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

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Patara

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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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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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Where did Saul start using his name Paul

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Paphos

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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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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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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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Who accompanied Paul on his second journey

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Silas
Timothy
Luke

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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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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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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

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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

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What happened in troas

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

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Who joined Paul in Macedonia
Luke
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In Phillipi of Macedonia, she was a purple tent maker and converted. Her house was also the first Christian household
Lydia
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What happened in Phillipi about Paul being jailed
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
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What was so important about Thessalonica
Seat of roman govt and the largest city Paul went to
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In Athens, what did Paul have trouble with
Paul had to deal with Athenian philosophers who couldn't rationalize the resurrection of Jesus and rejected his ideas. Paul was not successful
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Why does Paul write Thessalonians
To answer questions and misconceptions about christs return and correct their wrong ways
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When was Thessalonians 1 written and what was it about
Late 50 and early 51: Hold faith under persecution Don't listen to other propaganda opposing Paul
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What were the problems in Thessalonia?
Vestil virgins Usury Predict christs return --> neglect life Misunderstanding return of Christ and calculate exact date
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When was Thessalonians 2 written
Few months after first, which was 50-51
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What was Thessalonians 2 about
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
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On the third journey where did Paul go and how long was it
Paul revisited old places to strengthen them and Ephesus | 53-57 or 58 ad
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How long did Paul spend in Ephesus
3 years
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What happened in Ephesus or what did Paul have to deal with
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
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What did Paul eventually convince the Artemis worshippers to do
Burn all pagan books about witchcraft and shit like that
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Who forced Paul to leave Ephesus
Silver smiths who were losing money because of Christianity taking away people from worshipping Artemis
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How can we relate Ephesus to today's society
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
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What was so special about Paul's speech in Miletus
Mirrored Jesus speech Summoned Ephesians elders Talked about his message, death, and hard route ahead
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When was Paul's return back to Jerusalem
58 ad
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Back in Jerusalem what does James think about Paul's mission
James leader of church praised Paul's efforts but still wanted to keep Jewish tradition
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What did the Jewish Christians do to Paul in Jerusalem
Claimed Paul defiled temple by taking Gentiles into temple and dragged Paul out. Sanhedrin charge Paul
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What happens to Paul in Jerusalem after he is charged by Sanhedrin
Lysias the tribunal sends Paul to proconsul Felix who is the governor of caesaria
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Why did Felix and drusilia keep Paul under lax arrest for 2 years
Drusilia was Jewish and like Paul's talking | Paul had rich friends and they wanted to get ransom money
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In 60 ad who replaced Felix and what did that new proconsul want to do
Porcius festus | Wanted to quickly deal with Paul cuz Jews were rioting
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What did Paul reason with festus about?
Paul was a roman citizen and he had right to appear to Caesar in Rome
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When Paul enters Rome he enters ...
Triumphantly
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In Rome Paul is punished with a ...
An even more lax house arrest
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When and how is Paul martyred
65 ad Beheaded (roman right) Head bounced three times and three water springs rose
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What happened in Malta after the second journey
Paul shipwrecked in Malta | Malta is now most catholic country
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Hometown of Paul
Tarsus

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