Just like Columbus, a number of Bible persons started on journeys but didn't reach their original destination for one reason or another. In this quiz, you are asked to fill in the blanks the intended destination of each traveler and give the Bible reference.

1. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, a certain man was on his way to ____________.

2. Paul, struck down and blinded when he met Jesus, had intended to go to the city of _______________.

3. The man to whom Philip preached in the desert of Gaze, and who accepted Jesus as Saviour, was returning to ___________ when Philip's visit temporarily interrupted his journey.

4. Jonah, who finally reached Nineveh against his will, had earlier attempted to reach _________ by ship.

5. When Paul was shipwrecked on the island of Melita, he was trying to reach the country of __________.

6. John Mark went with Paul and Silas on one occasion (Acts 13) on a missionary journey, but at Pamphylia, he left the party instead of going on to their next destination, which was ____________ in ______________.

7. Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees to go into the land of __________ with his father and family, but was hindered at Haran.