Acts Of Apostles Flashcards
One of the first two accept Paul s Christian and was his travel companion
Barnabas
A young man who was the traveling assistant to Paul and barnabas. Started in Antioch and left them in pamiphilia
John mark
The man who baptized paul
Ananias
Where Paul was traveling to when Jesus appeared to Paul and blinded him
Damascus
Hometown of barnabas, where Paul and barnabas first sailed to and proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues
Salamis
Center of roman rule and cult of Aphrodite. Very immoral city. Proconsul was sergious Paulos and his magician Elimas
Paphos
Proconsul of paphos who was converted
Sergious Paulos
Magician of sergious Paulos. Blinded by Paul
Elimas
Radical Jewish zealot group. Basically Jewish terrorists who resisted roman rule. Wanted to assassinate Paul
Sicarii
Southwestern shore of Lycia and opposite of Rhodes. Where st Nicholas came from
Patara
What was Paul’s missionary procedure?
Physical miracle to impress people
Baptize
Set up church
Revisit to encourage or strengthen
Where was the cult of Aphrodite located
Paphos
What was so bad about the cult of Aphrodite
Worshipped Greek god of sex love fertility Aphrodite
ORGIES, ORGIES, and MORE ORGIES
Where did Saul start using his name Paul
Paphos
What happened in Perga
Perga was most important city in pamiphilia and Paul spread the word there then moved on to psidian Antioch
What is so siginicant about psidian Antioch
Jews reject Paul. This is where Paul first decided to spread word to Gentiles
What happened in lystra
Paul and barn heal lame man
Gentiles worship him and barnabas as Greek gods
Paul says no
Gentiles stone them
How long did Paul’s first journey last
18 months ending in fall of 47 ad
Who accompanied Paul on his second journey
Silas
Timothy
Luke
What was the importance of Corinth
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
What was the difficulty in Corinth
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.
What was so important about Paul being acquitted in Corinth
Paul was a roman citizen
The acquittal sheltered Paul’s ministry under the legality of Judaism
In Corinth, these two were jewish Christians expelled from Rome, tent makers, and bffs of Paul
Aquila and Priscilla
What happened in troas
Paul had vision where a man begged him to go to Macedonia
Who joined Paul in Macedonia
Luke
In Phillipi of Macedonia, she was a purple tent maker and converted. Her house was also the first Christian household
Lydia
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
What was so important about Thessalonica
Seat of roman govt and the largest city Paul went to
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
Why does Paul write Thessalonians
To answer questions and misconceptions about christs return and correct their wrong ways
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
What were the problems in Thessalonia?
Vestil virgins
Usury
Predict christs return –> neglect life
Misunderstanding return of Christ and calculate exact date
When was Thessalonians 2 written
Few months after first, which was 50-51
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
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
How long did Paul spend in Ephesus
3 years
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
What did Paul eventually convince the Artemis worshippers to do
Burn all pagan books about witchcraft and shit like that
Who forced Paul to leave Ephesus
Silver smiths who were losing money because of Christianity taking away people from worshipping Artemis
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
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
When was Paul’s return back to Jerusalem
58 ad
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
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
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
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
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
What did Paul reason with festus about?
Paul was a roman citizen and he had right to appear to Caesar in Rome
When Paul enters Rome he enters …
Triumphantly
In Rome Paul is punished with a …
An even more lax house arrest
When and how is Paul martyred
65 ad
Beheaded (roman right)
Head bounced three times and three water springs rose
What happened in Malta after the second journey
Paul shipwrecked in Malta
Malta is now most catholic country
Hometown of Paul
Tarsus
