What was the official position of the eunuch? 27. Where had he recently been, and what was he now doing? 27, 28. Was he an Ethiopian by blood, or a Jew living in Ethiopia? Ans.--He was the latter, for Gentiles had not yet been received into the church.

      Repeat the passage in Isaiah which he was reading. 32, 33. Where is this found in the book of Isaiah? Isaiah liii: 7, 8. What question was on his mind in reference to this passage? 34. Do you suppose that God looked with approval on the man thus engaged?

      What had the angel of the Lord done for him a short time previous? 26. What was the object of the angel's command? By whom was the angel sent to Philip?

      When Philip got into the road from Jerusalem to Gaza, what did he see before him? 27. How did he happen to get there just as the chariot did? How did he overtake the chariot, and what caused him to do so? 29, 30.

      What conversation first took place between Philip and the eunuch? 30, 31. Why could he not understand it? Ans.--It was fulfilled in the death of Jesus and therefore men who did not know the history of Jesus and his [53] death could not explain it. Why did Philip ask him if he understood the passage? Ans. In order to see whether the man was a believer in Jesus or an unbeliever, How did Philip know what passage he was reading?

      When Philip took a seat in the chariot, how did he proceed? 35. What made the passage a suitable text?

      How was Philip's preaching interrupted? 36. What had Philip preached to him? 35. How then had he learned that it was his duty to be baptized? When we preach Jesus fully, is baptism a part of the sermon?

      What more was said? 37. What of the genuineness of this verse? Ans.--It has been decided by scholars that it is an interpretation put in because it was supposed that Philip would not baptize the man without a confession of his faith.

      What was then done? 38, 39. What was done before the baptism, and what after? Where, then, were they when the baptizing was done? Would they have gone into the water if baptism had been sprinkling?

      How did the eunuch feel after he was baptized? 39. What was the cause of his rejoicing? If his sins had been forgiven before he was baptized, would he not have rejoiced at that time? At what time, according to this example, can a sinner properly rejoice in the forgiveness of his sins?

      What beings took part in the conversion of the eunuch? 26-29. What part did the angel perform? What part did the Holy Spirit perform? What part did Philip perform? 27, 30, 35, 38. Would the parts performed by the angel and by the Holy Spirit have converted the man without that [54] performed by Philip? Through what means did all that was done by the angel and the Holy Spirit reach the mind and heart of the eunuch? 35.

      Into what country was the gospel sent by this man's conversion?

      In what way does this incident illustrate the importance of studying the word of God?

[FBL 53-55]