Red Dig Site 19

Question 1

Who were Paul and some other prisoners handed over to? (27:1)

Answer 1

1. A centurion named Julius
2. The captain of the temple guard
3. The whole Imperial Regiment.

Question 2

What did the sailors do ‘because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis’? (27:17)

Answer 2

1. Lowered the sea anchor,
2. Let the ship be driven along.
3. Both answers are correct.

Question 3

When did Paul’s ship begin sailing? (27:9)

Answer 3

1. After Pentecost
2. After the Day of Atonement
3. In December.

Question 4

How was the battering from the storm described? (27:18)

Answer 4

1. Violent
2. Mild
3. A little rough.

Question 5

Who warned that the voyage would be disastrous and bring great loss? (27:9-10)

Answer 5

1. Julius
2. The pilot and the owner of the ship
3. Paul

Question 6

What did the sailors throw overboard on the third day? (27:19)

Answer 6

1. Their weapons
2. The ship’s tackle
3. The food.

Question 7

Why did the majority of the sailors decide to sail on? (27:12)

Answer 7

1. They did not want to lose any time,
2. The harbor was unsuitable to winter in
3. The weather forecast was good.

Question 8

What did the sailors do to protect the ship? (27:17-19)

Answer 8

1. They used ropes to hold it together.
2. They lowered the anchor and threw the cargo and tackle overboard.
3. Both answers are correct.

They used ropes to hold it together, They lowered the anchor and threw the cargo and tackle overboard.

Question 9

What swept down from the island of Crete? (27:14)

Answer 9

1. A wind of hurricane force
2. A Northeaster
3. Both answers are correct.

Question 10

What happened when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days? (27:20)

Answer 10

1. The storm stopped
2. The sailors gave up all hope of being saved.
3. The ship was overturned.

Question 11

What did Paul urge the men to do after they lost hope of being saved? (27:20, 22)

Answer 11

1. Keep up their courage
2. Turn around and sail home,
3. Send out a call for help.

Question 12

What message from an angel did Paul bring to the men on the ship? (27:22-24)

Answer 12

1. No one will be lost,
2. ‘Only the ship will be destroyed.’
3. Both answers are correct.

No one will be lost, ‘Only the ship will be destroyed.’

Question 13

Who had stood beside Paul and told him not to be afraid? (27:23-24)

Answer 13

1. An angel of God
2. The centurion named Julius,
3. The Holy Spirit.

The centurion named Julius, The Holy Spirit.

Question 14

On the ship, what did Paul have faith in? (27:25)

Answer 14

1. That everyone on board would die, but him,
2. That they would be attacked by the islanders.
3. In God, that everything would happen just as He told him

Question 15

How long had everyone on the boat gone without food? (27:33)

Answer 15

1. For three days,
2. For fourteen days
3. For three weeks

For three days, For three weeks.

Question 16

How many people were on board the ship? (27:37)

Answer 16

1. 40
2. 137
3. 276

Question 17

After they had eaten as much as they wanted, how did they lighten the ship? (27:38)

Answer 17

1. By throwing the grain into the sea
2. By throwing the prisoners overboard
3. By cutting loose the anchors.

By throwing the prisoners overboard, By cutting loose the anchors.

Question 18

What did the sailors decide to do when daylight came after the storm? (27:39)

Answer 18

To run the ship

1.To keep sailing,
2. ** To run the ship aground**
3. To kill the prisoners.

Question 19

What did the soldiers on the ship want to do with the prisoners? (27:42)

Answer 19

1. Help them escape,
2. ** Kill them**
3. Use them as extra sailors.

Question 20

Whose life did the centurion want to spare? (27:43)

Answer 20

1. All of the sailors’ lives,
2. His own life.
3. ** Paul’s life**

Question 21

Who reached land safely? (27:44)

Answer 21

1. Only the soldiers,
2. Only the prisoners.
3. Everyone