Bible crossword puzzle: Acts of the Apostles

Printable word puzzle based on material in chapter 22, Discovering the Bible, textbook for Introduction to Biblical Literature

Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle even if you do not have the book by Varughese?

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'I had to scour the chapter to find some answers. I enjoyed doing classwork a little differently!" -- Shari A., Nazarene Bible College student

ACROSS

1 -- The Apostle Paul's companion on his second missionary journey that included the miraculous deliverance from prison
3 --- The Apostle whose sermon on the Day of Pentecost resulted in 3,000 conversions
5 -- The leader of the Jerusalem church
7 -- The church which commissioned Paul and Barnabas as missionaries to the Gentiles (non-Jews) and where disciples of Jesus first came to be called "Christians"
10 -- A city in which Paul and Silas were miraculously set free from prison
12 -- The city where Paul stood on Mars Hill (Aeropagus) and addressed a crowd on the nature and existence of the one true living God
13 -- The Apostolic Council, whose proceedings are described in Acts 15 when the issue of the relationship of Gentile believers to Jewish customs and practices was discussed
14 -- A native of Cyprus who wound up in Antioch as a key leader, introducing Paul to believers there and even accompanying Paul on his first missionary journey
15 -- The evangelist whose three missionary journeys are recorded in the book of Acts and who is described as a "ringleader of the Nazarene sect"

DOWN

2 -- The Old Testament prophet from whom the Ethiopian was reading when Philip encountered him on the road to Gaza
4 -- The coastal city in which Paul saw a vision of a man from Macedonia
6 -- This man's death by stoning made him the first Christian martyr
8 -- A Hellenist colleague of Stephen's who wound up preaching in Samaria
9 -- The one to whom the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts are addressed
11 -- A Jewish festival during which the Holy Spirit descended on 120 people; the event is often considered the birth of the Christian Church

This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature. The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by what is now called The Foundry.

-- Howard Culbertson,

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