Lydia Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.In what city did Paul meet Lydia?
- A. Philippi ✓
- B. Corinth
- C. Ephesus
- D. Athens
Answer: Philippi
And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony.
Q2.What was Lydia's occupation?
- A. A seller of purple ✓
- B. A tentmaker
- C. A midwife
- D. A baker
Answer: A seller of purple
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us.
Q3.What city was Lydia from?
- A. Thyatira ✓
- B. Ephesus
- C. Sardis
- D. Smyrna
Answer: Thyatira
A seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira.
Q4.Where did Paul find Lydia and the women?
- A. By a riverside, where prayer was wont to be made ✓
- B. In the synagogue
- C. In the market
- D. On a mountain
Answer: By a riverside, where prayer was wont to be made
And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Q5.What did the Lord do for Lydia?
- A. Opened her heart, that she attended unto the things spoken of Paul ✓
- B. Healed her of a disease
- C. Sent her a vision
- D. Gave her wealth
Answer: Opened her heart, that she attended unto the things spoken of Paul
Whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Q6.What happened to Lydia and her house?
- A. They were baptized ✓
- B. They built a temple
- C. They sold their goods
- D. They sailed away
Answer: They were baptized
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there.
Q7.What did Lydia urge Paul and his company to do?
- A. Come into her house, and abide there ✓
- B. Stay in the synagogue
- C. Sail to Rome
- D. Preach in the temple
Answer: Come into her house, and abide there
Come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Q8.Who was with Paul when he met Lydia?
- A. Silas and Timotheus and Luke (we) ✓
- B. Barnabas
- C. John Mark
- D. Peter
Answer: Silas and Timotheus and Luke (we)
And we were in that city abiding certain days. And on the sabbath we went out… we sat down, and spake unto the women.
Q9.After being released from prison, where did Paul and Silas go?
- A. Into the house of Lydia ✓
- B. To the temple
- C. Out of the city immediately
- D. To the governor
Answer: Into the house of Lydia
And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
Q10.What province was Philippi located in?
- A. Macedonia ✓
- B. Achaia
- C. Asia
- D. Galatia
Answer: Macedonia
Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony.