Questions · lesson 7
The Second Missionary Journey, continued
Study Lesson VII, and then complete the following:
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1. The remainder of the chief places which Paul visited, and which are given in this lesson are: (Give at least five)(a)
(e)
(b)
(f)
(c)
(g)
(d)
(h)
2. In Thessalonica Paul and Silas made their headquarters in the
(Acts 17:5)
a. “
”, was the cry that the mob made when it assembled in front of Jason’s house. (Acts 17:6)
b. This statement was the mob’s manner of explaining the preaching success of Paul and Silas in Thessalonica, which success included the conversion of:
i. A great multitude of
.
ii. A considerable number of the
(Acts 17:4)
3. Leaving Thessalonica at the request of the local believers, the missionary company came to
. (Acts 17:10)
a. We are told that the people of Berea were
.
b. However, in the end, the
stirred up trouble in Berea and Paul was forced to leave Berea and, leaving
behind, journeyed
although the original plan was to go only
.
4. The word which the textbook uses to describe the manner in which Paul came to Athens is
.
5. From the textbook make five statements about the Athens of Paul’s day:
i.
.
ii.
.
iii.
.
iv.
.
v.
.
6. First of all Paul brought them the Gospel in their
and also spoke in the
with the
and
. (Acts 17:17)
a. As Paul moved about Athens his spirit became
becauseof the fact that the town was
.
b. The two leading religious groups in the City of Athens were:(1)
(2)
c. In not more then fifty words for each group explain the belief and practices of these two religious groups:(1)
.(2)
.
d. Members of the two chief religious groups in Athens brought Paul to
where they listened to what he had to say, until he mentioned
(Acts 17:32)
e. Most of those who listened to Paul excused themselves with the statement that
(Acts 17:32)
7. But Paul did not choose to remain longer in Athens and journeyed from thence to
.
a. In Paul’s day Corinth was the center of
.
b. Corinth was at this time also one of the great
centers of the known world. Consequently it was filled with all the
which cling to a rich commercial center.
c. Here at Corinth Paul came into contact with another Jew by the name of
who was of the same trade of
and the two went into business together.
i. The name of Aquila’s wife was
.
d. When persecution arose in Corinth Paul turned from the troublesome Jews with the statement:
.(Acts 18:6)
i. Suiting action to word, Paul moved to the home of
whose house, strangely enough, was located or joined
out of which Paul had just been cast.
ii. However, all the work of Paul in the synagogue was not in vain for we read that
, the ruler of the Synagogue became
.
8. It was also at Corinth that Paul had a special night vision from the Lord in which he was encouraged:
and was given the promise by God that
(Acts 18:9)He was also given the assurance that “no man shall
for I have
”.
a. After this vision Paul continued in Corinth for a period of
and Corinth seems to have become the center from which
.
b. But eventually a band of men fell upon Paul while he was on the street and brought him by force before the tribunal of
who was
.
i. These men charged Paul with persuading
(Acts 18:12-13)
ii. But when the proconsul discovered that the charge was based on a question pertaining to Jewish religion he
(Acts 18: 14-16)
iii. It is also revealed that the Gentile crowd present laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. We are told that the proconsul, in haughty indifference
.
9. Paul soon after leaves Corinth and we are given the information that he:
a. Took with him
whom he left behind in
.
b. He had shorn his head in
for he
.
10. After a short stay at Ephesus, although he did flatly refuse to stay longer, he did promise
.
a. The consensus of scholastic opinion is that Paul went directly to
after leaving Ephesus and, finishing the reasons for his stay in Jerusalem, returned to the home Church inAntioch where he spent
.