CHAPTER XXVI. 573 14. Q. When he returned to Damascus how did the Jews bear with him ? A. They Watched the gates night and day to slay him, but the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket ; Acts ix. 23-25. and 2 Cor. xi. 32, 33. 15. Q. When he came to Jerusalem how was he received by the disciples. A. They were all afraid of him, because he had been so great a persecutor of the christians but a very few years before; Verse 26. 16. Q. How were they persuaded to believe that he was now a disciple of Christ ? A. Barnabas brought him to the apostles, and gave an account of Christ's calling him from hea- ven, and his preaching boldly at Damascus inthe name of Jesus; Verses 26, 27. 17. Q. Who was Barnabas ? A. A Levite of Cyprus whose name was Joses, who was a zealous disciple of Christ, and a preacher of the gospel, whom the apostles surnamed Bar- nabas, that is, the son of consolation ; Acts iv. 36. 18. Q. Did Saul preach Christ at Jerusalem ? A. Yes, with great courage ; but the Grecians, that is, the Hellenists or Grecian Jews, sought to slay him, and then the brethren per- suaded him to retire to his native, place Tarsus in Cilicia; Acts ix. 28-30. 19. Q. What was that other vision which he had of Christ when he was at Jerusalem? A. As he was praying in the tem- ple he saw the Lord, who assured him that the Jews would not receive his witness concerning him, and bid him depart from Jerusalem, for that he would sendhim to the Gentiles; Acts xxii. 17-21. Though this account of Paul's seeing Christ in the tem- ple at Jerusalem seems here immediately to follow the account of his conversion ; Acts xxii. 16, 17. yet some think he had not this vision till the second time of his coming to Jerusalem. 20. Q. Whither was Barnabas sent by the apostles ? A. When they heard of the great success of the gospel in foreign countries, they sent him as far as Antioch in Syria, to confirm the disciples ; Acts xi. 22-24. gospel at this time was Note, This great success of the e partly among the Jews, who resided in other countries, and partly the Jewish proselytes of the gate, or the devout persons, and such as feared God ; Acts x. 17. and xiii. 16, 50. 21. Q. Whither did Barnabas go when he left Antioch? A. He went to Tarsus to seek Saul, and brought him to Antioch, where they spent a whole year together, and there the disciples were first called christians ; Acts xi. 25, 26. 22. Q. What 'further commission had Barnabas and Saul to preach the gospel to the Gentiles ? A. The holy Spirit ap 003
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