Acts 16

Question 1

Acts 16:1

Answer 1

He came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was a Jewess and a believer, but whose father was a Greek.

Question 2

Acts 16:2

Answer 2

The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

Question 3

Acts 16:3

Answer 3

Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

Question 4

Acts 16:4

Answer 4

As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

Question 5

Acts 16:5

Answer 5

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

Question 6

Acts 16:6

Answer 6

Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.

Question 7

Acts 16:7

Answer 7

When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.

Question 8

Acts 16:8

Answer 8

So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

Question 9

Acts 16:9

Answer 9

During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

Question 10

Acts 16:10

Answer 10

After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Question 11

Acts 16:11

Answer 11

From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day on to Neapolis.

Question 12

Acts 16:12

Answer 12

From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.

Question 13

Acts 16:13

Answer 13

On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.

Question 14

Acts 16:14

Answer 14

One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

Question 15

Acts 16:15

Answer 15

When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

Question 16

Acts 16:16

Answer 16

Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.

Question 17

Acts 16:17

Answer 17

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.”

Question 18

Acts 16:18

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Acts 16:19

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

Acts 16:20

Answer 20

They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar

Question 21

Acts 16:21

Answer 21

by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”

Question 22

Acts 16:22

Answer 22

The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten.

Question 23

Acts 16:23

Answer 23

After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.

Question 24

Acts 16:24

Answer 24

Upon receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Question 25

Acts 16:25

Answer 25

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Question 26

Acts 16:26

Answer 26

Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose.

Question 27

Acts 16:27

Answer 27

The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.

Question 28

Acts 16:28

Answer 28

But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”

Question 29

Acts 16:29

Answer 29

The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

Question 30

Acts 16:30

Answer 30

He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Question 31

Acts 16:31

Answer 31

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved–you and your household.”

Question 32

Acts 16:32

Answer 32

Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.

Question 33

Acts 16:33

Answer 33

At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his family were baptized.

Question 34

Acts 16:34

Answer 34

The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God–he and his whole family.

Question 35

Acts 16:35

Answer 35

When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: “Release those men.”

Question 36

Acts 16:36

Answer 36

The jailer told Paul, “The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.”

Question 37

Acts 16:37

Answer 37

But Paul said to the officers: “They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out.”

Question 38

Acts 16:38

Answer 38

The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.

Question 39

Acts 16:39

Answer 39

They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.

Question 40

Acts 16:40

Answer 40

After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house, where they met with the brothers and encouraged them. Then they left.