Dig Site 12 - Red Level Questions Flashcards
Who said, “‘This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah’”?
Paul
(17:2–3)
“As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. ‘This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,’ he said.”
Who was persuaded and joined Paul and Silas in Thessalonica?
Some of the Jews, “a large number of God–fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women”
(17:4)
“Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.”
In whose house did the Jews search for Paul and Silas?
Jason’s house
(17:5)
“But other 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.”
What did the city officials do to Jason when they did not find Paul and Silas at his house?
Made him post bond
(17:6–9)
“But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: ‘These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.’ When they heard this, the crowd and the city officials were thrown into turmoil. Then they made Jason and the others post bond and let them go.”
What did Paul and Silas do when they arrived in Berea?
They went to the Jewish synagogue.
(17:10)
“As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.”
How are the Berean Jews described?
“Of more noble character than those in Thessalonica”
(17:11)
“Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.”
Who was sent to the coast when the Jews from Thessalonica went to Berea to stir up the crowds?
Paul
(17:13–14)
“But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea.”
What distressed Paul while he was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens?
The city was full of idols.
(17:16)
“While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.”
What was the name of the group of philosophers in Athens?
Epicurean\n– Stoic
(17:18)
“A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate 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.”
What did the group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers begin to do with Paul?
Debate with him
(17:18)
“A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate 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.”
What was inscribed on an altar in Athens?
“To an Unknown God”
(17:23)
“For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.”
Who “‘does not live in temples built by human hands’”?
God
(17:24)
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.”
What does God give everyone?
“‘Life and breath and everything else’“
(17:25)
“And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”
Who is not far from any one of us?
God
(17:27)
“God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.”
What had some of the Athenians’ own poets said?
“‘We are his offspring.’“
(17:28)
“‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’”
Who should we not think is like gold or silver or stone?
God
(17:29)
“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.”
What did God overlook in the past?
Ignorance
(17:30)
“In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.”
What does God command all people everywhere to do?
To repent
(17:30)
“In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.”
How has God given proof that He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice?
By raising Jesus from the dead
(17:31)
“For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
Finish this verse: “‘You will be his witness to all people of…’”
"’…what you have seen and heard.’“
(22:15)
“You will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.”
