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Q. 10. Where was he sent after remaining some time at Jerusalem?

11. What was the state of the churches at this time?

It is supposed the attention of the Jews was diverted by an attempt of the emperor to set up his statue in the temple.

Q. 12. Where did Peter go and what did he do soon after this?

Lydda was about 32 miles north-west of Jerusalem, and 8 from Joppa. Joppa is 40 miles west of Jerusa lem on the Mediterranean, and is now called Jaffa→ supposed to be the same as mentioned in Joshua xix. 46: Q. 13. What did he do at Joppa?

Q. 14. How came Cornelius of Cesarea to send for Peter? chap. x. Q. 15.

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How was Peter induced to Q. 16. What took place when he arrived? Cesarea-Phillippi, was about 36 miles north of Jop

Q. 17. Mention the principal ideas in Peter's dis

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Q. 18. What was done after this?

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Q. 19. Was this the æra when the disciples first beto preach the gospel to the Gentiles? A. It was. For about eight years the gospel had been preached to Jews only.

Q..20. How did some of the disciples at Jerusalem treat Peter after he had taken this step?-chap. 11. Q. 21. How was the dispute amicably settled?

Q. 22. When was the Gospel according to Matthew written? A. It is supposed to have been written and published about from 6 to 9 years after the ascension and the date of Mark's is fixed two years after.

Q. 23. It was mentioned in chap. viii. that the disciples were dispersed by the persecution of the Jews, where else did they go and preach Christ?

Phenice was between Galilee and Syria, including Tyre and Sidon. Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean 200 miles long and 60 broad-about 100 miles

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From the main land, and 200 north-west of Jerusalem Antioch was the capital of Syria, and next to Rome and Alexandria the largest of the eastern cities; it was about 300 miles north of Jerusalem.

Q. 24. What did the church at Jerusalem do when It heard of the success of the gospel there?

Q. 25. tians?

Where were the disciples first called Chris

Q. 26. What prediction did Agabus deliver when he came from Jerusalem to Antioch?-See also chap. xxi. 10.There were several famines in the reign of Claudius-the one here supposed to be more partic ularly mentioned occurred in the 5, 6 and 7th years of his reign, or A. D. 45, 46 and 47.

Q. 27. What did the brethren in Antioch determine to do?

Q. 28. What disciple was slain about this time, and by whom?-ch. xii. This was Herod Agrippa, grandson of Herod the Great, and nephew of the Herod who beheaded John-he was father of the Agrippa mentioned Acts xxv. 18, This was James the greater brother of John and son of Zebudee.

Q. 29.

Q. 30.

What did he do with Peter?
And how did he escape?

Q. 31. What occurred when he came to the house where they were assembled who were praying for him? Q. 32. What did Herod do when he saw what had happened?

Q. 93.

For what purpose did he set apart a day?» Q. 34. What became of him?

Q. 35. When Saul and Barnabas returned from bringing to Jerusalem the alms sent from Antioch, who did they take with them? ch. xii. 25.

Q. 36. Who were some of the teachers in the church at Antioch? ch, xiii.

Q. 37. Where did Barnabas and Saul go?- -Seleucia was a few miles west of Antioch.

Q. 38. What did they do after their arrival in Salamis and in Paphos, cities of Cyprus?-This was probably John, Mark ch. xii. 25.

Q. 39. them?

What did Paul do when this man resisted

Q. 40. What effect had this upon the deputy?

Q. 41. Where did they next go?-Pamphilia and Pisidia were small provinces of Asia Minor, and these were the principal cities in them. They were from 3 to 400 miles north-west of Jerusalem.

Q. 42. Who desired them to stay another Sabbath at Antioch in Pisidia after Paul's sermon was ended? Q. 43. What occurred on the next Sabbath?

Q. 44. What did the Jews do when the word of the Lord was published through all that region?

Q. 45. Where did they next go?ch. xiv.

Iconium was in the province of Lyconia about 60 miles north of Perga. Paul visited this place six years after, &c. Derbe, and Lystria were in the same province.

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What miracle was wrought at Lystria?
And what was the consequence?

Q. 49.

How did this effect the Apostles, and whất

did they say?

Q. 50. What was done to Paul, and by whom? Q. 51. When this mission had closed, to what place did they return?

Q. 52. For what purpose was a general assembly of the churches convened at Jerusalem? Chap. xv.

Q. 53. When there was a division among them what order should be taken, what opinion did Peter and James (the less) deliver?

Q. 54. What decision was formed, and who were appointed to deliver it?

Q. 55. How was this decree received by the church at Antioch?

Q. 56. Where did Paul and Barnabas determine to go?

Q. 57. What was the occasion of a contention be tween them?

Q. 58. Where did Barnabas and Mark go
Q. 59. And where Paul and Silas

Q. 60. Were Paul and Barnabas afterward reconciled. 1. Cor. ix. 6, with Gal. ii. 9,

SECTION XH.

Q1. (Chap 16.) Who did Paul find and cireumcise on his return to Derbe and Lystria? see 2 Tim. i. 5. 2. Did they find the churches prosperous?

Q 3. What provinces did they visit on this mission? A. These were provinces of Asia Minor and lay to the north and west of those mentioned in chap. 13. By Asia in 6th verse, the other provinces must have been intended, included in the Proconsular Asia.

Q4. What vision had Paul while at Troas?

Q5. Samothracia was an Island in the Egean sea and Neapolis a city of Macedonia. This was the first entrance of the gospel into Europe about A. D. 52, and F years after the city of London is supposed to have been built by the Romans.

Q 6. Where did they go from Neapolis?

Phillippi was about 70 miles north of Thessalonica and 190 west of Constantinople.

Q7. What occurred on the Sabbath when they yent out to the river side?

Q 8. Relate what is told of a damsel that cried after the apostles?

Q 9.

Q. 10.

in prison?

And of the conduct of the magistrates?
What occurred at midnight when they were

Q. 11. What effect had this event upon the jailor and what was done the same hour?

Q. 12.

day?

What was done by the magistrates the next

Q. 13. And how were the apostles brought out? Q. 14. To what places did they next go? (Chap 17) A. Thessalonica was the metropolis of Macedonia 260 miles west of Constantinople, and probably from 10 to 1200 miles by water, N. W. of Jerusalem.

Q. 15. What was the effect of their preaching here Q. 16, What was done by the unbelieving Jews?

Q. 17. How did the apostles escape and where did they next go?

Q. 18.

How was the gospel received in Berea? Q. 19. Why did the brethren send Paul away and where did he go?

Q. 20. What occurred while he waited for Silas and Timothy?

Athens was founded about 1580 years before Christ, and was a city at this time of great learning and talents. It now contains about 10,000 inhabitants, and is better than 200 miles South by East of Thessalonica.

Q. 21. What was said by the Stoics and Epicureans?

Q. 22. When Paul was taken up to the hill on which the house of justice stood, and which was dedicated to the god of war, what speech did he deliver?

Q. 23. What effect did it produce?

Q. 24. How did the Jews receive him when he reasoned every Sabbath to them and the Greeks, concerning the gospel?

Q. 25. Where did Paul go from Athens? Ch. 18. Corinth was then a very large and populous city, capital of Achaia. It was 46 miles East of Athens, and

32 South West of Constantinople.

How long did he remain here?

Q. 26.

Q. 27.

Who did he find here?

Q. 28.

How did they receive his instructions?

Q. 29.

What man is mentioned as having believed? This was A. D. 58.

Q. 30. What Epistles did he write here?

A. It is supposed the 1st, and 2d. to the Thessaloni ans, and that to the Galatians.

Q. $1. How did Gallio treat the complaint of the Jews against Paul?

Q. 32. Who accompanied Paul when he went from Corinth?

Q. 83. Where did he next stop?

Ephesus was at that time a large and populous city, in Ionia Asia Minor

Q. 34. Why did he refuse to tarry with them?

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