What was Saul's birth-place? Acts xxii: 3.

      Of what Jewish tribe and sect was he? Phil. iii: 5. What mechanical trade did he learn? Acts xviii: 3.

      Where and from whom did he receive his education? Acts xxii: 3.

      Describe his connection with the death of Stephen? Acts vii: 58-viii: 1. How did he proceed after Stephen's death? viii: 3.

      What does he himself say of the extent of these cruelties? xxvi: 9-11.

      In what passages have we partial accounts of Saul's conversion? Acts ix: 1-19; xxii: 1-10; xxvi: 9-20.

      What was the purpose of his journey to Damascus? Acts ix: 2. How does Luke describe his feelings at this time? 1. What was the object of the letters he desired?

      Describe his interview with Jesus. 3-6. In what sense was Saul persecuting Jesus?

      Why did not Jesus himself tell him what to do?

      What was the effect of the vision on Saul? 8, 9. What had blinded him? xxii: 11. What did he not neither eat nor drink? What was he doing? ix: 11.

      Was Saul now a believer in Jesus? What [55] had convinced him? Was he penitent? What made him so?

      What three statements are made in reference to his companions? 7; xxii: 9; xxvi: 14. How is it that they "stood speechless" (7), when they all fell to the ground? xxvi: 14. Ans.--They all fell at first, but all except Paul, not hearing their names called, got up and ran to a safe distance, and there stood speechless. How do you reconcile the two statements about their hearing the voice? Ans.--They heard the sound of the voice, but, on account of the distance to which they fled, they did not hear the words that were spoken.

      What did the Lord say to Ananias in a vision? 10-12. What was the reply of Ananias? 13-14. What did the Lord then say? 15-16. What was the character of Ananias? xxii: 12.

      What did Ananias then do? ix: 17, 18. Describe more particularly how Ananias gave Saul his eye-sight. xxii: 13. What did Ananias say to him about being baptized? xxii: 16. How could he wash away his sins in being baptized? In what sense did Ananias come that Saul might "be filled with the Holy Spirit"? Ans.--The Holy Spirit was promised to those who were baptized (Acts ii: 38), and he came to baptize him in order that he might receive the Holy Spirit.

      What was Saul sent to Damascus for? xxii: 10. What was he told to do? xxii: 16. When a man, then, is a penitent believer, like Saul, what is he to do?

      When did Saul receive comfort and cease his fasting? ix: 18, 19. When then, did he consider his sins forgiven; before or after [56] his baptism? As his misery continued up to the time of his baptism, did he receive the Holy Spirit before he was baptized?

[FBL 55-57]