Across
- 1. King that Paul requested to be tried before.
- 3. A legislative and judicial assembly of either 23 or 71 elders
- 5. Theophilus
- 6. Paul went to this city despite his friends warning him not to as he would face persecution
- 11. Paul and his followers faced _______ while preaching and spreading God’s word. Hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of religion.
- 12. First Christian martyr.
- 14. Follower of Jesus Christ who famously converted to Christianity on the road to Damascus after persecuting the very followers of the community that he joined.
- 16. This poisonous animal bit Paul on the island of Malta but he miraculously survived. Also symbolizes evil.
- 17. The Roman governor that came after Felix and Paul was tried before him too.
- 19. Apostle Paul was brought before ____ at his trial. He also left Paul in jail as a favor for the Jews.
- 20. Our word study for this unit.
Down
- 2. Members of a Jewish religious party that flourished in Palestine during the latter part of the Second Temple period. Believed in resurrection and supernatural power. Not very “fair-you-see.”.
- 4. Paul and his crew faced a shipwreck and a storm on the way to _____.
- 7. Party of high priests, aristocratic families, and merchants. They did not believe in resurrections and supernatural power. Very “sad-you-see”.
- 8. Acts ends when Paul is in the city of ___.
- 9. Author of Acts.
- 10. Believer of Jesus from Damascus that cured Paul’s blindness.
- 13. Main character of Acts.
- 15. The book of Acts takes place after Jesus’s ________.
- 18. The process of changing one’s religions or beliefs.