Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy – The Bible in Context

 

 Up Revelation 2 1-7 Revelation 2 8-11 Revelation 2 12-17

September 27, 2009

Room 350-B    9:30 a.m.

Revelation 2: 8-11

“The Synagogue of Satan”

 

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

  

Quotations are from NIV, unless otherwise stated. 

1.       Present day Smyrna is called -- :

a.       Aydin

b.       Istanbul

c.       Izmir

d.       Odessa

 

2.       A famous martyr of Smyrna was --  :

a.       Ignatius

b.       Polycarp

c.       Clement

d.       John

 

3.       What may be a reference to the history of Smyrna?

a.       “afflictions and poverty”

b.       “died and came to life again”

c.       “in prison to test you”

d.       “the crown of life”

 

4.        John denounces imposters who claim to be -- :

a.       apostles

b.       prophets

c.       Jews

d.       brothers of Jesus

 


 

 

5.      John recognizes the Smyrnans’  -- :?

a.      faith

b.      chastity

c.       poverty

d.      obedience

 

 

6.       John sends the words of the one who is -- :

a.       The Rider on a White Horse

b.       The First and the Last

c.       The one with the sharp doubled-edged sword

d.       The one who holds the key of David

 

 

7.       Who will put some of them into prison?

a.       The Governor

b.       The High Priest

c.       The Town Clerk

d.       The Devil

 

 

8.       How long will persecution last? :

a.       two days

b.       ten days

c.       two months

d.       ten years

 

9.       What will they be given?

a.       white robes

b.       a laurel wreath

c.       haloes

d.       the crown of life

 

10.     They will not be hurt by -- :

a.       interrogation

b.       flogging

c.       stoning

d.       the second death