Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Lay Academy

The Bible in Context

Acts 12 "Peter in Prison"

 

December 9, 2007 -- 9:30 a.m.

 

The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above".

 

1.         (advanced)  In Chapter 12, Luke refers to which Herod?:

 

            a.         Herod the Great

            b.         Herod Antipas

            c.         Agrippa I

            d.         Agrippa II

 

2.         (advanced)  Herod was appointed King of the Jews by:

 

            a.         Tiberius

            b.         Gaius

            c.         Claudius

            d.         Nero

 

3.         Whom did Herod execute?

 

            a.         James the brother of Jesus

            b.         James the son of Zebedee

            c.         Stephen

            d.         Peter

 

4.         How many people guarded Peter in prison?

 

            a.         2

            b.         16

            c.         50

            d.         100

 

5.         When the angel woke Peter, he was:

 

            a.         chained by the wrists

            b.         naked

            c.         between two soldiers

            d.         hanging from the ceiling

 

6.         Peter went to the house of:

 

            a.         Mary Magdalene

            b.         Mary the wife of Zebedee

            c.         Mary the mother of Jesus

            d.         Mary the wife of Cleopas

 

7.         Peter met a servant girl called:

 

            a.         Ruth

            b.         Rhoda

            c.         Sarah

            d.         Priscilla

 

8.         Peter left for:

 

            a.         Caesarea

            b.         Alexandria

            c.         Antioch

            d.         Ephesus

 

9.         Herod was sued for peace by:

 

            a.         the Decapolis

            b.         Nabatea

            c.         Parthia

            d.         Tyre and Sidon

 

10.        Herod was:

 

            a.         struck down by an angel

            b.         defeated in battle

            c.         assasinated by the Romans

            d.         eaten by worms