Bible Quiz

Places from the Life and Times of Paul

Prepared by William R. Stegner, professor of New Testament, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois.

From Acts of the Apostles

1. In what city did Paul speak to philosophers as he stood on the Areopagus (Mars’ Hill)?

2. Where did Paul go in response to a vision in the night?

3 From which city did Paul and Barnabas depart on their first missionary journey?

4. Paul was shipwrecked and then bitten by a snake on which Mediterranean island?

5. In the theater of which great city did the silversmiths riot because they feared Paul’s influence?

From Selected Epistles of Paul

6. To the church in which city did Paul write his famous “hymn” about love?

7. To which city did Paul write after receiving a report from Timothy about its newly established congregation?

8. For the church in which city did Paul take up a collection from churches he had established?

9. What city’s church repeatedly sent gifts to Paul for help in his missionary work?

10. To the churches in which area did Paul write a circular letter containing much autobiographical material?

Answers

1. Athens. Acts records that Paul, upon arriving at Athens, found “the city was full of idols,” and began preaching in the synagogue and in the Agora (market place). Nettled yet curious …