CHAPTER XXVI. 877 41. Q. Where was the next remarkable placeof their minis- try ? A. They were invited to Macedoniaby a vision, and they went to Philippi, a. chief city of that country, and preached there with some success ; Verses 9-15. Note, Here it is probable that Luke, who wrote the Acts of the Apostles, became a companion of Paul, because, from this time, he uses the word " we" in his history. 42. Q. What miracle was wrought there ? A. They cast a devil out of a certain young woman, who brought much gain to her masters, by foretelling things to come ; Verses 16-18. 43. Q. How did her masters bear it when they saw their gains were gone ? A. They brought Paul and Silas to the ma- gistrates, and charged them with teaching strange customs; whereupon they were beaten and imprisoned, and their feet made fast in the stocks ; Verses 19-24. 44. Q. How were they released thence ? A. At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God ; the prison was shaken with au earthquake, the doors opened, their bands were loosed ; upon which the jailor awaking, was going to kill himself, supposing the prisoners had been fled ; Verses 25-27. 45. Q. How was this self-murder prevented ? A. Paul and Silas spewed themselves as his prisoners, preached the gos- pel to him, upon which he believed, and he and his house were baptized ; Verses 28 -34. 46. Q. But did the magistrates then dismiss them ? A. Yes, they desired them to depart when they knew they were Romans, because they had beaten and imprisonedthan uncon- demned ; Verses 35-40. 47. What trials did they meet with at Thessalonica ? A. Many Greeks and Jews were converted there ; but the un- believing Jews there rose up against tirent, and almost in every city where they came ; and they went next to Berea ; Acts xvii. 1 -10. 48. Q. What was the wise and generous conduct of the Bereans ? A. They, that is, the Jews of Berea, searched the scriptures daily, to find whether Paul and Silas taught the truth : and by this practice many of them were Jed to believe in Christ ; Verses 10-13. 49. Q. In what manner did Paul preach when he came to Athens ? A. He disputed with the Jews in their synagogues, with the devoutpersons, and with the heathenphilosophers in the market-place, and on he took occasion to preach the true God to the people from an altar he found inscribed, " To the unknown God ;" Verses 16-30. .50. Q. But did he not also preach Jesus Christ and the gospel ? A. Yes, by preaching natural religion first, he led them by degrees to the doctrine of Christ, and assured them, that Jesus Christ was appointed to be the Judge of the world,
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