Bible Quiz 10
(How well do you know the New Testament?)
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Dan Corner
46. As the Apostle Paul traveled and preached the gospel in various locations, he faced different kinds of opposition. On three occasions there were riots and/or near riots involving the whole city because of him. What were those locations?
But the Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd. (Acts 17:5)
Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia, and rushed as one man into the theater. (Acts 19:29)
The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. (Acts 21:30,31)
(Thessalonica, Ephesus and Jerusalem)
47. In what town were Paul and Silas severely beaten (that is, beat bloody) and thrown in prison after Paul cast a demon out of a fortune teller?
She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her. When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.” The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. (Acts 16:18-23)
(Philippi. He was beaten with rods there, according to the Greek. He was treated the same way at least two other times, but we have no record of the details, 2 Cor. 11:25.)
48. In what town was Paul stoned and drug out of the city because they thought he was dead?
Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe. (Acts 14:19,20)
(Lystra)
49. In what town did the people try to treat Paul and Barnabas as gods and wanted to offer sacrifices to them after a lame man was miraculously healed?
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them. In the past, he let all nations go their own way. Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.” Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them. (Acts 14:8-18)
(Lystra! This was before Paul was stoned and drug out of their town. People can turn very quickly!)
50. In a different town, Paul was all alone as he witnessed to others. He was called among other things a babbler. Which town was that?
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. (Acts 17:17,18)
(Athens)
51. In what town was Paul lowered over the city wall in a basket to escape persecution unto death?
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. (Acts 9:22-25)
(Damascus)
52. Where did Paul fight with wild beasts?
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” (1 Cor 15:32)
(Ephesus)
53. Where was one of the times the people were so angry with Paul that they were trying to kill him by beating him to death, possibly with their fists?
The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. (Acts 21:30-32)
(Jerusalem)
54. What was the typical treatment Paul received as he traveled about spreading God’s vital truth?
I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. (Acts 20:23)
(Prison and hardships were awaiting him.)