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Bible Search Sheet on Antioch, and Greece

Antioch (Acts 11:19-30)

1. What caused people to leave Jerusalem and travel to Antioch and teach the people there about the Good News of Jesus?

2. Who were the first people to hear about the Gospel in Antioch? (Greeks or Jews)

3. What person did the Church in Jerusalem send to Antioch? Who else did he ask to come and help him?

4. How long did he/they stay in Antioch? What did he/they do during that time?

5. What name was given to the people in the Church in Antioch? Where else had they been called this?

6. What news did prophets from Jerusalem bring to the Church in Antioch? How did the Church respond?

Greece (Acts 17:16-32)

1. Who was Paul waiting for in Athens? Why did he/they not go with him?

2. What upset Paul about the city of Athens? What did he do about it? Where did he go?

3. What was the major thing people in Athens did to pass the time? How do you think this affected what Paul did?

4. What characteristic of the people in Athens did Paul appeal to when he started to speak to them about God and Jesus’ resurrection? What monument did Paul point out?

5. What were some of the reasons Paul gave to explain why idols weren’t God?

6. How did the listeners react to Paul’s teachings?

Answer Sheet for Bible Search on Antioch, and Greece

Antioch (Acts 11:19-30)

1. The persecutions, such as the killing of St. Stephen, the first martyr.

2. Jews

3. St. Barnabus. St. Paul

4. One year. Met with people and taught them about Jesus.

5. Christians. Nowhere.

6. A famine was going to spread over the whole Roman empire. The provided help, each according to his ability to the Church in Judea (Jerusalem).

Greece (Acts 17:16-32)

1. Apostles Silas and Timothy. Teaching and taking care of the Church in Berea.

2. The fact that they were so interested in idols. He try to convince the people that their idols were not God. The synagogue and the marketplace.

3. Listening to and debating new ideas. It gave St. Paul the ability to talk about Jesus’ resurrection.

4. Their religiosity. An idol to an unknown god

5. God made the whole world and therefore doesn’t live in temples built by people. Since God doesn’t need anything He isn’t served by human hands, etc. See verses 24-30.

6. Some people mocked him and some people wanted to hear more about the Gospel.