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Acts Of Apostles Flashcards

1
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One of the first two accept Paul s Christian and was his travel companion

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Barnabas

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A young man who was the traveling assistant to Paul and barnabas. Started in Antioch and left them in pamiphilia

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John mark

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3
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The man who baptized paul

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Ananias

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Where Paul was traveling to when Jesus appeared to Paul and blinded him

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Damascus

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Hometown of barnabas, where Paul and barnabas first sailed to and proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues

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Salamis

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Center of roman rule and cult of Aphrodite. Very immoral city. Proconsul was sergious Paulos and his magician Elimas

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Paphos

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Proconsul of paphos who was converted

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Sergious Paulos

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Magician of sergious Paulos. Blinded by Paul

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Elimas

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Radical Jewish zealot group. Basically Jewish terrorists who resisted roman rule. Wanted to assassinate Paul

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Sicarii

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10
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Southwestern shore of Lycia and opposite of Rhodes. Where st Nicholas came from

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Patara

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11
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What was Paul’s missionary procedure?

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Physical miracle to impress people
Baptize
Set up church
Revisit to encourage or strengthen

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12
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Where was the cult of Aphrodite located

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Paphos

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What was so bad about the cult of Aphrodite

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Worshipped Greek god of sex love fertility Aphrodite

ORGIES, ORGIES, and MORE ORGIES

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14
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Where did Saul start using his name Paul

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Paphos

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15
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What happened in Perga

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Perga was most important city in pamiphilia and Paul spread the word there then moved on to psidian Antioch

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16
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What is so siginicant about psidian Antioch

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Jews reject Paul. This is where Paul first decided to spread word to Gentiles

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17
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What happened in lystra

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Paul and barn heal lame man
Gentiles worship him and barnabas as Greek gods
Paul says no
Gentiles stone them

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18
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How long did Paul’s first journey last

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18 months ending in fall of 47 ad

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19
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Who accompanied Paul on his second journey

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Silas
Timothy
Luke

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20
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What was the importance of Corinth

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It was a port city that had great commercial prosperity. If you can spread the word in a port city, the word will then in turn spread to other places

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21
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What was the difficulty in Corinth

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Paul tried preaching to synagogues. Jews reject him. Paul sets up hq next door in Titus house. Jews took him to proconsul for making illicit religion. Paul is acquitted.

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22
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What was so important about Paul being acquitted in Corinth

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Paul was a roman citizen

The acquittal sheltered Paul’s ministry under the legality of Judaism

23
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In Corinth, these two were jewish Christians expelled from Rome, tent makers, and bffs of Paul

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Aquila and Priscilla

24
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What happened in troas

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Paul had vision where a man begged him to go to Macedonia

25
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Who joined Paul in Macedonia

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Luke

26
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In Phillipi of Macedonia, she was a purple tent maker and converted. Her house was also the first Christian household

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Lydia

27
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What happened in Phillipi about Paul being jailed

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Paul and Silas exorcise demons, jailed, jail door broken, Paul and Silas stay inside to save jailers job and life, jailed believes and is converted

28
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What was so important about Thessalonica

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Seat of roman govt and the largest city Paul went to

29
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In Athens, what did Paul have trouble with

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Paul had to deal with Athenian philosophers who couldn’t rationalize the resurrection of Jesus and rejected his ideas. Paul was not successful

30
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Why does Paul write Thessalonians

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To answer questions and misconceptions about christs return and correct their wrong ways

31
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When was Thessalonians 1 written and what was it about

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Late 50 and early 51:
Hold faith under persecution
Don’t listen to other propaganda opposing Paul

32
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What were the problems in Thessalonia?

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Vestil virgins
Usury
Predict christs return –> neglect life
Misunderstanding return of Christ and calculate exact date

33
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When was Thessalonians 2 written

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Few months after first, which was 50-51

34
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What was Thessalonians 2 about

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People though day of lord already came
Abandoned preoccupations and lived idle lives depending on church
Thought return of Christ meant judgement and not salvation

35
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On the third journey where did Paul go and how long was it

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Paul revisited old places to strengthen them and Ephesus

53-57 or 58 ad

36
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How long did Paul spend in Ephesus

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3 years

37
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What happened in Ephesus or what did Paul have to deal with

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Cult of Artemis worshipping Artemis God of hunt and virgins
Silver smiths make money by selling silver statues of Artemis. They get mad at Paul because they are now losing money to Christian converts

38
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What did Paul eventually convince the Artemis worshippers to do

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Burn all pagan books about witchcraft and shit like that

39
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Who forced Paul to leave Ephesus

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Silver smiths who were losing money because of Christianity taking away people from worshipping Artemis

40
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How can we relate Ephesus to today’s society

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Money is always in control. When the silver smiths forced Paul to leave, it wasn’t because they truly believed in Artemis, it was because they were losing money because of Christianity

41
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What was so special about Paul’s speech in Miletus

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Mirrored Jesus speech
Summoned Ephesians elders
Talked about his message, death, and hard route ahead

42
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When was Paul’s return back to Jerusalem

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58 ad

43
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Back in Jerusalem what does James think about Paul’s mission

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James leader of church praised Paul’s efforts but still wanted to keep Jewish tradition

44
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What did the Jewish Christians do to Paul in Jerusalem

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Claimed Paul defiled temple by taking Gentiles into temple and dragged Paul out. Sanhedrin charge Paul

45
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What happens to Paul in Jerusalem after he is charged by Sanhedrin

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Lysias the tribunal sends Paul to proconsul Felix who is the governor of caesaria

46
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Why did Felix and drusilia keep Paul under lax arrest for 2 years

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Drusilia was Jewish and like Paul’s talking

Paul had rich friends and they wanted to get ransom money

47
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In 60 ad who replaced Felix and what did that new proconsul want to do

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Porcius festus

Wanted to quickly deal with Paul cuz Jews were rioting

48
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What did Paul reason with festus about?

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Paul was a roman citizen and he had right to appear to Caesar in Rome

49
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When Paul enters Rome he enters …

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Triumphantly

50
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In Rome Paul is punished with a …

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An even more lax house arrest

51
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When and how is Paul martyred

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65 ad
Beheaded (roman right)
Head bounced three times and three water springs rose

52
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What happened in Malta after the second journey

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Paul shipwrecked in Malta

Malta is now most catholic country

53
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Hometown of Paul

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Tarsus

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