Paul from? Answer: Cilicia (23:34) 20. Question: Where was Paul kept until his accusers from Jerusalem arrived? Answer: In Herod s judgment hall (23:35) CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR 1. Question: How long did Paul wait in Herod s judgment hall before his accusers from Jerusalem arrived? Answer: Five days (24:1) 2. Question: What was the name of the orator who informed the governor against Paul. Answer: Tertullus (24:1) 3. Question: What four charges did Tertullus bring against Paul? Answer: A. We have found him to be a pestilent fellow B. He is a mover of sedition among all the Jews C. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes D. He has gone about to profane the temple (24:5-6) 8

9 4. Question: According to Tertullus, why were the Jews not judging Paul by their own law? Answer: Because the chief Captain Lysias came and took him away from them with great violence (24:7) 5. Question: How did the delegation from the Jewish council respond to the charges of Tertullus? Answer: They assented that the charges were true (24:9) 6. Question: Why was Paul happy to speak before Felix the governor? Answer: Because he knew that Felix had been a judge of the nation for many years (24:10) 7. Question: At the time of Paul s hearing before Felix, how many days had transpired since Paul had first arrived at Jerusalem? Answer: 12 days (24:11) 8. Question: What did Paul deny doing while he was in Jerusalem? Answer: Disputing with any man or raising up the people (24:12) 9. Questions According to Paul, what could his accusers not prove? Answer: The things they accused him of (24:13) 10. Question: (Fill in the blanks) Paul said, After the way which they call, so worship I the God of my, believing all things which are in the law and in the prophets. Answer: A. Heresy B. Fathers C. Written (24:14) 11. Question: Quote Acts 24:16. Answer: And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. (24:16) 12. Question: Why had Paul returned to Jerusalem in the first place? Answer: To bring alms and offerings to his nation (24:17) 13. Question: Who should have been accusing Paul before the governor? Answer: Those who found him purified in the temple (24:18-19) 14. Question: When did Felix promise to find out the uttermost of the matter concerning Paul? Answer: When Lysias the chief captain came down (24:22) 15. Question: What three things did Felix command the centurion to do with Paul. Answer: A. Keep Him B. Let him have liberty C. Forbid none of his acquaintances to minister or come to him (24:23) 16. Question: (Two part question) Who came with Felix to hear Paul, and what was her nationality? Answer: A. Drusilla the wife of Felix B. She was a Jewess (24:24) 17. Question: What three specific topics did Paul discuss with Felix and Drusilla? Answer: A. Righteousness B. Temperance C. Judgment to Come (24:25) 9

10 18. Question: (Give exact quotation) What statement of procrastination did Felix make after he had heard Paul's discourse concerning the faith in Christ? Answer: "When I have a convenient season, I will call for thee." (24:25) 19. Question: What did Felix hope to receive in exchange for letting Paul go free? Answer: Money (24:26) 20. Question: Why did Felix leave Paul in bonds when he left the governorship? Answer: He was trying to show the Jews a pleasure (24:27) CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 1. Question: What did the high priests and the chief of the Jews do when Festus arrived in Jerusalem? Answer: They informed him against Paul (25:2) 2. Question: What favor did the high priests and chief of the Jews ask of Festus? Answer: They asked that he would call for Paul to be brought to Jerusalem? (25:3) 3. Question: Why did the Jews want Festus to send for Paul to come to Jerusalem? Answer: They wanted to kill Paul on the way to Jerusalem (25:3) 4. Question: (Complete the verse.) Acts 25:5. "Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able,..." Answer: "...go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him." (25:5) 5. Question: Of what three things did Paul contend that he had not offended? Answer: A. Against the law of the Jews B. Against the temple C. Against Caesar (25:8) 6. Question: In order that he might please the Jews, what did Festus ask Paul to do? Answer: To go to Jerusalem to be judged (25:9) 7. Question: To whom did Paul appeal his case? Answer; Unto Caesar (25:11) 8. Question: How did Festus respond to Paul's appeal to Caesar? Answer: You have appealed unto Caesar, unto Caesar you shall go. (25:12) 9. Question: Who came to greet Festus in Caesarea? Answer: King Agrippa and Bernice (25:13) 10. Question: How did Festus describe Paul to King Agrippa? Answer: There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix (25:14) 11. Question: (Fill in the blanks) It is not the of the to deliver any man to die before he has a chance to face his. Answer: A. Manner B. Romans C. Accusers (25:16) 10

11 12. Question: What did Festus find concerning the Jews accusations against Paul? Answer: None of the accusations were as he had supposed (25:18) 13. Question: How did Festus regard the Jews accusations against Paul? Answer: They were superstitions (25:19) 14. Question: According to Festus, What were the Jewish superstitions about? Answer: About Jesus who was dead, but Paul affirmed to be alive (25:19) 15. Question: What did Agrippa decide when he had heard the story about Paul and his accusers? Answer: He wanted to hear Paul speak (25:22) 16. Question: How did Agrippa and Bernice enter the place of the hearing? Answer: With great pomp (25:23) 17. Question: Who attended the hearing of Paul along with Festus, King Agrippa and Bernice? Answer: The chief captains and principal men of the city (25:23) 18. Question: According to Acts 25:25, what was the conclusion of Festus concerning Paul? Answer: He had committed nothing worthy of death (25:25) 19. Question: Why did Festus bring Paul before the rulers? Answer: That after the examination he might have something to write to Caesar about (25:26) 20. Question: What did Festus consider to be unreasonable? Answer: To send a prisoner to Caesar and not signify the crimes laid against him (25:27) CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX 1. Question: Why did Paul consider himself to be happy as he stood before King Agrippa? Answer: Because he had the privilege of speaking for himself before the king (26:2) 2. Question: In what things was King Agrippa an expert? Answer: In all customs and questions which are among the Jews (26:3) 3. Question: In what manner had Paul lived as a Pharisee? Answer: Like the most straightest sect (26:5) 4. Question: According to Acts 26:6, for what was Paul being judged? Answer: For the hope of the promise made by God unto his fathers (26:6) 5. Question: Quote the question Paul posed to King Agrippa in Acts 26:8. Answer: Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? (26:8) 11

12 6. Question: Prior to his conversion, to what had Paul thought to do many contrary things to? Answer: To the name of Jesus of Nazareth (26:9) 7. Question: Who gave Paul the authority to arrest and imprison the saints in Jerusalem? Answer: The high priests (26:10) 8. Question: What did Paul carry with him when he went to Damascus in search of Christians? Answer: Authority and commission from the chief priests (26:12) 9. Question: According to Acts 26:13, how did Paul describe the brightness of the light he saw on the road to Damascus? Answer: Above the brightness of the sun (26:13) 10. Question: In what language did Paul hear the voice of Jesus speaking to him on the road to Damascus? Answer: Hebrew (26:14) 11. Question: Of what two things was Paul to be a minister and a witness? Answer: A. Of the things he had seen A. Of the things that would later appear unto him (26:16) 12. Question: Quote the words of Jesus commission to Paul found in Acts 26:18. Answer: To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in Me. (26:18) 13. Question: (Fill in the blanks) Paul said, Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not to the vision. Answer: A. Disobedient B. Heavenly (26:19) 14. Question: In proper order, give the places in which Paul had proclaimed the message of repentance. Answer: A. Damascus B. Jerusalem C. All the coasts of Judea D. Then to the Gentiles (26:20) 15. Question: (Fill in the blanks) By dying and rising from the dead Jesus showed unto the, and to the. Answer: A. Light B. People C. Gentiles (26:23) 16. Question: According to Acts 26:24, of what did Festus accuse Paul? Answer: Being beside himself, maddened by much learning (26:24) 17. Question: Why was Paul certain that King Agrippa had heard all about the death and resurrection of Christ? Answer: Because the Christians had not spread the Gospel in a corner (26:26) 18. Question: Quote the words which Agrippa spoke in reaction to Paul s defense. Answer: "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." (26:28) 12

13 19. Question: After a meeting together, what conclusion did Agrippa, Bernice, and Festus come to concerning Paul? Answer: He had done nothing worthy of death or of bonds (26:31) 20. Question: Why was Agrippa not able to release Paul? Answer: Because Paul had appealed to Caesar (26:32) CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN 1. Question: What was the name of the centurion of Augustus band that took charge of Paul s journey to Rome? Answer: Julius (27:1) 2. Question: How did Julius courteously entreat Paul? Answer: He gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. (27:3) 3. Question: Why did the ship Paul was aboard sail under Cyprus? Answer: Because the winds were contrary (27:4) 4. Question: At what place, near the city of Lasea, did Paul s ship stop? Answer: The fair havens (27:8) 5. Question: What did Paul predict would take place if they did not winter in the fair havens? Answer: Much damage would come to the ship and the lives of the passengers (27:10) 6. Question: According to Acts 27:12, why did they decide not to stay in the fair haven? Answer: Because the haven was not commodious to winter in (27:12) 7. Question: What was the name of the great tempestuous wind that arose? Answer: Euroclydon (27:14) 8. Question: What did those in charge of the ship do when it was caught and could not bear up into the wind? Answer: They let her drive (27:15) 9. Question: According to Acts 27:18-19, what did they do to try to lighten the ship? Answer: They cast off the tackling of the ship (27:18-19) 10. Question: How did the people feel when the sun and moon failed to be seen for many days? Answer: They gave up hope of being saved (27:20) 11. Question: What words of encouragement did Paul give to the people on board the ship during the terrible storm? Answer: Be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. (27:22) 13

14 12. Question: Quote what the angel said to Paul as they stood together through the night on board the ship. Answer: "Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee." (27:24) 13. Question: (Two part question) How deep was the sea the first time they sounded, and how deep was it the second time? Answer: A. Twenty fathoms the first sounding B. Fifteen fathoms the second sounding (27:28) 14. Question: What did those on board the ship with Paul do when they had cast four anchors into the sea? Answer: They wished for the day (27:29) 15. Question: What did the soldiers do when they heard that some of the shipmen were trying to escape in a boat? Answer: They cut the ropes and let the boat fall off (27:32) 16. Question: (Two part question) What did Paul encourage everyone to do as the day was breaking on the fourteenth day of the storm, and for what reason? Answer: A. To end their fasting and to eat some meat A. For the sake of their health (27:33-34) 17. Question: How many people were there on board Paul s ship? Answer: 276 people (Two hundred three score and sixteen) (27:37) 18. Question: What did those on board the ship do after they had eaten enough? Answer: They lightened the ship by casting the wheat into the sea (27:38) 19. Question: What geographical landmark identifies the place where the ship ran aground? Answer: A place where two seas met (27:41) 20. Question: How did the passengers and crew reach the shore from the wreckage? Answer: A. Those who were able to swim, did so B. Others used board and other broken pieces of the ship (27:43-44) CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT 1. Question: On what Island did Paul s ship run aground? Answer: Melita (28:1) 2. Question: What came out of the fire and fastened on Paul s hand? Answer: A viper (28:3) 3. Question: What did the barbarians say when they saw the venomous beast hang onto Paul's hand? Answer: No doubt this man is a murderer and though he escaped from the sea, yet vengeance will not allow him to live (28:4) 14

15 4. Question: What did the people do after they had looked a great while, and saw that the viper had not harmed Paul? Answer: They changed their mind and said he was a god (28:6) 5. Question: What was the name of the chief man of the Island of Melita? Answer: Publius (28:7) 6. Question: What did Paul do for the father of Publius? Answer: He prayed for him, laid his hands on him, and healed him (28:8) 7. Question: What were the signs of the ship on which Paul s company sailed from Melita? Answer: Castor and Pollux (28:11) 8. Question: (Two part question) How many days did Paul s company tarry in Syracuse, and what did they obtain while they were there? Answer: A. Three days B. A compass (28:12-13) 9. Question: How long did Paul tarry with the brethren in Puteoli? Answer: Seven days (28:13-14) 10. Question: How was Paul treated by the captain of the guard in Rome? Answer: He was permitted to be kept by himself with a soldier to guard him (28:16) 11. Question: After having been in Rome for three days, who did Paul call together? Answer: The chief of the Jews (28:17) 12. Question: For what reason had Paul appealed his case unto Caesar? Answer: Because the Jews spake against his being set free (28:19) 13. Question: What had the Jews of Rome not received concerning Paul? Answer: Letters or words that spoke harm of Paul (28:21) 14. Question: How long did Paul speak with the Jewish leaders of Rome from the law and prophets concerning Jesus? Answer: From morning till evening (28:23) 15. Question: Quote the passage from the prophet Isaiah that Paul recited at the close of his meeting with the Jewish leaders of Rome. Answer: Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive. (28:26) 16. Question: According to Acts 28:27, how did Isaiah describe the hearts, ears, and eyes of the of the people he was prophesying about? Answer: A. Their hearts are waxed gross B. Their ears are dull of hearing C. Their eyes have been closed (28:27) 17. Question: (Fill in the blanks) Be it known therefore unto you that the of God is sent unto the, and that they will it. Answer: A. Salvation B. Gentiles C. Hear (28:28) 15

16 18. Question: What was the response of the Jews as they departed from their meeting with Paul in Rome? Answer: They had great reasoning among themselves (28:29) 19. Question: How long did Paul dwell in a hired house in Rome? Answer: Two years (28:30) 20. Question: What three things did Paul do while he dwelt in a hired house in Rome? Answer: A. He received all that came to him B. He preached the kingdom of God C. He taught those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ (28:30-31) 16