Story 47: Paul and Silas in Philippi

Comprehension Questions and Answers

1. What was the Roman name that Saul began to use? *Paul. [47-01]
2. Where did Paul go in Philippi to proclaim the good news about Jesus? *They went to a place by the river outside the city where people gathered to pray. [47-01]
3. What made it possible for Lydia to believe in Jesus? *God made it possible for Lydia to understand the message about Jesus. [47-02]
4. What did Paul and Silas do to Lydia after she believed? *They baptized Lydia and her family. [47-02]
5. What did the demon-possessed slave girl keep yelling when she saw Paul and Silas? *“These men are servants of the Most High God. They are telling you the way to be saved!” [47-04]
6. How did Paul respond to the demon's testimony? *Paul became annoyed and commanded the demon to leave the slave girl. [47-04], [47-05]
7. Why were the owners of the slave girl angry that the demon was gone? *They realized that people would no longer pay money for her to tell people the future. [47-06]
8. What were Paul and Silas doing in the middle of the night in jail? *They were singing songs of praise to God. [47-08]
9. What happened while Paul and Silas were singing? *There was a violent earthquake, the prison doors flew open, and the chains of the prisoners fell off. [47-09]
10. Why was the jailer terrified? *He thought all the prisoners had escaped, and that the Roman authorities would kill him. [47-10]
11. What question did the jailer ask Paul? *“What must I do to be saved?” [47-11]
12. What did Paul say the jailer had to do in order to be saved? *He had to believe in Jesus, the Master. [47-11]
13. What happened to some of the letters Paul and other Christian leaders wrote to the believers in the churches? *Some of these letters became books of the Bible. [47-14]

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