296 7HE HISTORICAL CATECHISM'. 39. Q. To whom dick Ire appear after his risingagain ? A. He appeared many times to his disciples, he eat and drank and talked with them, and gave themmost certain proofs ofhis resur- rection ; Acts i. 3. and x. 41. 40. Q. How long did he tarry on earth after his rising from the dead? A. He tarried forty days conversing with his apos- tles and instructing them further in the gospel and the doctrines and rules of his kingdom ; Acts i. 3. 41. Q. How did he go up to heaven ? A. When lie had given his apostles their commission to preach the gospel to all nations,. and -blessed them, they saw him carriedup to heaven in a bright cloud ; Mark xvi. 15-19. Acts i. 9. 42. Q. What did the disciples do when their Lord had left them ? A. They returned to Jerusalem, and waited for the Spi. Tit of God to come upon them, according to the promise of Christ ; Acts i. 4, 12, 14. 43. Q. What was the first thing they did towards their pub- lic work ? A. They chose Matthias by prayer and by lot to be an apostle in the room of Judas the traitor ; Acts i. 23-26. 44. Q. What became of Judas ? A. When he saw that Christ was condemned he went and hanged himself ; and falling down, his bowels gashed out ; Mat. xxvii. 3, 5. Acts i. 18. 45. Q. When did the Spirit of God come upon the apostles andother disciples ? A. At the feast of pentecost, which was about ten days after Christ went to heaven ; Acts ii. 1, &c. 46. -Q. In what manner did the Spirit. of God cone upon them ? A. A noise like a rushing wind filled the house where they were met, and cloven tongues of fire sat upon them ; Acts ii. 2, 3. 47. Q. What was the first remarkable effect of theSpirit of God coiningupon them ? A. Each of them was enabled to preach the, gospel in strange languages ; Acts ii. 4, 5, 6. 48. Q. What was the doctrine they preached ? A. That Jesus who was crucified was the Messiah, that is, the Christ, the Son of God the -Saviour of men ; and that sinners who repent and believe in his naine should be saved ; Acts ii. 36, 38. and iii. 19. and iv. 10, 12. 49. Q. What success had their preaching ? A. Three thou- Land were converted and baptized in one day, and five thousand in another ; Acts ii. 41. and iv. 4. and v. 14. 50. Q. What miracles did they work to confirm their doc- trine ?. A. Some that were cripples had the use of their limbs given them, multitudes of sick were healed by 'them, some per- sons were struck dead, and others raised to life; Acts iii. 2, 7. and v. 1 -11, 15, JO. and ix. 40. 51. Q. Had not other believers in Christ power of work- ing miracles also ? A. Yes, Jesus -Christ communicated very great gifts and powers to them by laying on of the hands of the apostles ; Mark xx. 17. Acts vi. 0, 8. and viii. 14-18,
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